This is a post-peer-review, pre-copy edited version of an article published in Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice. The definitive publisher-authenticated version: O’Brien, N., 2009. Secondary school teachers’ and pupils’ definitions of bullying in the UK:…

Copyright by Sage Publications, 2008. Published in Journal of Research in Nursing, 13(6), pp.465-477., Action research (AR) is promoted for health care development. A systematic review was undertaken to gain insight into the uptake and designs of practice-based AR. Empirical…

Background: To assess trends in mortality after burn injuries treated in a regional specialist burns service between 1982 and 2008.

Methods: Patient and burn-specific information and mortality were collated from written admission ledgers and the hospital coding department for…

This is an electronic version of an article published in Ethics and Social Welfare, 3(3), pp.229-233. Ethics and Social Welfare is available online at: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=t744402347., In the flyer for the ‘Ethics that Work’ conference organized by this journal in November…

There is increasing concern over the number of university students and university staff who require psychological support; however, little is known about the impact of this on higher education (HE) staff. University employees (n=91) from two UK universities completed an…

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A news report from 2008, freely available as a YouTube clip (http://www.
youtube.com/watch?v=sj4IGDbRZvc),
claims that nursing staff working in a
hospital in Spain are incentivised to
wear a ‘miniskirt’ as part of their
uniform dress code. Greg…

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This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in British Journal of Social Work following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version, Beckett, C. & McKeigue, B., 2010. Objects of concern: caring for children during care proceedings.…

This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in British Journal of Social Work following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version: McKeigue, B. & Beckett, C., 2010. Squeezing the toothpaste tube: will tackling court delay result…

In the past, as in the present, older people constituted the
largest single group of recipients of nursing care in both
hospital and community settings. However, the practical
realities associated with providing that nursing care and the
changing organisational frameworks…