Intraocular pressure-lovering effect and safety of travoprost 0.004% and latanoprost 0.005% for the treatment of chronic angle closure glaucoma

Asian Journal of Ophthalmology8113-19AJOS

Meanings and manifestations of care: a celebration of hermeneutic multiplicity in Heidegger

This article presents an interpretative phenomenological analysis of care, specifically the relationship between carer and care recipient, and the ways in which this is experienced and interpreted by carers themselves. Results reveal multiple manifestations of care, including intervention, anticipation, advocacy, and intersubjectivity. These are examined through the filter of Heidegger’s pronouncements on care, and the phenomenon is presented as both a priori and essential and concrete and variable. In its a priori sense, care is unavoidable; it is part of the very stuff of humanity. In its idiographic manifestations, care has multiple modes the salience of which relates more to temporal and contextual than to ethical or normative considerations. The article is a celebration of a multiple hermeneutic, in which both linguistic and thematic sense-making represent an opportunity for sensitive, creative and careful reflection

Hope seen through the eyes of 10 Australian young people

Aim. The aim of this paper is to report the findings of a phenomenological study that explored hope in 10 young people in Australia.Background. Evidence suggests many Australian young people are in crisis. Examination of key reports that detail the incidence of suicide, early drug-taking behaviours, homelessness, self-harm behaviours, joblessness, depressive disorders, crime statistics and alcohol abuse suggest that many of today\u27s young people have lost resilience as well as vital connections to their community.Method. Two methods were employed to encourage the participants to reflect on their experiences of hope &ndash; what it is and what it meant to them. The first was to supply participants with a disposable colour film camera and ask them to take pictures that, in their view, showed hope. The second was participation in an in-depth interview that was prompted in part, by their photographs. Interview audiotapes were transcribed verbatim and analysis of the text used the Turner method. The data were collected in 2002.Findings. Four horizons of hope were revealed: at-one-with; a driving force; having choices; and connecting and being connected. These horizons are discussed, showing how, or if, the literature treats these dimensions of hope. Perspectives are offered on how they might be considered by nurses who are charged with caring for today\u27s young people.Conclusion. Registered Nurses who work with young people must understand the phenomenon of hope from their unique perspective before they can offer appropriate hope-facilitating strategies.<br /

The care encounter: Pondering caring, honest communication and control

The proposition presented in this paper is that caring, underpinned by beneficence and non-maleficence, assumes that nurses will make determinations about another's best interests and act accordingly. With some emphasis on high-level (nursing home) aged care, it is the author's contention that nurses give priority to communication that controls the care encounter rather than acting in another's best interests. This view is supported in the literature, which suggests that nurses perceive honesty and information-sharing as less important in caring than do patients, and nurses' perception that telling another the truth is harmful and, therefore, contravenes the duties of beneficence and non-maleficence