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"Computer Says 'NO'"
Citation reference: "Computer says NO: The healthcare community's current relationship with computerisation may be the biggest challenge in the future of e-health". The Health Advocate 2011, 9: June 2011, p. 28-29. + download "Computer says NO" Click Here "It's a bad time just now"
Citation reference: "It's a bad time just now: New initiatives, organisational procrastination and the myth of the ideal time". The Health Advocate 2011, 8: April 2011, p. 26-28.
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"Existential boredom: the experience of living on haemodialysis therapy"
Citation reference: "Existential boredom: the experience of living on haemodialysis therapy" A Moran, P A Scott and P Darbyshire
Medical Humanities 2009 35: 70-75 + download "Existential boredom: the experience of living on haemodialysis therapy" Click Here
"There's nothing I can't do – I just put my mind to anything and I can do it": a qualitative analysis of how children with chronic disease and their parents account for and manage physical activity.
Citation reference: J. Fereday, C. MacDougall, M. Spizzo, P. Darbyshire, W. Schiller "There's nothing I can't do – I just put my mind to anything and I can do it": a qualitative analysis of how children with chronic disease and their parents account for and manage physical activity. BMC Pediatrics Volume 9.
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"‘Never mind the quality, feel the width’: The nonsense of ‘quality’, ‘excellence’, and ‘audit’ in education, health and research"
Citation reference: Darbyshire, P. (2008). Never mind the quality, feel the width’: The nonsense of ‘quality’, ‘excellence’, and ‘audit’ in education, health and research. Collegian (2008) 15, 35—41
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'Childhood': are reports of its death greatly exaggerated?
Citation reference: Darbyshire, P. (2007), 'Childhood': are reports of its death greatly exaggerated? Journal of Child Health Care, 11:2, 85-97.
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Understanding the life of illness through the art of Frida Kahlo
Citation reference: Darbyshire, P. (1994). Understanding the life of illness through the art of Frida Kahlo. Advances in Nursing Science, 17:1, 51-59.
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Skilled expert practice: is it 'all in the mind'?: A response to English's critique of Benner's novice to expert model
Citation reference: Darbyshire, P. (1994). Skilled expert practice: is it 'all in the mind'?: A response to English's critique of Benner's novice to expert model. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 19:4, 755-761.
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Nursing, art and science: Revisiting the two cultures
Citation reference: Darbyshire, P. (1999) Nursing, art and science: Revisiting the two cultures, International Journal of Nursing Practice 5:3, 64-68.
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Preserving the essence of Caring in a destitute time
Citation reference: Darbyshire, P. (1993) Preserving the essence of Caring in a destitute time (editorial). Journal of Advanced Nursing, 18(4), 507-8.
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Qualitative Research in the Grant-Funding Jungle
Citation reference: Darbyshire, P. (2004) Qualitative Research in the Grant-Funding Jungle. Collegian: Journal of the Royal College of Nursing Australia. 11:3, 8-11.
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Children's nurses' research involvement: making practice-focused research happen
Citation reference: Darbyshire, P (2008) Children's nurses' research involvement: making practice-focused research happen. Journal of Clinical Nursing 17, 3238–3244.
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Rage against the machine- nurses' and midwives' experiences of using Computerized Patient Information Systems for clinical information
Citation reference: Darbyshire, P (2004) Rage against the machine- nurses' and midwives' experiences of using Computerized Patient Information Systems for clinical information Journal of Clinical Nursing, 13, 17–25
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The practice politics of computerised information systems: a focus group study
Citation reference: Darbyshire, P (200) The practice politics of computerised information systems: a focus group study. Nurse Researcher, 8:2, 4-17
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Nursing scholarship in the 21st Century
Citation reference: Darbyshire, P. (1996) Nursing scholarship in the 21st Century International ]ournal of Nursing Practice 1996; 2: 71-76
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Practice Research Mythbusters
Citation reference: Darbyshire, P. (2010) Practice Research Mythbusters Nursing Review, March 2010, pp12-13
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