Abstract
This article discusses the legal implications nurse prescribers need to be aware of in their interactions with patients. There have been huge changes as a result of recent common law decisions regarding patient autonomy and the role of the healthcare practitioner when enabling a person to make a decision about their care. It is a reminder that the age of medical paternalism is rapidly becoming a relic of the past and that patients have the legal and ethical right to make decisions about their care supported by healthcare practitioners advocating for them, rather than choosing what should be done to them.
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