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The central concern of this book is that good nursing has a powerful effect on health and healing. The text outlines the historical development of this emerging concept and attempts to offer a number of perspectives which scrutinize the concept. It also gives pointers to what is therapeutic in nursing and to future directions which will exploit the therapeutic potential embodied in the process of nursing.

Primary nursing is a system of care which reinstated the skilled professional nurse at the forefront of practical nursing care. Originally published in 1988, this book presents an argument, based on contemporary literature and on the practice in the former Burford and Oxford nursing development units, to support the introduction of primary nursing and nursing beds in general hospitals. It focuses on the philosophy of individualised patient care delivered by a professional nursing service and based on a close, therapeutic relationship between nurse and patient. Innovations included the abandoning of stereotyped nurse uniforms, the sharing of mealtimes by patients and nurses, and the use of therapeutic touch and massage. Having been implemented and evaluated, the units enjoyed an international reputation.