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Making sense of spirituality in nursing and healthcare practice, an interactive approach

01 January 2007

Nursing Older People

Book Review

The concept of spirituality is increasingly used as a way of thinking about dimensions of health care and the experiences of health and illness.

We Need To Talk About The Funeral – 101 practical ways to commemorate and celebrate a life

01 March 2009

Nursing Older People

Book Review

This is an interesting and useful book. I came to it with a professional interest. As a nurse, I have been with many people at their death, and have supported their...

Doing and writing qualitative research

01 June 2004

Nurse Researcher

Book Review

This book is a very useful addition to the literature on qualitative methods, and, although it makes few direct references to nursing, midwifery or other health...

Quality of life research: a critical introduction

01 September 2004

Nurse Researcher

Book Review

Many books have been published on quality of life research in recent years, but few are as thought provoking or original as this one. It is essential reading for...

In our prime?

18 September 1991

Nursing Standard

Viewpoint primary nursing

Primary nursing is promoted as the method of choice for hospital-based nursing care (1,2).

Dignity, well-being and identity: a qualitative study of older people’s interpretations of how healthcare workers speak to them

16 September 2020

Nursing Older People

research

Background The initial interaction between an older person and a nurse, and how the older person interprets this interaction, is important and sometimes overlooked....

Spiritual growth and care in the fourth age of life

01 May 2007

Nursing Older People

Book Review

Elizabeth MacKinlay, an Anglican priest and director of the Centre for Ageing and Pastoral Studies in Australia, based this book on qualitative research she has...

Exploring nurses’ use of language with older people

01 November 2013

Nursing Older People

Art & Science

The authors discuss ways in which nurses speak to older people. Research shows that the words nurses use can have a powerful effect on the wellbeing of older people....

Book reviews and round-up

01 July 2007

Nurse Researcher

Book Review

A regular look at recent publications relevant to health care and nursing research

Book reviews and round-up

01 October 2007

Nurse Researcher

Book Review

A regular look at recent publications relevant to health care and nursing research