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Children’s nursing and future directions: Learning from 'Memorable Events'
Ruth Davies
Nurse Education Today, Volume: 28, Pages: 814 - 821
Swansea University Author: Ruth Davies
Abstract
This paper commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Platt Report in theUnited Kingdom and traces the history of parental hospital visiting in relationto its recommendation that, ‘Parents should be allowed to visit wheneverthey can, and to help as much as possible with the care of the child’(Ministry...
| Published in: | Nurse Education Today |
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| Published: |
2008
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa17850 |
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This paper commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Platt Report in theUnited Kingdom and traces the history of parental hospital visiting in relationto its recommendation that, ‘Parents should be allowed to visit wheneverthey can, and to help as much as possible with the care of the child’(Ministry of Health, 1959: 38). It tracks how this goal was achieved andidentifies how parents moved from being excluded towards being toleratedand finally accepted as participants in their child’s care. This is set against abackdrop of changes in society, systems of healthcare and nurse educationas well as trends in the care of the hospitalized children from national andinternational perspectives. It concludes that if we are to meet the needs ofhospitalized children in the 21st century, the focus of research must nowshift towards seeking their perspectives on care. |
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| Keywords: |
Platt Report Children's Nursing |
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Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences |
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814 |
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821 |