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Divided stand

12 March 1997

Nursing Standard

Opinion

RECENTLY, I PRESENTED a paper on group therapy to a conference in the shadow of Big Ben in London. The audience was composed of experienced community nurses involved...

Mind games

29 January 1997

Nursing Standard

Regulars

A RECENT SURVEY by the mental health charity MIND found that a history of mental illness is a greater handicap than a criminal record when it comes to trying to find...

Looking good, feeling bad

28 January 1998

Nursing Standard

Opinion

MOST OF US do not resemble characters from Baywatch, yet we manage to give and receive enduring affection. But this truth is lost on increasing numbers of people who...

Virtual care

17 September 1997

Nursing Standard

Opinion

I BOUGHT my youngest child a cyber-pet the other day. It wasn’t easy, even though I let my fingers do the talking. Every supplier in the East Midlands said the same...

A risky business

01 September 1999

Nursing Standard

Perspectives: opinion

The recent sad deaths of John Kennedy Jnr, wife and sister-in-law in the ocean off Martha's Vineyard has produced the usual press speculation about family curses and...

Red lights

18 November 1998

Nursing Standard

Opinion

ACCORDING TO the Red Cross, road traffic accidents are set to become one of the top three global causes of death. Most of the people who are killed and maimed are...

Beach blues

04 August 1999

Nursing Standard

Perspectives: opinion

Like children at Christmas, our expectations of summer holidays are sometimes so high that they cannot be met, and the resulting sense of disappointment is all the...

On the couch..

09 February 2000

Nursing Standard

Opinion

One of Freud's greatest discoveries was transference. This arose out of his observation that, in relating to him, his patients tended to reexperience feelings and...

Diagnosing bond, James Bond

18 January 2000

Nursing Standard

Perspectives: Opinion

The titles of most Bond films, The World is Not Enough, Tomorrow Never Dies, Yesterday is Forever - are entirely meaningless. And James Bond himself is a dubious...

Positive response to negative feelings

24 February 1999

Nursing Standard

Perspectives: opinion

CASES IN which nurses are accused of harming patients% arouse more distress and anger among nurses than any other news item, and one can understand why. The nurse's...