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'It's like trying to ice a cake that's not been baked': a qualitative exploration of the contextual factors associated with implementing an evidence-based information intervention for family carers at the end of life

scientific article published on 20 November 2020

A UK survey of the impact of cancer on employment.

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A descriptive study of meaning of illness in chronic renal disease.

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A longitudinal study exploring pain control, treatment and service provision for individuals with end-stage lower limb osteoarthritis.

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A narrative review of interventions to support family carers who provide physical care to family members with cancer.

scientific article published on 28 April 2009

A poststructural rethinking of the ethics of technology in relation to the provision of palliative home care by district nurses

scientific article published on 03 September 2015

A review of the information and support needs of family carers of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published on February 2009

A systematic review of informal caregivers' needs in providing home-based end-of-life care to people with cancer

scientific article published on 08 April 2009

Adherence to peak flow monitoring. Information provided by meters should be part of self management plan

scientific article published on May 2002

An evaluation of information cards as a means of improving communication between hospital and primary care for women with breast cancer

scientific article published in May 2000

An exploratory study of priority information needs in adult asthma patients

scientific article published on 01 August 2002

An exploratory study of the follow-up care needs of patients treated for colorectal cancer.

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Assessing the quality of research: a challenge for nursing.

scientific article published in March 2007

At home in hospital? Interaction and stigma in people affected by cancer

scientific article published in April 2006

Can lay people deliver asthma self-management education as effectively as primary care based practice nurses?

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Cancer survivors' views of work 3 years post diagnosis: a UK perspective

scientific article published on 14 March 2008

Cancer survivorship and return to work: UK occupational physician experience

scientific article published on 10 December 2008

Caring for dying people in hospital.

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Challenges to end of life care in the acute hospital setting

scientific article published in September 2006

Changes in patterns of knowing the patient: the case of British district nurses.

scientific article published in November 2004

Clinical nurse specialists and the practice of community nurses

scientific article published in June 2006

Clinical nurse specialists as entrepreneurs: constrained or liberated

scientific article published in December 2006

Colorectal cancer follow-up: patient satisfaction and amenability to telephone after care

scientific article published on 2 July 2010

Colorectal cancer patients' attitudes towards involvement in decision making.

scientific article published on March 2009

Comparing hospital and telephone follow-up after treatment for breast cancer: randomised equivalence trial.

scientific article published on 14 January 2009

Considerations in developing and delivering a non-pharmacological intervention for symptom management in lung cancer: the views of health care professionals

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Continuing care after cancer treatment

scientific article published in October 2003

Development and evaluation of an intervention to support family caregivers of people with cancer to provide home-based care at the end of life: a feasibility study

scientific article published on 7 February 2015

Did Project 2000 nurse training change recruitment patterns or career expectations?

scientific article published in July 2000

District nurses' role in palliative care provision: a realist review.

scientific article published on 21 May 2010

Economic evaluation of a randomized clinical trial of hospital versus telephone follow-up after treatment for breast cancer

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Effectiveness of a home care nursing program in the symptom management of patients with colorectal and breast cancer receiving oral chemotherapy: a randomized, controlled trial

scientific article published on 16 November 2009

Evaluating computer assisted learning for renal patients.

scientific article published in August 1992

Exploring the decision-making preferences of people with colorectal cancer.

scientific article published on June 2005

Exploring the needs, concerns and behaviours of people with existing respiratory conditions in relation to the H1N1 'swine influenza' pandemic: a multicentre survey and qualitative study.

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Follow-up in breast cancer clinics: Reassuring for patients rather than detecting recurrence

scientific article published in 2005

GP referral of patients with osteoarthritis for consideration of total joint replacement: a longitudinal study.

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Getting a visit: how district nurses and general practitioners 'organise' each other in primary care.

scientific article published on November 2006

Health visitor involvement with the elderly.

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How do you explain a pain that can't be seen?: the narratives of women with chronic pelvic pain and their disengagement with the diagnostic cycle.

