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The language used during end of life care matters
Health, Sports & Psychology

The language used during end of life care matters

...nursing care teams will think of other things that can be done during this time to support holistic care. Some people argue that the use of euphemisms in England to talk about death means that there is a societal taboo around the subject. Claiming something is taboo implies that the mere mention of it may somehow bring misfortune. However, social scientists have been...
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Students’ experiences of online tutorials in health and social care
Education & Development

Students’ experiences of online tutorials in health and social care

...nurses are joining the tutorial from their workplace and explain via the chatbox that they are unable to use the microphone. A poll enables students to share how they are feeling about their studies, whilst the tutor is visible through the webcam. It is important that universities and tutors know about students’ experiences, both positive and negative so that we can...
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A National Health Service or an International Health Service?: South Asian geriatricians
Society, Politics & Law

A National Health Service or an International Health Service?: South Asian geriatricians

...nurses, doctors, managers, porters and auxiliaries. The whole assemblage of health care has depended on their labour. Since the inception of the National Health Service, migrant doctors have been seen as an integral but devalued part of the health workforce. These doctors were necessary for its operation, providing a mobile army of labour in the lower rungs of a pyramidal...
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Should the NHS try a Dutch model for social care?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Should the NHS try a Dutch model for social care?

...nurses – with just 30 managers on its books. Staff costs per hour are higher but patients need 30% to 40% less contact time every month, the company claims, because care is directly responsive, changing on a day-to-day basis depending on what the patient needs. Nurses work in teams of ten, each serving a particular community and working closely with local GPs and...
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5 reasons why exercising outdoors is great for people who have dementia
Health, Sports & Psychology

5 reasons why exercising outdoors is great for people who have dementia

...nursing homes (including people with mild cognitive impairment) reported improvements in gait speed and muscle strengthening of the lower body (Frandin et al, 2009). Such improvements might directly enable the person with dementia to become mobile and carry out day-to-day activities including self-care independently or with little assistance. 2. Exercise is stimulation...
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International health service: How the NHS has always relied on overseas labour
Society, Politics & Law

International health service: How the NHS has always relied on overseas labour

...nurses from the EEA may no longer have the right to do so. Dr Parvati Raghuram looks at how the NHS has depended on foreign workers since its creation...[NHS leaflet 1948] NHS leaflet from 1948 The claim that the National Health Service (NHS) would get an additional £350m per week if the UK quit the EU was arguably one of the most persuasive slogans of the Brexit...
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FGM clinical pathways in Northern Ireland
Health, Sports & Psychology

FGM clinical pathways in Northern Ireland

...Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), General Medical Council (GMC) and Social Work regulators) expect registrants to understand the legal, ethical, safeguarding, and health implications of FGM and to deliver person-centred, trauma-informed, sensitive, non-discriminatory care. While FGM training is mandatory for some professional groups in NI (midwives, gynaecologists,...
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Right to die: what about other circumstances?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Right to die: what about other circumstances?

...nurse who had seen many people die, that she might experience an undignified death. Having decided that her life was complete, Gill Pharoah travelled to Switzerland in the summer of 2015. In this video her partner Johan Southall defends her decision. Should assisted suicide be available for people who aren’t terminally ill? Are there alternatives to assisted suicide...
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