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Prouty’s contact work: a carer’s perspective

01 September 2005

Mental Health Practice

General

Contact work (CW) was developed by Professor Garry Prouty in 1976 following many years of working with people who were diagnosed with schizophrenia and severe...

growing old with dignity: a concept analysis

01 June 2002

Nursing Older People

General

The term ‘dignity’ describes an attitude and approach to people that is integral to caring (Carper 1978), and users of healthcare services should expect their...

Endless evolution: how patterns of care shift over time

01 June 2006

Learning Disability Practice

A&S Science

The Valuing People White Paper confirmed that the general health of people with learning disabilities is very poor (Department of Health 2001). Despite the...

Under the Brighton full moon: introduction

01 December 2004

Mental Health Practice

General

Long before man’s first lunar landing in July 1969 the moon has been an object of fascination. The belief that the moon is able to exert an influence on behaviour on...

Power over therapy? Mental health nursing in the Royal Navy

01 June 2006

Mental Health Practice

General

Recent National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidance referred to the ‘therapeutic alliance’ and its relevance in therapy, especially in the treatment of...

Moving beyond mechanism: developments in cognitive and behavioural approaches to theory and practice of therapy

01 May 2007

Mental Health Practice

General

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is often viewed as a homogenous approach to the understanding and treatment of human distress and has been criticised as a...

instrumental passivity: a behavioural theory of dependence

01 April 2002

Nursing Older People

General

The instrumental passivity hypothesis (Baltes 1982, Baltes and Skinner 1983) argues that hospitals and nursing homes reinforce the dependent behaviours of older...

Are nursing theories holistic?

18 January 2000

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Nursing theories, while claiming to present models of holistic nursing care, do not deal adequately with human spirituality. This article reviews several nursing...

Exploring the legitimacy of intuition as a form of nursing knowledge

16 June 2009

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article discusses intuition as a legitimate form of knowledge rather than solely as an expert trait. It also describes the possibility of interdisciplinary...

Effective rehabilitation for older people

23 June 1999

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article describes a new model which aims to ensure that older people who are discharged from hospital are sufficiently confident, independent and self-caring.

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