Objectives To determine factors influencing survival and need for hospitalisation in patients needing dialysis, and to define the potential basis for rationing access to renal replacement therapy. Design Hospital based ...

- The term ’culture’ is open to diverse interpretation. - The provision of culturally-sensitive care to children and their families is a challenge which nurses cannot avoid. - There are a range of potential methods of ...

Stabbing injuries are likened to an iceberg as the seemingly small laceration or puncture wound provides a marker below which major organ of vessel trauma may exist. Low velocity pentrating injuries commonly occur in the ...