A man living with cancer died after being given multiple overdoses of morphine
Clinical
<p>Modern techniques that enable the molecular characterisation of cancerous tissue
<p>Pancreatic cancer is a substantial therapeutic challenge as the disease is often
<p>The emphasis on informed choice for patients raises important questions regarding
<p>Patients must receive the correct dose of chemotherapy delivered over the prescri
<p>The Cancer Care Alliance (CCA) Network for Teesside, South Durham and North Yorks
<p>It has been suggested that group psychological support can have advantages over i
<p>Anthracyclines, of which doxorubicin is the most common, have been effective chem
<p>Health promotion is a discipline that, through education and support, helps peopl
<p>The death of a family member is one of the most stressful and disruptive life eve
<p>A wide range of catheter devices are now available through which to deliver treat
<p>This article describes how an oncology nurse specialist (ONS) post was created to
<p>Having recently been appointed as a clinical nurse specialist (CNS) with the task
<p>Patient follow up after curative treatment for colorectal cancer is a subject of continued debate. It is criticised as costly with little evidence to support survival benefits.
<p>This article outlines the issues and nursing strategies in caring for a patient with cancer, in relation to their position on the life span continuum.
<p>The diagnosis of childhood cancer has a huge impact on the child and family unit. The children’s nurse has a professional responsibility to ensure that the child’s and the family’s information needs are met.
<p>Several Department of Health (DoH) directives in recent years have outlined the need to improve cancer services in England and Wales. Part of this improvement is based on patient feedback of the services that are used.
<p>Now that the Human Genome Project has mapped the entire sequence of human DNA, knowledge of which mutated genes are involved in which cancers is expected to accumulate at an unprecedented pace.
<p>Devising the schedule of nursing time on a hospital ward can be a time-consuming business which, if not done properly, can affect staff morale, resource utilisation and patient care. Over the past decade, new methods of rostering have been introduced across the UK.
