Priority Setting and The Public challenges many widely accepted beliefs and perceptions. It links together academic literature, critical overviews of methods and approaches with practical applications and original research.

Helen Taylor BSc(Hons) RN PGCE PGCEA PhD, Senior Lecturer Institute of Health and Social Care, University College, Worcester, UK.

The assessment of older adults. Defining 'registered nursing care' and 'nursing needs'. The role of decisions and judgements as part of the assessment process. Making an accurate assessment. Sources of information in the assessment process. Ethical, professional and legal requirements to involve older adults in decisions about their care.