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Evidence of the effectiveness and patient experience of formalised social support for people with a diagnosis of heart failure.
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Donaldson, J. H., Roxburgh, M., Watt, S., Polson, R., Armstrong, L., & Lauder, W. (2015). Evidence of the effectiveness and patient experience of formalised social support for people with a diagnosis of heart failure. Edinburgh, Scotland: Chest, Heart and Stroke Scotland

Final report to Chest, Heart & Stroke Scotland.

This systematic review was undertaken during December 2014 to June 2015, and
was commissioned by Chest, Heart and Stroke Scotland (CHSS). The review team
comprised of systematic review experts, an... Read More about Evidence of the effectiveness and patient experience of formalised social support for people with a diagnosis of heart failure..

Improving the operational skills of the health personnel working in the emergency departments. A useful tool to give concrete answers to EU policies on patients' safety and to create new working opportunities” (VS/2013/0430) finanziato dalla Commissione Europea nell'ambito del programma PROGRESS.
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Arnone, R., Chiaramonte, G., Watt, S., Skinner, J., Poenicke, C., & Muller, M. (2015). Improving the operational skills of the health personnel working in the emergency departments. A useful tool to give concrete answers to EU policies on patients' safety and to create new working opportunities” (VS/2013/0430) finanziato dalla Commissione Europea nell'ambito del programma PROGRESS. Edinburgh, Scotland: European Commission

A useful tool to give concrete answers to EU policies on patients' safety and to create new working opportunities (VS / 2013/0430

A qualitative study examining stakeholder experiences of current Immunisation services in NHS Lothian, focusing on the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) and the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccines.
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Kennedy, C., Gray Brunton, C., McIntosh, P., Craig, A., Rust, S., & Harden, J. (2010). A qualitative study examining stakeholder experiences of current Immunisation services in NHS Lothian, focusing on the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) and the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccines

Childhood vaccination is an important public health strategy to protect against infectious
diseases for population or ‘herd’ immunity. In western, industrialised countries, successful
vaccination campaigns have been responsible for the near elimina... Read More about A qualitative study examining stakeholder experiences of current Immunisation services in NHS Lothian, focusing on the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) and the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccines..

A theoretical case study in Scotland of professional boundary work in the face of change to generalist working in community nursing: a 'jack of all trades, master of none'?
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Hogg, R., Gray Brunton, C., Kennedy, C., Jarvis, A., Wood, C., & Halliday, B. (2009). A theoretical case study in Scotland of professional boundary work in the face of change to generalist working in community nursing: a 'jack of all trades, master of none'?

Critical approaches to change management theories challenge assumptions that change in organisations is a linear and progressive process. Changes within community nursing in the UK have been subject to debate in recent years in the UK. Sociological i... Read More about A theoretical case study in Scotland of professional boundary work in the face of change to generalist working in community nursing: a 'jack of all trades, master of none'?.

Summit: Living and dying well with dementia: Report on themes and key messages. Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care Edinburgh
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Hazelwood, M., Henderson, J., Patterson, R., & Smith, S. Summit: Living and dying well with dementia: Report on themes and key messages. Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care Edinburgh. Edinburgh

Hazelwood, M., Henderson, J., Patterson, R., & Smith, S. (2011). Summit: Living and dying well with dementia: Report on themes and key messages. Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care Edinburgh. Edinburgh: Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care