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The comforting hand in assisted dying

27 August 2014

Nursing Standard

Feature

Nurses hold sharply divided views on assisted dying. Some support changing the law on the grounds of patient choice. Others fear vulnerable people would come under...

A question of death

05 March 2014

Nursing Standard

Reflections

If someone you loved had a terminal illness and was experiencing untold amounts of pain and distress, could you imagine killing that person to alleviate their...

Being honest

03 October 2006

Nursing Standard

General article

Integrity means adhering to high moral principles or professional standards, but there are barriers to achieving and maintaining it in nursing.

The preferred place of care for people who are dying

09 July 2009

Learning Disability Practice

Feature

This article considers the factors that influence where people with learning disabilities are cared for at the end of life, and where they die. It is based on the...

Good practice in helping clients cope with terminal illness

01 July 2013

Learning Disability Practice

Art & Science

The Confidential Inquiry into Premature Deaths of People with Learning Disabilities reviewed the deaths over a two-year period of all people with learning...

Giving hope to families in palliative care and implications for practice

10 June 2014

Nursing Children and Young People

Art & Science

Caring for a dying child and the family is one of the greatest nursing challenges. The way in which care is delivered will shape the experience they are about to...

Interviewing people with terminal illness: practical and ethical issues

01 October 2006

Nurse Researcher

issues in research

The material gathered can provide valuable insight but interviewing those in the latter stages of their lives poses a number of difficult issues for nurse...

Practitioner to researcher: reflections on the journey

01 July 2007

Nurse Researcher

General

Cara J Bailey is embarking on a study of end-of-life issues in an emergency department where she is known. Being a ‘familiar face’ among the department’s staff...

Stay in touch

19 September 2006

Nursing Standard

Feature

Touch is used in many cultures as a means of relating directly with another person. In this seventh article in our Heart of Nursing series, we look at how touch,...

Using reflection in a critical care unit

09 January 1996

Nursing Standard

CLINICAL transcultural nursing

Reflection is an aptitude which can be used and refined by nurses to underpin their practice. It can also help nurses develop their practice by identifying and...