The paper by Gilbert et al. should be on the table of every politician and National Health Service (NHS) manager in the run up to the general election, when the NHS is at the hustings. They have raised profound moral dilemmas of the internal and external market in their present form, such as the practicalities of distributive justice and the enhancement of autonomy – to which are added the pres...

Aim The aim of this study was to describe the care-planning conference from the participants' and researchers' perspectives, focusing on exploring aspects of person-centred interactions. Design A single-instrumental, qualitative case study design was used describing a care-planning conference taking place in the home of an older woman and her daughter. Methods Data collection consisted of o...

BACKGROUND Providing person-centred, dignity-conserving care for hospitalised patients is central to many healthcare policies and essential to the provision of effective palliative care. The Patient Dignity Question (PDQ) "What do I need to know about you as a person to take the best care of you that I can?" was designed from empirical research on patients' perceptions of their dignity at end o...

AIM To explore the role of nursing staff's person-centredness caring for people with dementia in relation to their work environment and job-related well-being. BACKGROUND Given the development towards person-centred care and labour force issues, research has recently focused on the effect of person-centredness on nursing staff's well-being. Findings from occupational stress research suggest t...

Preceptorship is one aspect of continuous professional development which is vital to support healthcare professionals in the delivery of safe, effective, person-centred care. This article outlines the various aspects of preceptorship for nurses, midwives and specialist community public health nurses in Northern Ireland. It is hoped that the elements within it have transferability across other h...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To explore, using the example of a project working with older people in an outpatient setting in a large UK NHS Teaching hospital, how the constructs of Person Centred Nursing are reflected in interviews from participants in a Co-design led service improvement project. BACKGROUND Person Centred Care and Person Centred Nursing are recognised terms in healthcare. Co-design (...

BACKGROUND Departing from the widespread use of the internet in modern society and the emerging use of web applications in healthcare this project captures persons' needs and expectations in order to develop highly usable web recourses. The purpose of this paper is to outline a multi-case research project focused on the development and evaluation of person-centred web-based support for people w...