Losing person-centred care to more technical approaches.

I welcome Jennifer Trueland's article on compassion (features September 12), especially given the ongoing criticisms of nursing care. I too am concerned that the profession is losing the skill of compassion in favour of more technical and medical approaches.

Critical conversations: developing a methodology for service user involvement in mental health nursing.

Aim: Recent policy initiatives have identified that service user involvement in the education, design and delivery of mental health services should be more evident. This paper will discuss a methodology that was developed to do this.

Method: A small study was designed and undertaken to explore the needs of service users and carers when becoming involved in mental health care.

Developing academic writing skills: the PROCESS framework.

Academic writing is an important aspect of professional development for students and lecturers. It is one way in which they demonstrate their learning, but it can be a difficult skill to master. This article aims to enable students and professionals to develop their academic writing style using a coherent and effective framework.