Nursing legal issues in Australia: the nurse practitioner.

This paper seeks to review the legal and policy trends facing nurses and, in so doing, indicates the numerous medico-legal and ethical issues confronting the nursing profession. At the same time, it is important to note that many of these developments have a wider impact, affecting not just those involved directly in health care. It is only by way of a collaborative effort that a suitable path will be paved through the many difficult issues surrounding health and health care delivery in this decade.