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01 November 2011 | Vol 21, Issue 9
CPD

Pathophysiology of rheumatoid arthritis: nature or nurture?

John Clancy, Heather Hasthorpe

General

Guidance for assessing overseas patients who live in the UK

Karen Wagner, Jane Jones

Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome

Lorna Busmer

Research focus

Pressure ulcers

Caroline McGraw

Research news

Depression treatment

Herd immunity

Breastfeeding support

Vari Drennan

Resources

Repositioning for treatment of pressure ulcers

Caroline McGraw

Support surfaces for pressure ulcer prevention

Risk-assessment tools for the prevention of pressure ulcers

Asthma education

Noticeboard

On the web

Support and advice

Tina Bishop

Health trends in England

Diary

Diary

Book review

Woman-centered care in pregnancy and childbirth

Sonia Hall

Persuasion in Clinical Practice

Val Blackmore

Letter

Letter November 2011

Donna Carr-Howland

Opinion

We must tackle the ‘them and us’ culture

Bethann Siviter

Everybody out

Roy Lilley

Analysis

Good practice guide supports end of life care

Eleanor Sherwen

Campaign is launched to protect specialist services

Julie Penfold

News

Queen’s Nursing Institute appoints chair

Nurses will replace answer machines for urgent health advice

Success in increasing awareness of ovarian cancer symptoms

Campaign to include lifesaving skills in the national curriculum

New service gives dying patients choice of going home

Brutal reality of damage done by smoking cigarettes

Find the missing millions who have declining lung function

Christian Duffin

News in brief

Editorial

A depressing picture of cuts

Lynn Young

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