Shared medical appointments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men.

Background: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health is generally the worst of any population group in Australia. Inaccessibility to health services is one possible cause of this. Shared medical appointments (SMAs) appear to be a culturally competent and appropriate way of improving access to, and the quality of, primary healthcare services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

The reality of hospitalisation: stories from family members of their hospital experience for adolescents and young adults living with and dying from cancer.

Background: Adolescents and Young Adults (AYAs) with cancer are being disadvantaged within the present health care system. Some of the factors identified as leading to this disadvantage include medical issues specific to AYAs with cancer, delay in diagnosis, fragmented services, lack of access to clinical trials and psychosocial life stage issues.

Objective: A major study investigated the experience that accompanies the stages of diagnosis, treatment, dying and death of an AYA from the perspective of family members.

The reality of hospitalisation: Stories from family members of their hospital experience for adolescents and young adults living with and dying from cancer.

Abstract Background: Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA) with cancer are being disadvantaged within the present health care system. Some of the factors identified as leading to this disadvantage include medical issues specific to AYAs with cancer, delay in diagnosis, fragmented services, lack of access to clinical trials and psychosocial life stage issues Objective: A major study investigated the experience that accompanies the stages of diagnosis, treatment, dying and death of an AYA from the perspective of family members. This paper discusses the major theme of the reality of hospitalisation Methods: Narrative inquiry was the methodology for this study.

Student nurses' career preferences for working with older people: a replicated longitudinal survey.

Background: The world's populations are ageing and the need for nurses and health care workers from all disciplines to manage this phenomenon is increasing. Yet the literature and previous research undertaken by the author reveal consistently that working with older people is ranked poorly as a perceived career destination of student of nursing.

Objective: The main research objectives in this study were to (1) develop a profile of nursing career preferences and the rationale underpinning those choices and (2) compare these results with other literature to indicate if this profile is changing.