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Unstructured and semi-structured interviewing

01 March 1994

Nurse Researcher

Interviewing techniques

At first glance, the idea of collecting data through some kind of interviewing can seem an attractively easy one; it is just talking to people, asking questions and...

How informal carers cope with terminal cancer

16 April 1997

Nursing Standard

Clinical

Although caring is not necessarily a negative experience (Dawson 1991, Grant and Nolan 1993), it is undoubtedly stressful (Nolan et al 1990). In the light of...

Palliative care: the nurse's role

06 December 1995

Nursing Standard

Continuing education

Aim and intended learning outcomes The aim of the article is to explore the role and knowledge needs of all nurses working with terminally ill cancer patients and...

Alternatives to bad nursing

29 July 1992

Nursing Standard

Viewpoint alternative therapies

Alternative medicine is booming in Britain today. The recession may be hitting other enterprises, but never since the advent of the NHS have so many people sought...

A qualified ‘yes’ to nursing

07 July 1993

Nursing Standard

Education

I am a nurse. This is how I describe myself when asked to state my profession for any official purpose. My name is on the UKCC register. Yet other nurses seem...

Patient recruitment and retention strategies in randomised controlled trials

01 November 1998

Nurse Researcher

Randomised controlled trials

Evidence-based practice has become a by-word for health care in the 1990s. However, the idea of founding practice on evidence rather than anecdote or tradition has a...

Volume reduction of arm lymphoedema

19 May 1993

Nursing Standard

Clinical oncology

The Lymphoedema Clinic at Sir Michael Sobell House was established in 1985 to provide physical treatment for patients with lymphoedema, most of which was...