title: Ray Rowden 1952-2014. Mental health nurse and leading healthcare figure, who was a force to be reckoned with right to the end.
abstract: Nursing has lost one of its most flamboyant and colourful characters with the death of inspirational mental health nurse Ray Rowden at the age of just 62.
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Snell
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom; D035642:Whistleblowing