Limits of Negotiable Developer Obligations

What are the limits to the obligations of the nurse?

This paper enquires into the nature and the extent of the obligations of nurses. It is argued that nurses appear to be obliged to undertake supererogatory acts if they take clause one of the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting (UKCC) Code of Professional Conduct seriously (as, indeed, they are required to do). In the first part of the paper, the nature of n...

Negotiable Interfaces for Components

Component specifications are vital for communicating a component’s requirements, as components are subject to third-party composition. Most modern programming languages lack sufficient features to express the full requirements of a component, however, much less enforce them. Preand post-conditions can capture functional aspects of a component’s requirements, but are unable to express many tempo...

Revision of the Negotiable Instruments Law

Usury in the Purchase of Negotiable Paper

End-of-life care: challenges and obligations in setting limits to life-sustaining therapy.

It is now generally accepted that the withholding or withdrawal of interventions that serve only to prolong the dying process is appropriate. Setting limits to life-sustaining therapy are now common practice. However, making such decisions can be challenging. They are also not uncommonly a source of disagreement between the physician and the patient or surrogate. The potential for strained pati...