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Imprisonment and internment: Comparing penal facilities North and South (2011)
Journal Article
Birkbeck, C. (2011). Imprisonment and internment: Comparing penal facilities North and South. Punishment and Society, 13(3), 307-332. https://doi.org/10.1177/1462474511404320

Recent references to the ‘warehouse prison’ in the United States and the prisión-depósito in Latin America seem to indicate that penal confinement in the western hemisphere has converged on a similar model. However, this article suggests otherwise.... Read More about Imprisonment and internment: Comparing penal facilities North and South.

Imprisonment and internment: Comparing penal facilities North and South (2011)
Journal Article
Birkbeck, C. (2011). Imprisonment and internment: Comparing penal facilities North and South. Punishment and Society, 13(3), 307-332. https://doi.org/10.1177/1462474511404320

Recent references to the ‘warehouse prison’ in the United States and the prisión-depósito in Latin America seem to indicate that penal confinement in the western hemisphere has converged on a similar model. However, this article suggests otherwise.... Read More about Imprisonment and internment: Comparing penal facilities North and South.

Comment: Adult surgical nursing and the political agenda (2011)
Journal Article
Mitchell, M. (2011). Comment: Adult surgical nursing and the political agenda. British Journal of Nursing, 20(13), 828-829

Considerable innovation in both anaesthesia and surgical techniques have ensured permanent change to elective surgical nursing (Toftgaard, 2009). The physical assault on the body during surgery has been dramatically reduced over the last decade (Darz... Read More about Comment: Adult surgical nursing and the political agenda.

Care in the community: what would happen if the lights went out? (2011)
Journal Article
Smallbone, C., & Staniland, K. (2011). Care in the community: what would happen if the lights went out?. British Journal of Community Nursing, 16(7), 342-346

This article reports on a student nurse project carried out on a community placement in respect to patients dependent on medical devices in the event of power cuts. The project was designed to identify relevant literature to establish what emergency... Read More about Care in the community: what would happen if the lights went out?.

Care in the community: what would happen if the lights went out? (2011)
Journal Article
Smallbone, C., & Staniland, K. (2011). Care in the community: what would happen if the lights went out?. British Journal of Community Nursing, 16(7), 342-346

This article reports on a student nurse project carried out on a community placement in respect to patients dependent on medical devices in the event of power cuts. The project was designed to identify relevant literature to establish what emergency... Read More about Care in the community: what would happen if the lights went out?.

Accuracy of generic musculoskeletal models in predicting the functional roles of muscles in human gait (2011)
Journal Article
Correa, T., Baker, R., Graham, H., & Pandy, M. (2011). Accuracy of generic musculoskeletal models in predicting the functional roles of muscles in human gait. Journal of Biomechanics, 44(11), 2096-2105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.05.023

Biomechanical assessments of muscle function are often performed using a generic musculoskeletal model created from anatomical measuremetns obtained from cadavers. Understanding the validity of using generic models to study movement biomechanics is c... Read More about Accuracy of generic musculoskeletal models in predicting the functional roles of muscles in human gait.

Assessing glycaemic control: Self-monitoring of blood glucose (2011)
Journal Article
Meetoo, D., McAllister, G., & West, A. (2011). Assessing glycaemic control: Self-monitoring of blood glucose. British Journal of Nursing, 20(15), 919-925

Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic, lifelong metabolic disorder characterized by an elevated blood glucose level resulting from an absolute or relative shortage of insulin. Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) has escalated over the years following... Read More about Assessing glycaemic control: Self-monitoring of blood glucose.

Navigating the grounded theory terrain. Part 1 (2011)
Journal Article
Hunter, A., Murphy, K., Grealish, A., Casey, D., & Keady, J. (2011). Navigating the grounded theory terrain. Part 1. Nurse Researcher, 18(4), 6-10

Aim The decision to use grounded theory is not an easy one and this article aims to illustrate and explore the methodological complexity and decision-making process. It explores the decision making of one researcher in the first two years of a ground... Read More about Navigating the grounded theory terrain. Part 1.

Anxiety disorders: an introduction (2011)
Journal Article
Gournay, K., Rogers, P., Curran, J., & Darling, J. (2011). Anxiety disorders: an introduction. British Journal of Wellbeing, 2(6), 39-45. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjow.2011.2.6.39

This article focuses on anxiety disorders, which affect many people during the course of their lives. It offers illustrative examples, an overview of the various types of anxiety disorders and some self assessments to test the reader’s knowledge