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Dangerous motherhood: insanity and childbirth in Victorian Britain

18 January 2005

Nursing Standard

Book Review

This is a detailed, insightful and scholarly discussion of puerperal psychosis in Victorian Britain. Hilary Marland has accessed a wealth of primary sources to...

Health Policy for Health Care Professionals

27 April 2005

Nursing Standard

Reflection

A brief 136 pages, plus glossary, references and index – with a misleading title – this book focuses on the NHS rather than general health policy, and virtually...

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04 August 2009

Nursing Standard

Reflections

NHS Improvement was set up in April 2008 as a national improvement programme for cancer, stroke, cardiac and diagnostic services.

Nursing today: transition and trends – sixth edition

17 March 2009

Nursing Standard

Book Review

This updated and attractive text addresses a wide range of subjects, including nursing theory, management, law, ethics, career development and time management. The...

The NHS experience – the ‘snakes and ladders’guide for patients and professionals

21 March 2006

Nursing Standard

Book Review

This book, taken from Great Ormond Street’s Snakes and Laddersdrama series, is intended for patients and health professionals. It uses the fictional story of Daniel,...

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27 June 2006

Nursing Standard

Reviews

The internet has greatly increased the availability and accessibility of health-related information. The reliability and accuracy of much of this information,...

Webwise

15 August 2006

Nursing Standard

Reflections

The place of complementary therapies in contemporary health care is regularly debated, often with a great deal of rancour but little recourse to evidence. The...

Sister Janet – Nurse and heroine of the Anglo-Zulu war 1879

22 August 2006

Nursing Standard

Book Review

In 1878, Janet Wells, aged 18, was a volunteer nurse during the Russo-Turkish war. In 1879, after a brief rest in England, she was one of a group of nurses sent to...

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05 October 2010

Nursing Standard

Reflection

The Scottish Centre for Telehealth was set up in 2006 to support and guide the development of telehealth across Scotland. NHS24 took over organisational...

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09 January 2007

Nursing Standard

Book Review

The Historical Nursing Journals Database is provided by the RCN Archive and is freely accessible. It offers searchable access to The Nursing Record, published from...