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Individuals' expectations and challenges following total hip replacement: a qualitative study.

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Influences on individuals with osteoarthritis in deciding to undergo a hip or knee joint replacement: a qualitative study

scientific article published in January 2009

Information and support needs of women with primary relatives with breast cancer: development of the Information and Support Needs Questionnaire.

scientific article published in August 2001

Involvement in treatment decisions: what do adults with asthma want and what do they get? Results of a cross sectional survey.

scientific article published on March 2005

Is chronic pelvic pain a comfortable diagnosis for primary care practitioners: a qualitative study

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Management of the respiratory distress symptom cluster in lung cancer: a randomised controlled feasibility trial

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Meeting the information needs of women with breast cancer: Piloting a nurse-led intervention

scientific article published in December 2006

Meeting the ongoing needs of survivors of rarer cancer.

scientific article published on 26 November 2007

Nurse-patient interaction and decision-making in care: patient involvement in community nursing

scientific article published in July 2006

Nursing research: coming of age?

scientific article published in June 2006

Pain, physical functioning and quality of life of individuals awaiting total joint replacement: a longitudinal study

scientific article published on 16 January 2008

Palliative care: community nurses' perceptions of quality.

scientific article published on September 2000

Patient and carer needs following a cancer-related hospital admission: the importance of referral to the district nursing service

scientific article published in May 2002

Patients waiting for a hip or knee joint replacement: is there any prioritization for surgery?

scientific article published in June 2008

Prescribing by specialist nurses in cancer and palliative care: results of a national survey

scientific article published in June 2007

Promoting the health of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: patients' and carers' views.

scientific article published on February 2010

Quality care as ethical care: a poststructural analysis of palliative and supportive district nursing care

scientific article published on 19 July 2015

Quality of care for individuals with osteoarthritis: a longitudinal study

scientific article published on 6 January 2011

Quality of care for people with osteoarthritis: a qualitative study

scientific article published in July 2007

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN NURSING

scientific article published in October 1992

Readability of patient information booklets for women with breast cancer

scientific article published in June 1997

Reading nursing: the burden of being different

scientific article published in January 1984

Referral and management options for patients with chronic kidney disease: perspectives of patients, generalists and specialists ⬇️

scientific article published on December 10, 2012

Research and development in nursing. 1992.

scientific article published on June 2006

Return to work after cancer in the UK: attitudes and experiences of line managers

scientific article published in December 2010

Skills competency in nurse education: nurse managers' perceptions of diploma level preparation

scientific article published in May 1999

Specialist community nurses: a critical analysis of their role in the management of long-term conditions ⬇️

scientific article published on 29 September 2009

Staff interaction with vocally disruptive demented patients compared with demented controls

scientific article published in June 1990

Strategies, facilitators and barriers to implementation of evidence-based practice in community nursing: a systematic mixed-studies review and qualitative synthesis.

scientific article published on 2 August 2018

Subjective and Objective Sleep Quality in Individuals with Osteoarthritis in Taiwan ⬇️

scientific article published on 10 December 2014

Supportive care in the cancer setting: rhetoric or reality?

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The changing face of cancer care in the UK: can nurses help to structure new services?

scientific article published on 01 July 2004

The response of nurses towards the management and teaching of patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD).

scientific article published on January 1986

The role of district nursing: perspectives of cancer patients and their carers before and after hospital discharge

scientific article published in December 2003

Towards knowledge-based practice; an evaluation of a method of dissemination

scientific article published in February 1995

Treatment decision making in women newly diagnosed with breast cancer

scientific article published in February 1996

Unchartedterritory: Masters preparation as a foundation for nurse clinicians

scientific article published in June 1995

Vulnerability of family caregivers in terminal palliative care at home; balancing between burden and capacity.

scientific article published in June 2003

Working with the team: strategies employed by hospital cancer nurse specialists to implement their role.

scientific article published on April 2007

‘Busyness’ and the preclusion of quality palliative district nursing care ⬇️

scientific article published on May 23, 2013

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