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Créateur:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London, Wright, Anthony, Cousins, Jennifer, and Upward, Janet
Publication date:: 1988
Abstract:: The aim of this project was to discover whether the needs of people whose relatives die in hospital are being met within that setting. Surveys were undertaken to gain the views of both sides, by seeking both the experiences of bereaved relatives, and by ascertaining the procedures and practices of ...

Créateur:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London, Posner, Tina, and Vessey, Martin
Publication date:: 1988
Abstract:: This book is based on the first research study to look at the impact on women of a positive cervical smear and subsequent investigation and treatment. It follows their experiences from the initial discovery through to outpatient treatment or inpatient surgery. The authors describe the thoughts and feelings women have ...

Créateur:: Wakeford, Richard, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London, Roden, Marian, and Rothman, Arthur
Publication date:: 1986
Abstract:: At whatever age general practitioners retire, whether early, late, or at what is regarded as the conventional time (65), this is likely to have substantial implications for manpower planning - in the UK for example in connection with the demand for and establishment of vocational training schemes. A study of ...

Créateur:: Fowkes, F. G. R. and King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1986
Abstract:: The discussion in this paper is based on the findings of a study supported by the King's Fund and conducted under the auspices of the Royal College of Radiologists Working Party on the Effective Use of Diagnostic Radiology in which four strategies were evaluated for implementing guidelines on the use ...

Créateur:: Steering Group on Health Services Information (Department of Health and Social Security, Great Britain), King Edward's Hospital Fund for London, and NHS Computer Policy Committee (Department of Health and Social Security, Great Britain)
Publication date:: 1983
Abstract:: This paper contains the results of part of a study relating to the information flow in and out of and within the district office. No attempt has been made to prescribe in detail a total system but it is hoped that the general principles and approach described will assist district ...

Créateur:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London, Dixon, Maureen, and de Metz, Alison
Publication date:: 1982
Abstract:: This report contains the findings of a survey of chief officers on management teams in the NHS in England and Wales. The survey, carried out in 1981, was part of an initiative by the King's Fund to develop a management education programme for the most senior officers in health services ...

Créateur:: Pitkeathley, Jill, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London, and Gay, Pat
Publication date:: 1979
Abstract:: This report deals with the immediate welfare of patients who have just been discharged from hospital: how they manage, what help they need and who provides the help. The authors, both voluntary help co-ordinators, interviewed 250 patients about their experiences and their problems. There are many direct quotations from the ...

Créateur:: Raphael, Winifred and King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1977
Abstract:: The aim of this report was to devise a method by which psychiatric hospitals could discover the views of their patients. Three methods were tried out in wards similar to each other in each of three hospitals. A simple, written questionnaire, answered anonymously, was found to be satisfactory except for ...

Créateur:: Raphael, Winifred and King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1977
Abstract:: This is the third edition of a survey which aims to devise a questionnaire that general hospitals could use to find the views of patients about their stay in hospital. The questions cover five areas of life in hospital: the ward and its equipment; sanitary accommodation; meals; activities; and care ...

Créateur:: Raphael, Winifred and King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1974
Abstract:: The purpose of this survey was to undertake an exploratory enquiry on the views of both staff and patients about psychiatric departments in general hospitals, mainly in London and southern England. It does not attempt to be a comprehensive attitude survey. Fourteen departments were included in the survey; at the ...

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