Index Catalog // The Kings Fund Digital Archive

Schöpfer:: Mays, Nicholas B. and King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1990
Abstract:: The report attempts to review the main issues surrounding the funding and management of units providing dialysis services to people suffering from end-stage renal failure in the UK for the benefit of health service managers, renal physicians and other staff. The objective is to review the experience and information currently ...

Schöpfer:: Jost, Timothy S. and King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1990
Abstract:: This report is concerned with efforts to assure quality in medical care, focussing on quality assurance efforts affecting care provided by doctors and hospitals (and to a lesser extent nursing homes). The study examines quality assurance in Sweden, Federal Republic of Germany, Belgium and England as these represent a range ...

Schöpfer:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London and Jordan, Bill
Publication date:: 1990
Abstract:: This paper takes a longer term look at the implications of measures to switch from institutional to community care, and the future role of carers. Tentative steps are being taken to forge a new relationship between formal and informal care systems; this report continues the debate into whether these are ...

Schöpfer:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London, Hughes, Susan, and Henley, Alix
Publication date:: 1990
Abstract:: This book describes in detail the routine administrative tasks that have to be done in hospital after a patient dies and suggests systems which will ensure that the tasks are carried out efficiently. It lays down clear standards for bereavement officers and hospital staff to enable them to provide the ...

Schöpfer:: Glouberman, Sholom and King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1990
Abstract:: The 'keepers' mentioned in the title of this book are workers in prisons, long-stay hospitals, homes for mentally retarded people and other total institutions. Their feelings about their work and about the institutions are presented here in twelve monologues selected from more than 60 interviews with workers in 27 different ...

Schöpfer:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London, Seale, Clive, Cartwright, Ann, and Institute for Social Studies in Medical Care
Publication date:: 1990
Abstract:: This is a `nuts and bolts' `warts and all' account of the process of doing a survey - from conceiving the idea to disseminating the results.

Schöpfer:: Cartwright, Ann and King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1990
Abstract:: The care given to a random sample of adults who died in 1987 is described retrospectively by relatives and others who had known them. Most praised, or were satisfied with, the care given by general practitioners but both the statistics and the quotations reveal some disconcerting inadequacies in this care, ...

Schöpfer:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London and Department of Health (Great Britain)
Publication date:: 1990
Abstract:: On 22 June 1988 the DHSS hosted a conference on women's health. This volume contains the papers given by the speakers. The purpose of the day was to provide a forum for dispelling the myths and correcting some of the misunderstandings surrounding women's health. Papers presented included breast cancer, cervical ...

Schöpfer:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1990
Abstract:: In this book, top clinicians and senior managers in health services from the UK, the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand write about their experiences in solving difficult problems in a way that ensures that their organisations continue to strive towards quality services. They describe how they try to resolve ...

Schöpfer:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1990
Abstract:: This paper is not intended as a critique of government policy, but rather as an exploration of the opportunities and constraints inherent in that policy and some of the processes which may be required to put the policy into effect. A fundamental tenet of this paper is that the needs ...

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