Oxford Handbook of Primary Care and Community Nursing Paperback - 2014 - 2nd Edition

Vari is a Primary Care Nurse and health visitor, joining the academic community after working as a professional development nurse, a senior community health service manager and professional head of community nursing in inner London. During her career she has been actively involved in the development and education of primary care, community nursing and health visiting. Her current clinical activities are in women's health in primary care, while her research activities include projects on primary health care for older people, the development of nursing and health visiting roles in primary care and public health, primary health care for marginalised groups, medication management in primary care, joint working and workforce development issues across health and social care services. She has authored several books and is the current convenor of the UK Primary Care Nursing Research Network.

Claire Goodman has been involved in primary care for over twenty years as a researcher, practitioner and practice educator. She has received various awards for her research work including the Nursing Times 3M award and the Queens Nursing Institute Innovation in Practice Award. Prior to her current post she was joint pathway leader for district nursing within a community specialist nursing degree programme. Throughout her career she has been involved in practice development, nursing education and research that is of direct interest and relevance to nurses working in primary care. She has a national profile as a conference speaker as well as being a key note speaker and collaborator at various international seminars on community nursing research and international collaboratives. She is a reviewer for several academic journals and is on the editorial board of the British Journal of Community Nursing.