“Listening to children’s voices” can help foster respectful regard for their experiences and
concerns and promote the recognition of children as active agents; that is, persons who have …

OBJECTIVE. The growing shift toward home care services assumes that “being home is
good” and that this is the most desirable option. Although ethical issues in medical decision-…

Theoretical and empirical research in bioethics frequently focuses on ethical dilemmas or
problems. This paper draws on anthropological and phenomenological sources to develop an …

Objectives. Acts of kindness and commemoration by staff members often follow the death of
a patient. Acts include attending funerals, sending sympathy cards, sending cards on …

Background/Rationale. Current nursing literature that describes the nurse–client relationship
as a partnership provides little clarity about the elements and processes of this partnership. …

Purpose: Postmodernism provides a radical alternative to the dominant discourses of Western
societies that emphasize autonomy and independence. It suggests a reimagining of the …

Background: Nurses and nursing students appear vulnerable to moral distress when faced
with ethical dilemmas or decision-making in clinical practice. As a result, they may …

… CARNEVALE ET AL.: COMPLEX CONTINUING CARE NEEDS … Carnevale, FA,
Alexander, E., Davis, M., Rennick, JE and Troini, R. (2006) ‘Daily Living with Distress and …

The nursing literature has witnessed a veritable explosion of qualitative research over the
last two decades. Advocates of this trend would argue that it has clearly enriched our …

Seventy six senior academics from 11 countries invite The BMJ’s editors to reconsider their
policy of rejecting qualitative research on the grounds of low priority. They challenge the …