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Formal and informal referent groups: An exploration of novices and experts in maternity services. (2001)
Journal Article
Tinson, J., & Ensor, J. (2001). Formal and informal referent groups: An exploration of novices and experts in maternity services. Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 1(2), 174-183. https://doi.org/10.1002/cb.63

Different social groups place varying emphasis on the importance of referent input. While referent groups are recognised as having a significant influence on purchase behaviour, attitude formation and information processing, the extent to which refer... Read More about Formal and informal referent groups: An exploration of novices and experts in maternity services..

Balance in cluster randomised trials. (2001)
Journal Article
Raab, G., & Butcher, I. (2001). Balance in cluster randomised trials. Statistics in Medicine, 20, 351-365. https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-0258%2820010215%2920%3A33.0.CO%3B2-C

This paper explores the role of balancing covariates between treatment groups in the design of cluster randomized trials. General expressions are obtained for two criteria to evaluate designs for parallel group studies with two treatments. The first... Read More about Balance in cluster randomised trials..

Physiology, Hygiene and the Entry of Women to the Medical Profession in Edinburgh c. 1869–c. 1900 (2001)
Journal Article
Thomson, E. (2001). Physiology, Hygiene and the Entry of Women to the Medical Profession in Edinburgh c. 1869–c. 1900. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, 32(1), 105-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1369-8486%2800%2900027-3

Academic physiology, as it was taught by John Hughes Bennett during the 1870s, involved an understanding of the functions of the human body and the physical laws which governed those functions. This knowledge was perceived to be directly relevant and... Read More about Physiology, Hygiene and the Entry of Women to the Medical Profession in Edinburgh c. 1869–c. 1900.