Index Catalog // The Kings Fund Digital Archive

Créateur:: King's Fund Centre (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), Harrison, Steve, and Schulz, Rockwell
Publication date:: 1983
Abstract:: The basis of the project paper reports a study of area management teams carried out in England by Rockwell Schulz between January and March 1981. Perceptions of consensus management are discussed with a study of the roles of individual team members and the influence of others such as local authorities, ...

Créateur:: Doggett, Marie-Anne, King's Fund Centre for Health Services Development (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), and Parish, Peter
Publication date:: 1983
Abstract:: The appropriate and safe use of drugs by the elderly requires special knowledge and skills if the benefits of treatment are to outweigh the risks. This review of published reports covers the use and misuse of drugs by the elderly, drug therapy in elderly patients and prescribing for the elderly. ...

Créateur:: McCarthy, Margaret and King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1983
Abstract:: This project paper has been produced from a working seminar for senior management in the NHS. This seminar was to discuss with experts in the field of pay determination and the problems of pay in the NHS. The first section of the report outlines aims and assumptions. Further sections deal ...

Créateur:: Hills, Ann and King's Fund Centre (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London)
Publication date:: 1983
Abstract:: The conference examined voluntary services in community care and looked at particular types of volunteers, from Voluntary Service Coordinators, patient and hospital friends, to self help groups and patients' associations. The report describes recent innovation in voluntary action in community care and discusses the cost effectiveness of voluntary care.

Créateur:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London, Department of Health and Social Security (Great Britain), and Henley, Alix
Publication date:: 1983
Abstract:: The information contained in this book concentrates on those features of Sikh religious practice that are likely to be particularly important for health workers and other professionals in hospital and in the community, setting them in the context of the religious beliefs and values from which they spring. It is ...

Créateur:: King's Fund Centre (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London) and Griffiths, Rod
Publication date:: 1983
Abstract:: The conference examined the role of the Community Health Council in relation to health promotion and health education. It was asked how far should and can CHCs influence the development of preventive strategies by health authorities and how far should CHCs become directly involved in such activities themselves. Health promotion ...

Créateur:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London and Dowie, Robin
Publication date:: 1983
Abstract:: The book studies referral behaviour by relating medical referrals sent by doctors to a district hospital to findings from in-depth interviews with these doctors and to information about their use of the investigation services. The author goes on to study the outcome of the referrals by interviewing the consultants concerned ...

Créateur:: King's Fund Centre (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London), Clark, John, and Employment Promotion Section (Commission for Racial Equality)
Publication date:: 1983
Abstract:: The NHS employs 900,000 people in hospitals throughout the United Kingdom. Ethnic minority workers are found throughout the service in considerable numbers, but only limited information is available about their distribution in terms of discipline and grade. In talks with health authority administrators and personnel officers it has been asserted ...

Créateur:: King's Fund Centre (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London) and Choppin, Rachel Gal
Publication date:: 1983
Abstract:: This report is a review of British research studies since 1967 relating to the role of the ward sisters in general hospitals. It is the result of a 21 month study sponsored by the DHSS. Part 1 describes the terms of reference, the area reviewed, the project's development and discusses ...

Créateur:: Cartwright, Ann and King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1983
Abstract:: The surveys reviewed use a variety of methodological approaches which illustrate the different types of questions addressed by health surveys and show how different aspects of survey methodology relate to the usefulness and limitations of the studies. The aims, methods and results of over 50 studies are discussed under the ...

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