Audrey Reed has recently retired from the role of programme manager and nursing lecturer at Leeds University. She had been in this role for ten years during which she had led on curriculum development. On such development, was a new module on service user and carer perspectives which she created jointly with an “expert patient”. She has 25 years′ experience of teaching, both pre- and post- registration students.

• IntroductionThe Nurse-patient RelationshipHealth Policy on Patient and Carer PartnershipPatient Participation and PartnershipNursing in Partnership with CarersFamily-centred CareThe Biographical Approach and AssessmentSupporting Self-careHealth Information and Health LiteracyQuality Issues in Patient ParticipationReferencesIndex

′The title of [this book] truly reflects the content, which achieves the aim of supporting student nurses working across all undergraduate pre-registration nursing and midwifery programmes to understand why this partnership is so essential. The style and format is accessible, directional and supportive of learning in and reflecting on practice by unifying theory with practical examples, activities, case studies, research summaries and scenarios. The mapping of each chapter against the Nursing and Midwifery′s Council′s Standards for Pre-Registration Nurse Education and Essential Skills Clusters complements learning and is a welcome inclusion. The authors should be commended for creatively illuminating and detailing (with the backing of evidence) why and how these partnerships are the bedrock in delivering individualised person-centred care - and may contribute to restoring the image of nursing.An essential purchase for student nurses on pre-registration programmes, highlighting the fundamental partnerships that underpin the delivery of quality nursing′ - Times Higher Education