Practice Dilemma - Disinhibited patient
18 November 2011
The Dilemma - The district nurses approach you to discuss an elderly man who they have been treating for a chronic leg ulcer. The patient has also been diagnosed with an alcohol addiction. The nurses have been visiting him at home and he has started to open the door to them only half dressed and he has become somewhat disinhibited altogether. What should you do?
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