Best interest meetings.

Best interests is the standard by which the law judges the propriety of care and treatment for adults who lack decision making capacity. The Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice argues that the best way to decide on a person's best interests is through a multidisciplinary best interests meeting to enable all views, including those of the patient and their carers to be properly considered. In this article Richard Griffith considers the conduct of a best interest meeting and the role of district nurses in those meetings.

Genesis of home care in Brazil at the start of the twentieth century. / Gênese da atenção domiciliária no Brasil no início do século XX.

Objective to discuss the conditions that enabled home care at the beginning of the twentieth century. Method study of the genealogic inspiration on home care. The empirical material consisted of legal documents on the subject that were published in the Official Journal. The documents were studied using analytical tools, such as Power, Discipline and Biopolitics, which were inspired in Foucault. Results two analytical categories were established, "home inspection: visiting nurses and tuberculosis" and "records: political and economic apparatus". Final considerations tuberculosis, the new profession of visiting nurses, inspection records and the detailed analysis of the cities grant home care a nature of surveillance, inspection and control to conduct the behaviour of individuals.

Gênese da atenção domiciliária no Brasil no início do século XX / Génesis de la atención domiciliaria en Brasil al inicio del siglo XX / Genesis of home care in Brazil at the start of the twentieth century

RESUMO Objetivo problematizar as condições de possibilidade para o aparecimento da atenção domiciliária no início do século XX no Brasil. Método estudo de inspiração genealógica sobre a atenção domiciliária. O material empírico foi constituído por dois documentos legais sobre o tema publicados no Diário Oficial. A análise documental utilizou as ferramentas analíticas poder, poder disciplinar e biopolítica, inspiradas em Foucault. Resultados foram elaboradas duas categorias: “Vigilância no domicílio: as enfermeiras visitadoras e a tuberculose” e “Registros: o aparelho político e econômico”. Considerações finais A tuberculose, a nova profissão das enfermeiras visitadoras, os registros produzidos pela vigilância e a análise minuciosa das cidades conferiram à atenção domiciliária um caráter de vigilância, inspeção e controle voltado a conduzir as condutas dos indivíduos.

RESUMEN Objetivo problematizar las condiciones de posibilidad para el aparecimiento de la atención domiciliaria al inicio del siglo XX. Método se trata de un estudio de inspiración genealógica sobre atención domiciliaria. El material empírico fue constituido por documentos legales sobre el tema, publicados en el Diario Oficial. El análisis documental utilizó las herramientas analíticas poder, poder disciplinar y biopolítica, inspiradas en Foucault. Resultados fueron elaboradas dos categorías analíticas, “vigilancia en el domicilio: enfermeras visitadoras y la tuberculosis” y “registros: aparato político y económico”. Consideraciones finales la tuberculosis, la nueva profesión de las enfermeras visitadoras, los registros producidos por la vigilancia, y el análisis minucioso de las ciudades configuran la atención domiciliaria con carácter de vigilancia, inspección y control para mejor conducir las conductas de individuos.

ABSTRACT Objective to discuss the conditions that enabled home care at the beginning of the twentieth century. Method study of the genealogic inspiration on home care. The empirical material consisted of legal documents on the subject that were published in the Official Journal. The documents were studied using analytical tools, such as Power, Discipline and Biopolitics, which were inspired in Foucault. Results two analytical categories were established, “home inspection: visiting nurses and tuberculosis” and “records: political and economic apparatus”. Final considerations tuberculosis, the new profession of visiting nurses, inspection records and the detailed analysis of the cities grant home care a nature of surveillance, inspection and control to conduct the behaviour of individuals.

Health visitors' accounts of the impacts of 'Hall 4' on their practice and profession: a qualitative study.

The publication of the fourth edition of Health for all children (Hall 4) in 2003 marked a shift in health visiting towards a more targeted service. This paper aims to explore, through the accounts of health visitors, the impacts of this changed policy context for health visiting practice and for the health visiting profession. The study, upon which this paper is based, was a qualitative exploration carried out in one NHS locality with broad socioeconomic diversity. Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with 16 health visitors. The data was analysed using thematic and narrative techniques. In the study health visitors expressed concerns about the impacts of Hall 4 on health visiting practice, particularly in relation to health visiting expertise and the increase focus on child protection work shaping health visiting practice. In conjunction, health visitors'accounts suggest low morale as a profession.The paper concludes that the impacts of future policy change on health visiting practice must be fully considered; and, measures taken to prepare and support health visitors through periods of policy change.