• Text size
  • Send this article to a friend
  • Print this article

How nursing lost its connection to the reality of human suffering

Muriel Gray

IT was hard not to like the look of Henrietta Scott in the papers last week as she retired at 70 after 52 years as a nurse at Glasgow's Victoria infirmary. Ms Scott was an excellent nurse, judging by the accolades heaped upon her by colleagues.