This review, which continues the series begun many years ago, is the first to relate to a complete calendar year. It follows the layout established a year ago and it describes the activities of a particularly busy year. In the first section, the interest areas of the Centre are described; ...
This conference was the second of two designed to examine the ways in which care for the elderly in Denmark, is provided, and to compare those ways with the provision of similar services in the United Kingdom. Members of the study team who visited Denmark each gave their impressions of ...
In June 1978, a small multi-disciplinary group consisting of two doctors, a nurse and a social worker spent a week in Denmark studying the Danish approach to care of the elderly. The conference was held to examine the Danish experience of long-term care for the elderly. Discussion focussed on what ...
The aim of the conference was to ascertain the support for setting up a working party to consider a central system of processing applications for nurse training. The conference was organised by the South East Thames Regional Nurse Training Committee following meetings with the North East and North West Thames ...
The conference addressed the problem of how to move towards a better quality of residential services for adults with learning difficulties. Ways of measuring the quality of life were discussed, including a `checklist of needs' to be used when assessing a residential service. From visits to 100 places where people ...
This conference discussed the training needs in midwifery. During the morning session, a number of midwives gave presentations describing the training they had received, and whether they felt it had prepared them adequately for their role. The afternoon session was devoted to group discussion to identify midwifery training needs in ...
The paper is divided into two sections. The first section covers prevention in obstetrics - in antenatal and in perinatal care, and includes screening for foetal abnormalities and genetic counselling. The second covers preventive aspects of gynaecology, including cytological screening, contraception and abortion.
These notes explore how people in the health and welfare services are tackling the problems of developing comprehensive mental health services, in situations where these services are currently based on large institutions serving two or more health districts. Attention has been focussed on the question of how the psychiatric services ...
These papers record the proceedings of this study day. A review of the Programme's development from 1974 to 1978 was given, and some current issues were discussed. A report on recent disciplinary figures and their implications for nurse education was made, highlighting the fact that many cases were the result ...
Until recently crisis theory and crisis intervention services have been a relatively neglected area in Britain. But with the sectorisation of the large psychiatric hospital and the use of district general hospital units, the possibilities of teams developing who can become familiar with a geographical area and think through new ...