The editorial is written by Jan Dewing, IPDJ Academic Editor
Original Practice Development and Research
1. Effective workplace culture: the attributes, enabling factors and consequences of a new concept
Kim Manley, Kate Sanders, Shaun Cardiff and Jonathan Webster
Includes a commentary by Theo Niessen and a response by the authors
2. Exploring the utility of a 'PRAXIS' evaluation framework in capturing transformation: a tool for all seasons?
Sally Hardy, Val Wilson and Bob Brown
Includes a commentary by Jan Dewing and a response by Sally Hardy
3. Realising participation within an action research project on two care innovation units providing care for older people
Miranda Snoeren and Donna Frost
Includes a commentary by Ruth Balogh and a response by the authors
4. Piloting discovery interview technique to explore its utility in improving dignity in acute care for older people
Jackie Bridges and Maria Tziggili
Includes a commentary by Shaun Cardiff and a response by the authors
5. Establishing a hospice at home service: lessons to share
Catherine R Baldry, Barbara A Jack, Karen E Groves, Helen Birch and Ann Shard
Includes a commentary by Annette Solman and a response by the authors
Critical Review of Literature
6. Advanced practitioner roles: relevance and sustainability in a ‘liberated’ NHS
Elaine Pierce and Ruth Belling
Includes a commentary by Richard Hatchett and a response by the authors
Critical Reflection on Practice Development
7. Swimming against the tide - developing a flourishing partnership for organisational transformation
Carrie Jackson and Alice Webster
8. Hip deep in the ‘messy lowland’: using fourth generation evaluation to make sense of practice complexities
Barbara G. Cowie and Nadine Janes
9. From fixer to facilitator: going round in circles promotes change!
Helen Hunnisett
Helen is a novice writer and we would like to congratulate her on her first publication
Ideas and Influences
10. The work of John Heron
Brendan McCormack
11. Alison Binnie and Angie Titchen (1999) Freedom to Practise: The Development of Patient-centred Nursing. Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann.
Jonathan Webster