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Is histological examination of tissue removed by GP's always necessary. Before and after comparison of detection rates of serious skin lesions. (1997)
Journal Article
Lowy, A., Willis, D., & Abrams, K. (1997). Is histological examination of tissue removed by GP's always necessary. Before and after comparison of detection rates of serious skin lesions. BMJ, 315, 406-408. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.315.7105.406

Abstract

OBJECTIVES:

To examine whether histological examination of all tissue removed by general practitioners in minor surgery increases the rate of detection of clinically important skin lesions, and to assess the impact of such a policy on... Read More about Is histological examination of tissue removed by GP's always necessary. Before and after comparison of detection rates of serious skin lesions..

Shared care? Some effects of patient access to medical communications (1997)
Journal Article
Fitzgerald, K., Williams, B., & Healy, D. (1997). Shared care? Some effects of patient access to medical communications. Journal of Mental Health, 6(1), 37-46. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638239719021

This paper describes the introduction of a model of community mental health services in out-patient settings within which a key feature is a letter-sharing scheme. Copies of letters from psychiatrists to GPs are routinely sent to both patients and CM... Read More about Shared care? Some effects of patient access to medical communications.

Comparison of rehabilitation practice on hospital wards for stroke patients. (1996)
Journal Article
Lincoln, N. B., Willis, D., Philips, S. A., Juby, L. C., & Berman, P. (1996). Comparison of rehabilitation practice on hospital wards for stroke patients. Stroke, 27, 18-23. https://doi.org/10.1161/01.STR.27.1.18

Background and Purpose The aim of the study was to observe patients on a stroke unit and to compare their activity with that of patients on conventional hospital wards to identify aspects of rehabilitation practice that might account for differences... Read More about Comparison of rehabilitation practice on hospital wards for stroke patients..

A 7 year follow up of adolescents with severe learning disabilities and their carers. (1996)
Journal Article
Willis, D., Nicol, R., Dossetor, D., & Stretch, D. S. (1996). A 7 year follow up of adolescents with severe learning disabilities and their carers. The British journal of developmental disabilities, 153Sup, 29

Promoting breastfeeding in an inner city area (1996)
Journal Article
McInnes, R. (1996). Promoting breastfeeding in an inner city area. Changing childbirth update, 7-7

The author writes about the Easterhouse Breastfeeding Promotion Project. Mothers who had breastfed were recruited and trained to present breastfeeding as the most natural choice to pregnant mothers in this socially deprived area.

The Glasgow Infant Feeding Action Research Project: an evaluation of a community based intervention designed to increase the prevalence of breastfeeding in a socially disadvantaged urban area (1996)
Journal Article
McInnes, R., & Stone, D. (1996). The Glasgow Infant Feeding Action Research Project: an evaluation of a community based intervention designed to increase the prevalence of breastfeeding in a socially disadvantaged urban area. Prenatal and neonatal medicine, 1(supplement 1), 130-130

The Glasgow Infant Feeding Action Research Project: an evaluation of a community based intervention designed to increase the prevalence of breastfeeding in a socially disadvantaged urban area.

The clinical role of the nurse teacher: an exploratory study of the nurse teacher's present and ideal role in the clinical area (1996)
Journal Article
Forrest, S., Brown, N., & Pollock, L. C. (1996). The clinical role of the nurse teacher: an exploratory study of the nurse teacher's present and ideal role in the clinical area. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 24(6), 1257-1264. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.1996.tb01033.x

This paper describes a study which aimed to explore the present and ideal role of the nurse teacher in the clinical area from the perspective of nurse teachers, ward sisters/charge nurses, staff nurses and students nurses undertaking the ‘traditional... Read More about The clinical role of the nurse teacher: an exploratory study of the nurse teacher's present and ideal role in the clinical area.

Clinical trial to investigate stabilisation of the spine (1996)
Book Chapter
Fairbank, J., Frost, H., & Wilson-MacDonald, J. (1996). Clinical trial to investigate stabilisation of the spine. In R. Aspden, & R. Porter (Eds.), Lumbar spine disorders : current concepts. Vol.2 (143-160). World Scientific Publishing

This chapter is a resume of a protocol which we have presented to the Medical Research Council of the United Kingdom for a multicentre trial to investigate the value of spinal fusion and spinal stabilisation for chronic low back pain. It has not yet... Read More about Clinical trial to investigate stabilisation of the spine.

Clinical reasoning - a mental health perspective. (1996)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McKay, E. A. (1996, December). Clinical reasoning - a mental health perspective. Paper presented at College of Occupational Therapists Annual Conference

Ross and Wilson: Anatomy and physiology in health and illness. (8th edition / international edition) (1996)
Book
Wilson, K. J. W., & Waugh, A. (1996). Ross and Wilson: Anatomy and physiology in health and illness. (8th edition / international edition). Churchill Livingstone