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Outside in

04 April 2001

Nursing Standard

Perspectives

Children, say the sugar-pop peddlers, the sellers of sticky sweets and the makers of salted fat nibbles, are far too smart to be taken in by television.

Outside in

30 May 2001

Nursing Standard

Perspectives

We are having a baby. I announced that to a friend and was almost laughed off the train. 'Good heavens,' he yelped. 'You don’t still use politically correct...

Foot notes

10 March 1999

Nursing Standard

Footnotes

Asking about the music was a mistake. 'That's Greek, isn't it?' I asked the man with the big grey moustache who was hanging around outside his son's room and clearly...

Foot notes

28 April 1999

Nursing Standard

Perspectives

When medical people aren't sure what they're doing, I for one would prefer them to say so. Full marks, then, to nurse Jenny.

Foot notes

21 July 1999

Nursing Standard

Perspectives

I have just moved from south London to a small town in Norfolk. 'Oh, you don't want to do that,' people said. 'You'll miss all the facilities.' I guess they were...

Footnotes

15 September 1999

Nursing Standard

Perspectives

Spangles - that's where it all began. Years ago, when I was smaller and the world was simpler, sweets came in paper bags. There were brown bags and white bags, and...

Outside in

17 January 2001

Nursing Standard

Letter

I don't like talking about Harold Shipman. I don't like talking about him or reading about him. or looking at the portraits of him that dominate the pages of...

Outside in

24 January 2001

Nursing Standard

Perspectives

It’s a dicey thing to say in print, but I’ve been worried of late about a certain appointment.

Outside

31 January 2001

Nursing Standard

Perspectives

It's a funny business, sleep. We all do it. some more than others. But no one is quite sure how it works. A dolphin sleeps with half its brain at a time, and a short...

Outside in

28 March 2001

Nursing Standard

Perspectives

You know those people who pretend to be doctors - who dress up in white coats and slip onto hospital wards? I think there is a little of them in all of us.