abstract: To the editor, I am writing to express my concern at your choice of words in April's editorial. Although you offer a more balanced approach from paragraph 4 onwards, paragraph 3 suggests that nurses are not to blame for dirty wards, dirty nurses and undignified care; instead you blame the media.
authors.affiliation: Network on Ageing (UK)-based in Wales.
authors.forename: Lorraine
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Morgan