With dying increasingly becoming a medicalised experience in old age, we are witnessing a
shift from concern over death itself to an interest in dying 'well'. Fierce discussions about end …

As health care has become increasingly complex, the human caring associated with nursing
has become eclipsed by financial bottom lines and managed care initiatives. Because …

Background: This study represents the initial steps in researching the cultural distress model
and explores the cumulative layering of stressors that place the patient at risk for cultural …

Background. Dignity in care is an area of huge public interest, however, little work has been
undertaken in UK maternity care. Method. The authors analysed two years of complaints in …

'Do no harm'is an enduring principle of medicine, yet people continue to be harmed in the
process of being 'cared for'. Before the 1990s, there was very little understanding that poor …

The concept of social justice is making a revival in nursing scholarship, in part in response to
widening health inequalities and inequities in high‐income countries. In particular, critical …

Postmodernism is a notion that causes as much confusion as it does consternation, yet in
recent years it has become one of the most widely debated philosophies in health care …

It might seem strange to suggest there is value in exploring absences or silences in nursing
scholarship in relation to feminism, but there is much to be learnt from being on the margins …

Background Preserving persons' dignity is integral to nursing. More research is needed to
explore how a diversity of patients, particularly those that experience illness from a young …

This book explores the experience of immigration enforcement for women who have been
detained in immigration detention in the UK. Drawing upon in-depth interviews with women …