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Volume Contents Editorial Breaking the news: informing visitors that a patient has died lan D. Dyer Haemodynamic profiles and the critical care nurse Maureen Coombs Ventricular assist devices for the failing heart: anursing focus Maureen Coombs Monoclonal antibodies—the future of pharmacology E. Eburn The needs of a patient in severe status asthmaticus: experiences of a nurse—patient in an intensive care unit Pilar Arcas Ruiz The communication process with ventilator patients in the ICU as perceived by the nursing staff Ingegard Bergbom-Engberg, Hengo Haljamae Performing endotracheal suction on children: a literature review and implications for nursing practice Anthony M. Knox Empathy and technology in the coronary care unit Gillian Ruth Hudson The nurse’s role in caring for patients undergoing LDL-Apheresis Elaine Jefford The role of nurses and technicians in intensive care John Stock, Jane Ball BOOK REVIEWS NOTICES Editorial Issues in intensive care visiting Francis C. Biley, Brian J. Millar and Anna M. Wilson The right to refuse treatment— an ethical case study Sally A. Hunka Social support and social network after acute myocardial infarction; the critically ill male patient’s needs, choice and motives Bengt Fridlund, Annika Stener-Bengtsson and Ann-Lis Wannman Resource package: haemofiltration Philip Woodrow Holistic care of a critically ill child Carol Purcell Ils massage beneficial to critically ill patients in intensive care units? A critical review Caroline F. Hill Elective ventilation for transplant purposes Cathie Blackwell Areview of literature relating to sleep in hospital with emphasis on the sleep of the ICU patient Alison M. Wood Eye care for ventilated patients Michael Farrell and Fiona Wray World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine. The declaration of Madrid on the preparation of critical care nurses BOOK REVIEWS NOTICES Editorial The development of a pressure area scoring system for critically ill patients: a pilot study Steve Batson, Sheila Adam, Gareth Hall, Sara Quirke Teaching roles in critical care —the mentor and the preceptor Helen Ellis The near death experience E. J. Cole Occupational stress in neurosurgical nursing John Snape and Stephen J. Cavanagh Gut feelings about gut feeding: enteral feeding for ventilated patients in a district general hospital Lin Perry Applying a model of quality assurance in intensive care Christopher C. Bassett Asevere and fatal case of ethylene glycol poisoning Richard Hatchett The role cf the nurse in ethical decision-making in intensive care units Christine Watson Comparison of three instruments for measuring patient anxiety in a coronary care unit Doug Elliot An overview of ventilator observations Joy A. Robb NOTICES BOOK REVIEWS PRODUCT NEWS Editorial Core temperature measurement: a comparison of rectal, axillary and pulmonary artery blood temperature Paul Fulbrook Application of ap ressure area risk calculator in an intensive care unit Julian Hunt The lecturer practitioner role and the development of intensive care nursing practice Netta Lloyd-Jones The management of acute renal failure in the intensive therapy unit Martin R. Hagland Nurses’ attitudes toward computerised care plansin intensive care. Part | H. C. Lowry Mouth care in an intensive care unit: a review Rose Day Pre-operative visits by ITU nurses: recommendations for practice Debra Cheetham Cross-cultural communication in an intensive therapy unit Fiona Anthonypillai Post-pump delirium Linda A. Tucker Endotracheal suction for adult, non-head-injured, patients. A review of the literature A. Odell, A. Allder, R. Bayne, C. Everett, S. Scott, B. Still and S. West BACCN NEWS NOTICES SUBJECT INDEX AUTHOR INDEX