immersive health technologies are revolutionising the delivery of frontline healthcare, therapeutic techniques, and research. They also offer great potential to improve the training of healthcare professionals through reality-simulation training. This review paper...
Improving Children’s experiences of school immunisations
Aim: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the method of using music as a distraction in reducing children’s immunisation pain and thus improving their overall immunisation experience. The study also listens to the voice of the child by collecting thoughts and...
Lockdown Stories: How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected our mental health and wellbeing in Jersey?
To understand people’s experiences of mental health during lockdown we asked them to share their stories with us via letter, email, phone and an online survey. We asked about the challenges they faced, what helped and what advice they would give their pre-lockdown...
DRUG-RELATED DEATHS IN ENGLAND, NORTHERN IRELAND, THE CHANNEL ISLANDS AND THE ISLE OF MAN: JANUARY-DECEMBER 2013
This surveillance report presents information on drug-related deaths that occurred during 2013 and for which Coronial inquests and similar formal investigations have been completed and information submitted. Its main purpose is to provide an analytical summary of data...
An exploration of the impact of treatment decision making on men diagnosed with localised prostate cancer in an island setting
The focus of this dissertation is a phenomenological study of the experiences of men diagnosed with localised prostate cancer, their treatment decision and the impact this has had on their lives. The setting is an off shore Island with the need to travel to the...
The Critical Voice; A Heuristic Enquiry into the experience of hearing a Critical Inner Voice to deepen our understanding of its meaning and purpose.
The purpose of this thesis is to discover new ways of thinking about and understanding one’s critical inner voice. The critical voice is defined as words that are heard internally, are typically negative towards the self and others and not Auditory Verbal...