| 131 | | Publisher's note: Contemporary Nurse |
| 133 | | Editorial: Cross-cultural nursing research: A two-way street Mark Welch |
| 136 | | Feature Articles: 'Accompany the sick' (pei ban): A unique practice in Chinese hospitals by patients' relatives and friends David S Lee |
| 142 | | Feature Articles: The change from general nurse education to a nursing diploma in Papua New Guinea Margaret Voigt |
| 147 | | Feature Articles: The diabetes health care of Aboriginal people in South Australia (Part 1) Merilyn King |
| 156 | | Feature Articles: The diabetes health care of Aboriginal people in South Australia (Part 2) Merilyn King |
| 163 | | Feature Articles: Vision screening of school children: Should it be continued? Barbara Pattison, Kay Plymat |
| 172 | | Feature Articles: The dis-ease of nursing academia: Putting the vulnerability 'out there' (Part 1) Nel Glass |
| 176 | | Feature Articles: The dis-ease of nursing academia: Putting the vulnerability 'out there' (Part 2) Nel Glass |
| 187 | | Feature Articles: Is a PhD the best career choice? Nursing employers' views Sally Borbasi, Carolyn Emden |
| 194 | | Soap Box: Nursing in a time of change: A case for critical thinking Ana Smith |
| 209 | | Students' Corner: Mirror, mirror on the wall: Who is the true nurse after all? Melanie Jessup |
| 216 | | Exemplar: Informed consent versus uninformed consent: Evidence of good practice? Pauline Reynolds |
| 217 | | Exemplar: Reflective practice: A critical incident Jin Xiong Lian |
| 228 | | Feature Articles: Clinical challenges that face nurses working in a correctional setting Christopher Veal |
| 234 | | Feature Articles: A case in point? A parasuicide patient's recollections of being nursed: A discourse analysis Kristy Morse |
| 244 | | Feature Articles: The role of nursing unit managers in educating nurses Christine Duffield RN, BScN, MHP, PhD, FCN(NSW), FCHSE, Lynda Mary Wood, Helen Franks, Patricia Brisley |
| 251 | | Feature Articles: Human resource management strategies for the retention of nurses Pamela Hogan |
| 258 | | Feature Articles: What you ask is what you get: Learning from interviewing in qualitative research Joanne Tollefson, Kim Usher, Dawn Francis, Jan Owens |
| 265 | | Feature Articles: Epistemology at work: The ontological relationship between feminist methods, intersubjectivity and nursing research-A research exemplar Ruth Walter, Nel Glass, Kierrynn Davis |
| 273 | | Feature Articles: Social impact of same day surgery for the patient and the carer: A study of patients' experiences Susan Tregoning, John Rogers |
Book Reviews |
| 205 | | Statistics for Social & Health Research: With a Guide to SPSS, 2nd Edition George Argyrous Reviewed by Stephen Chu |
| 206 | | Anaesthesia and Emergency Situations: A Management Guide Gajinder Oberoi Reviewed by Toni Gwynn-Jones |
| 207 | | Mail and Internet Surveys: The Tailored Design Method Don A. Dillman Reviewed by Thomas A Laws |