Outputs (12)

Organ donation in A & E; legal and ethical implications for the A & E nurse (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Neades, B. L. (1999). Organ donation in A & E; legal and ethical implications for the A & E nurse

In the U.K. the requirement for organs grows daily and sadly many people will die before an organ for transplant becomes available. In an effort to improve the supply of organs some clinicians are now looking to the A&E department to identify potenti... Read More about Organ donation in A & E; legal and ethical implications for the A & E nurse.

Science and the search for truth (2000)
Book Chapter
Huxham, M. (1999). Science and the search for truth. In Science and environmental decision making, 1-32. Prentice Hall (Pearson Education)

Why conserve wild species? (2000)
Book Chapter
Huxham, M. (1999). Why conserve wild species?. In Science and environmental decision making, 142-168. Prentice Hall (Pearson Education)

Training specialist registrars in general surgery: A qualitative study in Tayside (2000)
Journal Article
Reid, M., Ker, J., Dunkley, M., Williams, B., & Steele, R. (2000). Training specialist registrars in general surgery: A qualitative study in Tayside. Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 45(5), 304-310

BACKGROUND:
Owing to decreased hours of work and duration of training, there is a need to refashion the training of surgical specialist registrars (SpRs) in the United Kingdom. This requires more guidance for trainers, but consensus regarding good t... Read More about Training specialist registrars in general surgery: A qualitative study in Tayside.

The SIGN guideline on the care of chronic leg ulcers: an aid to improving practice (2000)
Journal Article
Finnie, A. (2000). The SIGN guideline on the care of chronic leg ulcers: an aid to improving practice. Journal of Wound Care, 9(8), 365-367. https://doi.org/10.12968/jowc.2000.9.8.26276

Implementation of national guidelines and local protocols can help practitioners to ensure their practice is evidence-based. This article describes how the implementation of the SIGN guideline on the care of chronic leg ulcers will help to address an... Read More about The SIGN guideline on the care of chronic leg ulcers: an aid to improving practice.

How Much Function Do Functional Restoration Programmes Restore? (2000)
Journal Article
Frost, H., & Lamb, S. (2000). How Much Function Do Functional Restoration Programmes Restore?. Physiotherapy, 86(9), 496. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0031-9406%2805%2960824-3

No abstract available.

A Functional Restoration Programme for Chronic Low Back Pain (2000)
Journal Article
Frost, H., Lamb, S., & Shackleton, C. (2000). A Functional Restoration Programme for Chronic Low Back Pain. Physiotherapy, 86(6), 285-293. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0031-9406%2805%2961002-4

The purpose of this longitudinal prospective study was to assess the clinical benefits of a newly established functional restoration programme for patients with chronic low back pain. The overall aim of the programme was to improve function and encou... Read More about A Functional Restoration Programme for Chronic Low Back Pain.

Back to Fitness Programme (2000)
Journal Article
Moffett, J. K., & Frost, H. (2000). Back to Fitness Programme. Physiotherapy, 86(6), 295-305. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0031-9406%2805%2961003-6

This paper provides physiotherapists with a manual to set up and run the Back to Fitness programme that was recently evaluated in a trial published in the British Medical Journal ( Klaber Moffett et al, 1999 ). The promising findings have attracted i... Read More about Back to Fitness Programme.

An exploration of the epistemological intricacies of using qualitative data to develop a quantitative measure of user views of health care (2000)
Journal Article
Coyle, J., & Williams, B. (2000). An exploration of the epistemological intricacies of using qualitative data to develop a quantitative measure of user views of health care. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 31(5), 1235-1243. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2648.2000.01381.x

An exploration of the epistemological intricacies of using qualitative data to develop a quantitative measure of user views of health care

Nurse researchers are increasingly combining qualitative and quantitative methods in order to understand mo... Read More about An exploration of the epistemological intricacies of using qualitative data to develop a quantitative measure of user views of health care.

Influence of Petroleum Hydrocarbon Contamination on Microalgae and Microbial Activities in a Long-Term Contaminated Soil (2000)
Journal Article
Megharaj, M., Singleton, I., McClure, N. C., & Naidu, R. (2000). Influence of Petroleum Hydrocarbon Contamination on Microalgae and Microbial Activities in a Long-Term Contaminated Soil. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 38(4), 439-445. https://doi.org/10.1007/s002449910058

Petroleum hydrocarbons are widespread environmental pollutants. Although biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons has been the subject of numerous investigations, information on their toxicity to microorganisms in soil is limited, with virtually no w... Read More about Influence of Petroleum Hydrocarbon Contamination on Microalgae and Microbial Activities in a Long-Term Contaminated Soil.

Interface pressure measurements in leg ulcer management (2000)
Journal Article
Finnie, A. (2000). Interface pressure measurements in leg ulcer management. British Journal of Nursing, 9(Sup1), S8-S18. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2000.9.Sup1.6353

Interface pressure measurements are undertaken in health care as a useful tool to assist in understanding the pressures that exist between the skin surface and another surface. Pressure monitors are utilized to measure pressures under compression ban... Read More about Interface pressure measurements in leg ulcer management.

Quantitative Use of Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization To Examine Relationships between Mycolic Acid-Containing Actinomycetes and Foaming in Activated Sludge Plants (2000)
Journal Article
Davenport, R. J., Curtis, T. P., Goodfellow, M., Stainsby, F. M., & Bingley, M. (2000). Quantitative Use of Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization To Examine Relationships between Mycolic Acid-Containing Actinomycetes and Foaming in Activated Sludge Plants. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 66(3), 1158-1166. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.66.3.1158-1166.2000

The formation of viscous foams on aeration basins and secondary clarifiers of activated sludge plants is a common and widespread problem. Foam formation is often attributed to the presence of mycolic acid-containing actinomycetes (mycolata). In order... Read More about Quantitative Use of Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization To Examine Relationships between Mycolic Acid-Containing Actinomycetes and Foaming in Activated Sludge Plants.