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Gerontological gender gap

01 January 1994

Elderly Care

Women and ageing

The stereotypical ageist view of old people depicts them as being in poor health, both mentally and physically, poorly housed and disengaged from active...

Understanding and Interpreting Educational Research

25 July 2014

Nurse Researcher

Book Review

A USEFUL introductory tool for anyone planning to undertake educationally focused research at undergraduate or higher degree level, this book is helpfully split into...

Multilevel and Longitudinal Modeling with IBM SPSS

14 July 2015

Nurse Researcher

Book Review

A USER-FRIENDLY and accessible introduction to the topic, and as such an excellent book for academics and postgraduate students. Extensively illustrated with IBM...

Other colleges should follow rcn on assisted suicide policy

08 September 2009

Nursing Standard

Reflections

Given that assisted dying for the terminally ill is an issue of patient choice, and not the choice of the medical or nursing professions, I am delighted that the RCN...

How to be a pioneer in your chosen field

27 March 2014

Nurse Researcher

Opinion

CAROL HAIGH, professor of nursing at Manchester Metropolitan University’s Research Institute for Health and Social Change, has more than 30 years’ experience of...

Quick fix or citable source?

25 May 2011

Nursing Standard

Careers

Despite many nursing lecturers viewing Wikipedia with a degree of suspicion, there is evidence to suggest that increasing numbers of students are using it to support...

Exploring the case for assisted dying in the UK

04 January 2012

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article discusses the concepts of euthanasia, assisted suicide and physician-assisted suicide, under the umbrella term of assisted dying, from a pro-assisted...

As others see us: what PhD students say about supervisors

24 September 2014

Nurse Researcher

Online forum

Aim To explore the attitudes that doctoral students share with each other in an online postgraduate discussion forum. Background The supervisory role is pivotal to...

Declining to comment will undermine informed opinion

16 February 2010

Nursing Standard

Letter

We note with some dismay that the RCN did not contribute to the recent consultation on the Interim Policy for Prosecutors in Respect of Cases of Assisted Suicide...

Balance of power – do patients use researchers to survive hospital?

01 April 2005

Nurse Researcher

General

This paper focuses on the way research study participants interpret their contact with researchers. Much has been made of the unequal power relationship between...