PETER AGGLETON is Professor and Director of the Thomas Coram Research Unit, at IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK.HELEN CHALMERS is a Freelance Nurse Educationalist and practising nurse working in Bath.

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• The Changing Context of NursingSome Key ConceptsThe Medical Model of CareHenderson's Model of NursingToper, Logan and Tierney's Model of NursingJohnson's Model of NursingRoy's Model of NursingOrem's Model of NursingPeplau's Model of NursingNeuman's Model of NursingRiehl-Sisca's Model of NursingRogers' Model of NursingAfterword.