Palliative care is an approach that encompasses comfort focused, holistic care for any patient with a life-limiting illness, including patients who are receiving curative treatment. The focus is on...
‘At death you break up: the bits that were you Start speeding away from each other for ever With no one to see.’ .
The introduction of the care improvement initiative ensured that oral care was provided to all patients, with those identified as being at high risk (category C) receiving care using the Stryker care...
The general purpose of this study was to investigate the demographic and environmental factors that might adversely affect the patients' quality of sleep. The hypotheses were: patients' demographic...
Early research studies alluded to differences in how women and men use humour (Kotthoff, 2006). Kotthoff explained that traditionally held views involved actively joking men and a passive audience of...
The aims of the study were to:.
‘Impairment: any loss or abnormality of psychological, physiological or anatomical structure or function.’ .
The aim of the modular approach to education and training for the legislation change is to meet the Department of Health and Social Care's (DHSC) commitment for 100% of all specialist...
Once humans began to live in close proximity to their fellow man the lack of good personal hygiene and sanitation ultimately led to the emergence of communicable diseases. Perhaps the best known of...
‘Many of the reactions of maternity unit staff at this stage were shaped by denial that there was a problem, their rejection of criticism of them that they felt was unjustified (and which, on...
The Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 gives health protection powers to local authorities, which can be used without approval from a court. They also give powers to magistrates to make...
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