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Patient group directions for antibiotic supply in Walk-in Centres: how legal are they? (2003)
Journal Article

Until recently antibiotics were only available on prescription. Nurses in NHS Walk-in Centres (WiCs) now supply and administer antibiotics in accordance with patient group directions (PGDs). The aim of this study was to investigate the process of ant... Read More about Patient group directions for antibiotic supply in Walk-in Centres: how legal are they?.

Searching for autonomy (2003)
Journal Article

Objective: to gain an understanding of what midwives understand by the term 'autonomy', and to discover whether they consider themselves and their colleagues to be autonomous in practice. Participants: a snowball sample of 27 midwives working in five... Read More about Searching for autonomy.

ICT: A social justice approach to exploring user issues? (2003)
Journal Article

Amidst the current imperatives to embrace technology as a teaching and learning medium within higher education, this paper considers the introduction of information and communication technology (ICT) within an undergraduate nursing programme from a s... Read More about ICT: A social justice approach to exploring user issues?.

Collaboration, user involvement and education: A systematic review of the literature and report of an educational initiative (2003)
Journal Article

Collaboration is advocated widely through government policy as part of enormous change within the Health Service (Department of Health 1998, 2000b). Directives from policy regarding collaboration impact onto organizations, professions and individuals... Read More about Collaboration, user involvement and education: A systematic review of the literature and report of an educational initiative.

The psycho-social effects of chemotherapy toxicity - A patient perspective: Short report (2003)
Journal Article