Outputs (235)

Helping the clinician help me: towards listening in cancer care (2012)
Journal Article
Snowden, A., White, C. A., Christie, Z., Murray, E., McGowan, C., & Scott, R. (2012). Helping the clinician help me: towards listening in cancer care. British Journal of Nursing, 21(Sup10), S18-S26. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2012.21.Sup10.S18

Despite global support for the ideal of shared decision making, its enactment remains difficult in practice. The UK charity, Macmillan Cancer Support, attempted to incorporate the principles of shared decision making within a programme of distress ma... Read More about Helping the clinician help me: towards listening in cancer care.

Acute effects of weight training on glycaemia in type 1 diabetes (2012)
Journal Article
Chisholm, J., Kilbride, L., Charlton, J., & McKnight, J. (2012). Acute effects of weight training on glycaemia in type 1 diabetes. Practical Diabetes, 29(4), 155-159. https://doi.org/10.1002/pdi.1681

Exercise is regarded as a potential strategy to assist in the management of blood glucose in people with type 1 diabetes. However, currently there is little evidence-based information detailing the acute effects weight training has on glycaemia in ty... Read More about Acute effects of weight training on glycaemia in type 1 diabetes.

An ethnographic exploration of the influences around participation in breast screening for women with learning disabilities (2012)
Thesis
Willis, D. An ethnographic exploration of the influences around participation in breast screening for women with learning disabilities. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/5543

Background

Greater longevity means that many more women with learning disabilities (LD) are becoming eligible to participate in the NHS Breast Cancer Screening Programme (NHSBCSP). The NHSBCSP is used to detect early signs of breast cancer and is... Read More about An ethnographic exploration of the influences around participation in breast screening for women with learning disabilities.

Self-management in cardiac patients after coronary angioplasty: A mixed methods study (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dawkes, S. (2012, May). Self-management in cardiac patients after coronary angioplasty: A mixed methods study. Poster presented at Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Post Graduate Research Conference, Edinburgh

Addressing the delivery of better care through development of a new dynamic professional forum. (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Egan, S., & Waugh, A. (2012, May). Addressing the delivery of better care through development of a new dynamic professional forum. Poster presented at Delivering Better Care: NHS Lothian BEst Practice Conference

A midwives guide to Turner Syndrome (2012)
Journal Article
Hollins Martin, C. J., & Smythe, A. (2012). A midwives guide to Turner Syndrome. British Journal of Midwifery, 20, 540-543

Turner syndrome (TS) is a cross-cultural genetic disorder that affects around 1 in 2500 women and is predominately associated with short stature and infertility. Classic TS occurs when one sex chromosome is missing (written as 45,X). In mosaic TS, th... Read More about A midwives guide to Turner Syndrome.

Who Kills Children? Re-Examining the Evidence (2012)
Journal Article
Pritchard, C., Davey, J., & Williams, R. (2013). Who Kills Children? Re-Examining the Evidence. British Journal of Social Work, 43(7), 1403-1438. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcs051

Violent children's deaths have become a surrogate indicator of effective child protection but can those who kill children be better identified? A decade-long study of child homicide assailants (population of 2.5 million) is re-examined in the context... Read More about Who Kills Children? Re-Examining the Evidence.

Nurses’ beliefs, experiences and practice regarding complementary and alternative medicine in Taiwan (2012)
Journal Article
Smith, G. D., & Wu, S.-C. (2012). Nurses’ beliefs, experiences and practice regarding complementary and alternative medicine in Taiwan. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 21(17-18), 2659-2667. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.04008.x

Aim. To gain an insight into this issue, this study used a qualitative approach and aims to explore and describe nurses’ beliefs, experiences and practice regarding complementary and alternative medicine in Taiwan.Background. The integration of compl... Read More about Nurses’ beliefs, experiences and practice regarding complementary and alternative medicine in Taiwan.

Concordance in action: case study of medication management (2012)
Journal Article
Roy, D., & Snowden, A. (2012). Concordance in action: case study of medication management. Nurse Prescribing, 10(4), 195-200. https://doi.org/10.12968/npre.2012.10.4.195

This article discusses a case study describing discontinuation symptoms relating to the abrupt withdrawal of the antidepressant venlafaxine. The article explores alternative explanations for the symptoms presented, and highlights the importance of sy... Read More about Concordance in action: case study of medication management.

Promoting health and wellbeing in later life (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Frost, H., Haw, S., & Frank, J. (2012, April). Promoting health and wellbeing in later life. Paper presented at Population Health - Methods and Challenges Conference

No abstract available.