The moment at which a diagnosis is delivered to a patient, particularly when it is serious, is
an important social moment. It not only dictates the clinical pathway, it also rewrites the …

Recently, the number of education programmes addressing person-centred approaches to
long-term residential dementia care has increased, and nursing assistants (NAs) are often …

In modern practice, doctors who outright lie to their patients are often condemned, yet those
who employ non-lying deceptions tend to be judged less critically. Some areas of non …

Background Given the issue of caring critically ill patients, nurses are involved in the process
of breaking bad news in critical care units, while little research has been conducted on this …

The guidelines and skills required to become a nurse are always changing and it can be
difficult to stay up-to-date with the current standards. This book has been specifically …

Outside China, little is known about the process and implications of the Up to the Mountains
and Down to the Countryside (UMDC) Movement, a Chinese state policy from 1967 to 1979 …

Sad news is defined as a situation where there is feeling of no hope, a threat to person's
mental or physical wellbeing, or where a message is given which may result in fewer …

International medical graduate (IMG) physicians are a highly diverse group of individuals on
the basis of each person's country of origin, acculturation, race/ethnicity, gender, age …

The scenario relates to an older person, Bill, who had been finding it difficult to cope in his
own home environment. He was told that he would be going on a 'short holiday'but in fact …

1. In studies with minimal risk, proxy consent is acceptable in absence of an advanced
directive. 2. For studies with greater than minimal risk and reasonable benefit potential …