This text is a comprehensive, highly readable guide to how to undertake a literature review
in health and social care, tailored specifically for postgraduate study. Essential reading for …

Background Caring for someone with dementia is one of the most challenging caring roles.
The need for support for family caregivers has been recognized for some time but is often …

Background: Advance care planning aims to ensure that care received during serious and
chronic illness is consistent with the person's values, preferences and goals. However, less …

Background Patient death is an emotional and demanding experience for nurses, especially
for new graduate nurses who are unprepared to deliver end-of-life care. Understanding new …

Meta-synthesis refers to a range of approaches by which existing qualitative studies in
healthcare can be reviewed and compared. There is increasing use of meta-synthesis to …

Background The balance of benefits and harms associated with enteral tube feeding for
people with severe dementia is not clear. An increasing number of guidelines highlight the …

Background The global transfer of nursing and midwifery education to higher education
institutes has led to student nurses and midwives experiencing challenges previously faced …

Background Assisted death and dementia is a controversial topic that, in recent years, has
been subject to considerable clinical, ethical and political debate. Objective This paper …

Background: In recent years, UK policy has increasingly recognised the importance of end-
of-life care in dementia. While professional consensus on optimal palliative care in dementia …

Objectives: We aimed to critically evaluate decision aids developed for practitioners and
caregivers when providing care for someone with dementia or for use by people with …