Managing conflict in the care of older people.

This article offers a case study skill analysis of conflict management as it applies to the care of older people and assists the reader to conduct a similar review of their own.

Going far with distance learning.

I am a sister on an acute medical ward for 20 older women and in 1999 I undertook an English National Board course on nursing older people. I began to realise that there was so much more to learn.

Death due to alcoholic complications in a young woman with a severe eating disorder: a case report.

Objective: Recently, a good deal of attention has been focused on alcoholism and eating disorders as comorbid conditions. Early identification of biologic, psychologic, and sociocultural factors that contribute to comorbid alcoholism and eating disorders may improve the outcome for such patients.

Method: The following case report is of a 26-year-old woman who developed a severe eating disorder in her early teens that was followed by alcoholism.