WEBWISE National Institute for Health Research The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) was created in 2006 as a UK government body to co-ordinate and fund research for the NHS in England. It aims to ‘improve the health and wealth of the nation through research’. Its website has been relaunched on the back of the NIHR open access Journals Library, set up in June 2013. The library publishes findings of research programmes, with full details, including funding, to avoid duplication of effort and to encourage transparency. There are sections on applying for funding, systematic reviews and research priorities. The policy and standards section details NHS research obligations, NIHR carbon reduction guidelines, and publications policy. There are four types of faculty membership of the NIHR for those employed by an English NHS organisation, university or registered charity – investigators, college of senior investigators, associates or trainees. Faculty members can enter the new media competition to help communicate their research. Closing date for entries is September 30. The NIHR site is accessible and uncluttered, with a text-only version and search facility – all compliant with the Disability Discrimination Act in terms of web accessibility. All the content is accessible using a range of screen readers, magnifiers and speech recognition software. There is also a comprehensive glossary. Roger Evans is assistant editor, Nursing Standard www.nihr.ac.uk See www.nursing-standard.co.uk for previous website reviews 32 august 6 :: vol 28 no 49 :: 2014
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TV :: radio :: books :: websites :: apps Ross and Wilson Anatomy and Physiology in Health and Illness – Twelfth edition HHHHH
Ross and Wilson anatomy and physiology texts have been used by students and clinicians for more than 50 years. This new 12th edition is an excellent resource. Illustrations have been updated, with additional coloured electron micrographs and photographs that bring learning to life in a vibrant way. The structure and functions of the body and the effects of illness are
explained, with interactive online activities, videos and study aids to support the learning process. There are sections on how the body deals with food, drink, elimination and the systems and functions of the respiratory, digestive and urinary processes. It also addresses how the body protects itself against disease and infection, the immune system, and genetics and reproduction. There are new sections on the implications of normal ageing on the structure and function of the body systems. The glossary has been expanded, as have the online access, learning outcomes and normal values tables. This book is excellent value for money.
Anne Waugh and Allison Grant | Elsevier | 528pp | £31.99 | ISBN: 978 0 7020 5325 2 Reviewed by Pamela Shaw, practice educator, health visitor and Queen’s Nurse in West Yorkshire
Suicide and Self-Harm – An Evidence-informed Approach HHHH The bulk of this book concerns suicide as a genuine desire to die – the result of hopelessness rather than self-harm as a survival mechanism. After an introduction to suicide and an overview of national policies and societal trends, the authors focus in considerable detail on assessment and management. There are sections on separating suicide from self-harm, engagement, the assessment of suicide risk, ‘the inspiration of hope’, pharmacological interventions, talking therapies, postdischarge interventions and follow-up. There is information for family and
friends, case studies and examples, and areas for future research. The authors highlight the limitations of current care, based on all too obvious risk assessment, intrusive close observation techniques and problematic drug treatments. Psychotherapies are given an optimistic report. This is not surprising, as talking treatment forms an integral part of the authors’ alternative method of management. This method focuses on warm human engagement and the instillation of hope, with suicidal behaviour being seen as an existential crisis rather than a discrete psychiatric symptom. The authors make the point that caring for the suicidal person requires courage, commitment and resources – the most skilled staff needing to be used for what are now seen as the most mundane tasks. Policymakers take note.
John Cutcliffe and José Carlos Santos | Quay Books | 296pp | £29.99 | ISBN: 978 1 8564 2433 2 Reviewed by Peter Barraclough, retired community mental health nurse, Wigan
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Reviews
TV :: radio :: books :: websites :: apps Ross and Wilson Anatomy and Physiology in Health and Illness – Twelfth edition HHHHH
Ross and Wilson anatomy and physiology texts have been used by students and clinicians for more than 50 years. This new 12th edition is an excellent resource. Illustrations have been updated, with additional coloured electron micrographs and photographs that bring learning to life in a vibrant way. The structure and functions of the body and the effects of illness are
explained, with interactive online activities, videos and study aids to support the learning process. There are sections on how the body deals with food, drink, elimination and the systems and functions of the respiratory, digestive and urinary processes. It also addresses how the body protects itself against disease and infection, the immune system, and genetics and reproduction. There are new sections on the implications of normal ageing on the structure and function of the body systems. The glossary has been expanded, as have the online access, learning outcomes and normal values tables. This book is excellent value for money.
Anne Waugh and Allison Grant | Elsevier | 528pp | £31.99 | ISBN: 978 0 7020 5325 2 Reviewed by Pamela Shaw, practice educator, health visitor and Queen’s Nurse in West Yorkshire
Suicide and Self-Harm – An Evidence-informed Approach HHHH The bulk of this book concerns suicide as a genuine desire to die – the result of hopelessness rather than self-harm as a survival mechanism. After an introduction to suicide and an overview of national policies and societal trends, the authors focus in considerable detail on assessment and management. There are sections on separating suicide from self-harm, engagement, the assessment of suicide risk, ‘the inspiration of hope’, pharmacological interventions, talking therapies, postdischarge interventions and follow-up. There is information for family and
friends, case studies and examples, and areas for future research. The authors highlight the limitations of current care, based on all too obvious risk assessment, intrusive close observation techniques and problematic drug treatments. Psychotherapies are given an optimistic report. This is not surprising, as talking treatment forms an integral part of the authors’ alternative method of management. This method focuses on warm human engagement and the instillation of hope, with suicidal behaviour being seen as an existential crisis rather than a discrete psychiatric symptom. The authors make the point that caring for the suicidal person requires courage, commitment and resources – the most skilled staff needing to be used for what are now seen as the most mundane tasks. Policymakers take note.
John Cutcliffe and José Carlos Santos | Quay Books | 296pp | £29.99 | ISBN: 978 1 8564 2433 2 Reviewed by Peter Barraclough, retired community mental health nurse, Wigan
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Very good HHHH Good HHH Average HH Poor H
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