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VOLUME CONTENTS Number 1 Editorial Improving health care through innovative practice Alan Pearson Scholarly Paper Luck: What the nurse should know about it and how it affects nursing situations Ruth Shearer and Ruth Davidhizar Research Papers Life control of members of the Kainuu Martha Organization in Finland Raija Eirola, Merja Nikkonen and Anna-Maija Pietila The manifestation and nursing management of agitation in institutionalized residents with dementia Dianna Keatinge, Carrol Scarfe, Helen Bellchambers, Janine McGee, Randy Oakham, Craig Probert, Lee Stewart and Janice Stokes Truth-telling versus hope: A dilemma in practice Ann Begley and Bronagh Blackwood The future of palliative care nursing research in Australia Lesley Wilkes, !S ally Trac} and Kate White Practice Report European snapshot homeless survey: Results of questions asked of passers-by in 11 European cities David Brandon, Richard Khoo, Rea Magalajlic and Mohammed Abul-Ealeh Clinical Report Comparison of registered nurses in the United Kingdom and the United States: Perceptions of the 1- egistered nurse role when working with nursing care assistants/ unlicensed assistive personne | Frank E McLaughlin, Marjorie Barter, Sue A Thomas, Gary Rix, Margaret Coulter and Hugh Chadderton International Review Book Review Editorial It’s all in the mind... Alan Pearson Scholarly Paper Acute care nurses’ attitudes toward older patients: A literature review Mary Courtney, Shilu Tong and Anne Walsh Research Papers More than time and place: Using historical comparative research as a tool for nursing Trudy Yuginovich Tacking inequalities in health and social wellbeing: Evidence of ‘good practice’ by nurses, midwives and health visitors Anne Lazenbatt, Jean Orr, Martin Bradley, Liz McWhirter and Mary Chambers Chinese husbands’ presence during labour: A preliminary study in Hong Kong Wan Yim Ip How first-time mothers cope with child care while still in the maternity ward Marja-Terttu Tarkka, Marita Paunonen and Pekka Laippala ; Clinical Report Hospitals without walls: A journey through the health-care system Helen Cox and Douglas Cox Practice Report The effect on staff of essential oil burners in extended care settings Pat Tysoe International Review Book Review Letter to Editor Number 3 Editorial A world of difference? Alan Pearson Scholarly Paper Leisure or therapeutics? Snoezelen and the care of older persons with dementia Ian Burns, Helen Cox and Helen Plant Research Papers Death in the Finnish family: Experiences of spousal bereavement Marja Kaunonen, Astedt-Kurki, Paivi Marita Paunonen and Helena Erjanti The efficacy of cotton cover gowns in reducing infection in nursing neutropenic patients: An evidence-based study Heather Kenny and Elizabeth Lawson Patient satisfaction with nursing care in a colorectal surgical population J] Lumby and K England Recommendations for culturally sensitive nursing care Patricia Josipovic Clinical Paper The lived experience of seven people treated with autologous bone marrow /peripheral blood stem cell transplant Catherine Jones and Ysanne B Chapman Practice Report Teaching palliative care principles to UK nursing home care assistants Chris Dowding and Pam Homer International Review Book Review Number 4 Editorial Nursing in the developing world: Lessons for the future Alan Pearson Scholarly Paper The Ottawa Charter—from nursing theory to practice: Insights from the area of alcohol and other drugs Morgan Smith and Lynette Cusack Research Papers Working community as the basis of the quality of care Meeri Koivula, Marita Paunonen-Ilmonen and Pekka Laippala Counselling groups for spouses of elderly demented patients: A qualitative evaluation study Benny Brannstrom, Asa Tibblin and Carin Lowenborg Reflections on the role of the nursing development facilitator in clinical supervision and reflective practice Christopher Maggs and Anna Bile; Feeding outcomes and influences within the Neonatal Unit Jan Wheeler, Claire Chapman, Maree Johnson and Rachel Langdon Clinical Report The day of the soft towel?: Comparison of the current bed-bathing method with the Soft Towel bed-bathing method 5 Irene Hancock, Alexandra Bowman and David Prater Practice Report From rituals to reason: Creating an environment that allows nurses to nurse Maie Tonuma and Margaret Winbolt Book Review International Review Number 5 Editorial Who is accountable for the actions of nurses? Alan Pearson Scholarly Papers Development of nursing research in Germany in the European context Viathilde Hackmann Research Papers Medical receptionists in general practice: Who needs a nurse Elizabeth A Patterson, Christopher Del Mar and Jake M Najman Registe ‘red nurse management of urinary catheters in a rehabilitation and long-term care hospital 1 Andrew Fleming, Jenny Day and Linda Glanfield ‘Feedback. | listened, reflected and utilized’: Third year nursing students’ perceptions and use of feedback in the clinical setting Pauline A Glover We just don’t talk about it: Men living with urinary incontinence and multiple sclerosis Tina Koch, Debbie Kralik and Shayne Ke a Complianc e of adolescents with rheumatoid arthritis Helvi Kyngas Clinical Report Comparison of two warming interventions in surgical patients with mild and moderate hypothermia Dianne Stevens, Maree Johnson and Rachel Langdon Practice Report Documenting and communic ating patient care: Are nursing care plans redundant? Bev O'¢ onnell, Helen Myers, Di lvigg and Fiona Siiesilians International Review Book Review Number 6 Editorial Nurses, doctors and rural health care Alan Pearson Scholarly Paper Does the method of data collection affect patients’ evaluations of quality of care? Bodil Wilde Larsson Research Papers The context of care: Issues of power and control between patients and community mental health nurses Eimear Muir-Cochrane Migrant farm workers and their families: Cultural patterns and delivery of care in the United States Gregory A Bechtel, Ruth Davidhizar and Wanda R Spurlock Women’s experience of myocardial infarction Julie E Holliday, Julia M Lowe and Sue Outram Bound within the limits: Facing constraints to family caring in nursing homes Ursula M Kellett Staff nurses’ role in long-term care hospitals in Israel: Nurses’ perspective Tova Hendel and Dalia Kidron Pressure sore prevalence within a public health services area Margareta Lindgren, Mitra Unosson and Anna-Christina Ek Clinical Report Clinical development units (nursing): Issues surrounding their establishment and survival Jennifer Greenwood Historical Note Vivian Bullwinkel: Sole survivor of the 1942 massacre of Australian nurses Elizabeth M Norman and Dorothy Angell International Review Book Review Referees Author Index Subject Index