Osteogenesis imperfecta: an overview

Chris Clark

Career pathways in research: clinical research

Joyce E Kenkre, David R Foxcroft

Pakistani women’s perceptions and experiences of incontinence

Katherine Wilkinson

Anti-smoking campaign seeks real life stories

Jennifer Percival

Readers' responses will help us clarify skills guide

Nurses should be rewarded for extra study

Janet Wilson

Performance bonuses will harm staff morale

Rachel Drake

After a decade in the job, I wonder if it's worth it

Paul Denny

The government must not wash its hands of this hygiene problem

Linda Wilding Bedford

Pick of the week

What's on: the best of the week's health-related TV and radio Compiled by nurse and lecturer Margaret Paul

Margaret Paul

Critical Moments Death and Dying in Intensive Care

Timothy Collins

Nutrition – A Handbook for Community Nurses

Caroline Vafeas

Flu immunisation campaign

Ask the experts

A safer way

Jennifer Armitage

Night fever

Cheryl Padilla-Harris

Room for improvement

Duncan Clarkson

Bark and bite

Julie Farrell

Making our presence felt

Beverly Malone

A voice for good?

Diane Hall

On their way home

Jaki Metcalfe

Standard life

Daniel Allen

Knowing their station

Alison Moore

Hands on care

Jane Turney

Competing for cash

Seamus Ward

A bitter sweet pill

Christian Duffin

Invasive treatments in older people with heart disease

Distance travelled is a risk factor in embolism

Diabetic complications reduced by exercise

A weekly round-up of the latest research and scientific reports from the nursing and medical journals

On the move

Partnerships will ease bed-blocking

Bear necessities

Healthcare assistants take on more nursing tasks

Christian Duffin

NHS moves to control infection

Nick Lipley

Handling with care

Alarm in Scotland as vacancies rise

Steven Black

Nurses prove their worth on NHS Direct

Taking the lead on self-regulation

News

Three-star trusts to pilot staff cash bonus scheme

Pat Healy, Nick Lipley

Conference reviews bristol consent issues

Surgical patients can't tell nurses and medics apart

Christian Duffin

Staff should be 'set free', say Tories

Concern over prescribing roll-out

Recruitment code ‘ignores private sector exploitation’

Christian Duffin

Walk on by

Degree student numbers rise

ENB backing for OU course

Health staff put on alert for symptoms of anthrax

Karen Murray

Nurse pledges to stay in war zone

News in brief

Call for building work to cease

It’s a good start, but...

Linda Thomas

Someone’s going to miss out - again