What's the bloody law on this?: nurses, swearing, and the law in New South Wales, Australia

Title: What's the bloody law on this?: nurses, swearing, and the law in New South Wales, Australia
Creator: Stone, Teresa; Francis, Lyn
Relation: Contemporary Nurse Vol. 34, Issue 2, p. 248-257
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.5172/conu.2010.34.2.248
Publisher: eContent Management
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2010
Description: Most clinical nurses, particularly those working in mental health areas, have to deal on a regular basis with offensive language including swearing. Despite its prevalence, there has been little academic research concerning the extent of verbal aggression within health care settings, and none about the legal aspects of swearing in a nursing context. This paper is intended to give nurses practising in Australia a better understanding of definitional aspects of swearing and offensive language, the relevant law, and the basis of policy. This will then be followed by a critical examination of the management of offensive language in health care settings.
Subject: swearing; offensive language; law; nursing; verbal aggression
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/929561
Identifier: uon:10618
Identifier: ISSN:1037-6178
Language: eng
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