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Exploring the experiences of male caregivers caring for a partner with Alzheimer's dementia: An interpretative phenomenological analysis (2020)
Thesis
McIntosh, G. L. Exploring the experiences of male caregivers caring for a partner with Alzheimer's dementia: An interpretative phenomenological analysis. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2709279

Introduction Dementia is a global health issue. The role that family members adopt to support people to remain at home has an impact on caregivers, communities, health services and the wider economic climate. This thesis presents an exploration of m... Read More about Exploring the experiences of male caregivers caring for a partner with Alzheimer's dementia: An interpretative phenomenological analysis.

Recovery, Rights and Social Inclusion (2018)
Book Chapter
McIntosh, G. (2018). Recovery, Rights and Social Inclusion. In I. Norman, & I. Ryrie (Eds.), The Art and Science of Mental Health Nursing. (4th). London: Open University Press

This book chapter will explore the meaning of recovery in relation to rights, social inclusion and stigma. The development and evaluation of recovery principles in mental health nursing. The chapter is aimed at mental health student nurses and will h... Read More about Recovery, Rights and Social Inclusion.

Exploration of the perceived impact of carer involvement in mental health nurse education: Values, attitudes and making a difference (2018)
Journal Article
McIntosh, G. (2018). Exploration of the perceived impact of carer involvement in mental health nurse education: Values, attitudes and making a difference. Nurse Education in Practice, 29, 172-178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2018.01.009

The active involvement of people with lived experience of mental health (MH) issues and their carers is recognised as good practice internationally. Academic settings are seen to be an ideal, although potentially privileged, environments in which to... Read More about Exploration of the perceived impact of carer involvement in mental health nurse education: Values, attitudes and making a difference.

Evaluating Involvement: the student and carer perspective. (2015)
Presentation / Conference
McIntosh, G. (2015, August). Evaluating Involvement: the student and carer perspective. Paper presented at NPNR conference

There continues to be a growing expectation that Higher Education Institutions providing nurse education should do so in partnership with both service users and carers (NES 2008a, b, & c, NMC 2010). Currently mental health nursing programmes in the U... Read More about Evaluating Involvement: the student and carer perspective..

Do mental health nurse lecturers ‘walk the talk’, as well as ‘talk the talk’? (2014)
Journal Article
McCaig, M., McNay, L., Howatson, V., McCormack, J., McIntosh, G., & Mathers, B. (2014). Do mental health nurse lecturers ‘walk the talk’, as well as ‘talk the talk’?. British Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 3(5), 223-228. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjmh.2014.3.5.223

The traditional paradigm in mental health nursing has been undergoing significant challenge in recent times. The influence of recovery is gaining momentum in practice and in the theoretical preparation for practice. Therapeutic relationships have lon... Read More about Do mental health nurse lecturers ‘walk the talk’, as well as ‘talk the talk’?.

Dissertation: An exploratory study of mental health nurses experience and perceptions of user and carer involvement in higher education and its influence on practice. (2012)
Thesis
McIntosh, G. Dissertation: An exploratory study of mental health nurses experience and perceptions of user and carer involvement in higher education and its influence on practice. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/9591

There is currently a growing expectation that Higher Education Institutions providing nurse education should do so in partnership with service users and carers (NES 2008a, NMC 2010). Currently there is little research evidence to indicate that this w... Read More about Dissertation: An exploratory study of mental health nurses experience and perceptions of user and carer involvement in higher education and its influence on practice..

The potential impact of electronic procurement and global sourcing within the UK construction industry. (2001)
Conference Proceeding
McIntosh, G., & Sloan, B. (2001). The potential impact of electronic procurement and global sourcing within the UK construction industry.

There is an ever-increasing amount of applications for Information Technology (IT) for use in procurement systems in all forms of business. This paper describes the role Electronic Procurement and Global Sourcing techniques can play in the United Kin... Read More about The potential impact of electronic procurement and global sourcing within the UK construction industry..