Person-Centred Practice in Nursing and Health Care

A significantly revised and expanded new edition of 'Person-Centred Nursing', a timely and topical exploration of an important subject which underpins all nursing care, edited by internationally renowned experts in the field * Significantly updated and expanded since the previous edition, taking into account the considerable changes in recent health care advancements, including the 'Francis' report * Includes a stronger exploration on the role of the service-user * Shows the use of life-story and narrative approaches as a way of putting the individual's identity at the heart of the care relationship. * Includes learning features such as links to current practice developments; reflective questions and time out slots to support reflection

Professor Brendan McCormack is Head of the Division of Nursing at the School of Health Sciences, Queen Margaret University, Scotland. He is Editor-in-Chief of The International Journal of Older People Nursing and a member of the editorial board of: The Journal of Applied Gerontology; International Practice Development Journal; Online Journal of Issues in Nursing; Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing; Educational Action Research: an international journal; and, the Journal of Compassionate Care. Tanya McCance is Mona Grey Professor for Nursing Research and Development at the Institute of Nursing Research/School of Nursing, University of Ulster & Co-Director - Nursing R&D, Belfast Health & Social Care Trust, Northern Ireland.

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