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Living with and beyond dementia: a phenomenological investigation of young people’s lived experience with dementia and the transition from pre-diagnosis through diagnosis and beyond to living well with dementia.

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Douglas, J. Living with and beyond dementia: a phenomenological investigation of young people’s lived experience with dementia and the transition from pre-diagnosis through diagnosis and beyond to living well with dementia. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1032617
Younger People with Dementia (YPwD) are those who receive a diagnosis of dementia under the age of 65. In Scotland the number of people with dementia who meet this definition ...

The Social Organisation of Exclusion, “Abandonment” and Compulsory Advance Care Planning Conversations: How Ruling Concepts and Practices about Death, Dying and the Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation form entered, organised and ruled the working practices of Senior Social Care Workers in a Residential Care Home in Scotland: An Institutional Ethnography (Volume One)

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Reid, L. M. The Social Organisation of Exclusion, “Abandonment” and Compulsory Advance Care Planning Conversations: How Ruling Concepts and Practices about Death, Dying and the Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation form entered, organised and ruled the working practices of Senior Social Care Workers in a Residential Care Home in Scotland: An Institutional Ethnography (Volume One)
(Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/979680
Institutional Ethnography (IE) is a method of inquiry into the social organisation of knowledge. It begins with a disjuncture/troubling experience impacting a specific group o...

Understanding key challenges in health and social care integration in Scotland: principal stakeholders’ perspectives.

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Stewart, A. Understanding key challenges in health and social care integration in Scotland: principal stakeholders’ perspectives. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1036162
This study explores the challenges faced by Principal Stakeholders in achieving Scotland’s strategic approach to health and social care integration. This is a developing area ...

Mediators of coping in caregivers of children with complex needs

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Delaney, C. Mediators of coping in caregivers of children with complex needs. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/978828
Mediators of coping in caregivers of children with complex needs and factors associated with coping has rarely been investigated in the past. A systematic review of the quanti...

Lean in Healthcare: An Evaluation of Lean Implementation in NHS Lothian

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Lindsay, C. F. (2016)
Lean in Healthcare: An Evaluation of Lean Implementation in NHS Lothian. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/455610
The overarching aim of this thesis is to critically evaluate the implementation of Lean in NHS Lothian, a National Health Service (NHS) Health Board in Scotland. Against chall...

Exploring the lived experiences of suicidality: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the loved one’s perspective

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Hanson, R. Exploring the lived experiences of suicidality: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the loved one’s perspective. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/976907
Objectives. This study explored the lived experience of family members who were living with a suicidal loved one. The psychosocial impact that this experience had on the loved...

Raploch Stories: continuity and innovation for television documentary production

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Scott, A. J. Raploch Stories: continuity and innovation for television documentary production. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/7245
This thesis provides an ‘insider account’ of the process of making contemporary ‘observational’ documentaries from within the broadcasting industry. Raploch Stories (2002) an...

Moving to manage: A mixed methods study of later life relocation into supported housing

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Kelly, C. N. Moving to manage: A mixed methods study of later life relocation into supported housing. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6449
This study describes relocation experiences of older people moving to supported housing in Scotland focusing on the nature of support. Using mixed methods, Phase one involved ...

The experience of caring of carers of cardiac surgery patients after hospital discharge

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Chiu, W. H. The experience of caring of carers of cardiac surgery patients after hospital discharge. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4969
Advances in medical technology have led to increasing numbers of people undergoing heart surgery with decreasing hospital stay and decreasing mortality (Leske & Pelczynski, 19...

The impact of gender and gender perceptions upon career progressions in registered nursing in Scotland

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McIntosh, B. The impact of gender and gender perceptions upon career progressions in registered nursing in Scotland. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/5683
The academic research into the relationship between gender, gender perceptions and career progression with registered nursing in the National Health Sector in Scotland remains...