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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The report aims to cover the subject of incontinence as a whole with the major objective of encouraging sufferers to report it, and their doctors and nurses to become informed in its management. The following areas are discussed and recommendations established: increasing knowledge about incontinence among all professions concerned; to ...
This book puts forward a number of practical steps to be taken by members of health authorities and district management teams, identifies what could be done independently by each unit manager and argues that achieving excellence in unit management should become a major objective for the NHS. Chapters include discussions ...
Papers from a King's Fund international seminar. The contributors work in the health services in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom and the United States. The book deals with three important aspects of working with people in the context of health service administration. The first is that of trying to ...
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 ...
The authors are medical scientists and practising doctors, a philosopher, a lawyer and theologians in the Jewish, Roman Catholic and Anglican traditions. The book examines the doctor's responsibility, the patient's considerations and how patient consent has developed in practice. Chapters include discussions on the historical background to consent and patient ...