The Royal Marsden NHS Trust Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures is a classic textbook sought after by nurses at all stages of their careers. The manual guides nurses in the clinical application of the latest research findings, ensuring that theory and practice are integrated. The new edition takes forward the work of the previous three editions, and contributes to the continuing development of a conceptual framework of nursing care. It includes additional chapters which place the procedures within an holistic setting including Care in Context: assessment, communication and consent which looks at the professional, social and ethical context in which procedures rightly operate, and Breast Aspiration, which illustrates recent developments in this speciality and the new challenges for nurses in the care of women. Other procedures have been extensively revised such as Moving and Handling Patients and Violence. The manual has been revised and updated throughout, thereby continuing its tradition as an excellent resource on quality care for all those in nursing and nurse education