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Prevention of cervical cancer : the patient's view

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O Criador:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London, Vessey, Martin, and Posner, Tina
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 ...

Just an ordinary patient : a preliminary survey of opinions on psychiatric units in general hospitals

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O Criador:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London and Raphael, Winifred
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 ...

Psychiatric hospitals viewed by their patients

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O Criador:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London and Raphael, Winifred
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 ...

Organisers of voluntary services in hospitals : a survey of the use of paid organisers of voluntary services in hospitals carried out by a social worker for the King's Fund

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O Criador:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London and Rocha, Jan
Publication date:: 1968
Abstract:: The aims of the survey were: i) to record and describe the experience of hospitals in relation to the recruitment, training ,remuneration and method of working of voluntary service organisers; ii) to study the achievements of full-time organisers in the use of volunteers within the hospitals and in their relationships ...

Hospital library services : a pilot survey

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O Criador:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1959
Abstract:: It was suggested that the future of efficient hospital library services could only be assured if fuller knowledge were available of existing services and their cost. This survey of a limited area was undertaken to prepare the way for a conference of all interested bodies in the country. The terms ...

Convalescence and recuperative holidays : a report of a survey carried out between February and July 1950

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O Criador:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London and Tidy, Henry
Publication date:: 1951
Abstract:: This detailed survey of convalescence as it affects London patients arose as a development of the work of the King's Fund in the upgrading of convalescent homes which had been severely affected by the Second World War. It became clear during the survey that very little information was available about ...

Noise control in hospitals : a report of an enquiry

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O Criador:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1958
Abstract:: The idea of finding out which particular noises in hospitals were most worrying to patients was considered by the King's Fund in 1956 and it was decided that the hospital visitors should make special enquiries during the course of their visits to London hospitals. The resulting comments, which were made ...

Noise control in hospitals : report of a follow-up enquiry

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O Criador:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1960
Abstract:: In 1957/58, the King's Fund conducted an enquiry into the problem of noise control in hospitals, and the results of this enquiry were published in a report in November 1958. In 1960 it was felt that some useful information might be obtained by inviting the fifteen hospitals of the initial ...

Strategies for changing the use of diagnostic radiology

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O Criador:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London and Fowkes, F. G. R.
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 ...

Matters of death and life : a study of bereavement support in NHS hospitals in England

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O Criador:: Wright, Anthony, King Edward's Hospital Fund for London, Upward, Janet, and Cousins, Jennifer
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 ...

Patients and their hospitals : a survey of patients' views of life in general hospitals.

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O Criador:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London and Raphael, Winifred
Publication date:: 1973
Abstract:: This is the second 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 ...

Patients and their hospitals : a survey of patients' views of life in general hospitals

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O Criador:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London and Raphael, Winifred
Publication date:: 1969
Abstract:: This is the first 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 ...

Joint consultation - defeat or opportunity? : a survey of joint consultation in the hospital services

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O Criador:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London, Miles, A. W., and Smith, Duncan
Publication date:: 1969
Abstract:: This pamphlet examines the history and future of consultation in the hospital service. It shows that, from its beginning, joint consultation faced particular hazards and difficulties to which a large number of committees have succumbed. The fact that some have survived is a sign of latent vitality and it is ...

Staff attitudes and opinions : report to King Edward's Hospital Fund on a survey of staff attitudes and opinions in the London Hospital Group

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O Criador:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London and Hughes, R. D.
Publication date:: 1974
Abstract:: This survey of employee opinion was an innovation in the hospital field and so it is hoped that it will be of interest to a wider audience than just the London Hospital Group as some of the results have implications of more general interest. A small number of results from ...

Introducing I.T. in the district office : proposals arising from a study carried out in Southend Health District by Aslib Research and Consultancy in 1982

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O Criador:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London, NHS Computer Policy Committee (Department of Health and Social Security, Great Britain), and Steering Group on Health Services Information (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 ...

A tale of two clinics : a study of the clinical and administrative management of medical and gynaecological out-patient clinics : a King's Fund research project

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O Criador:: James, S. D., King Edward's Hospital Fund for London, Stewart, J. S., Steele, S. J., and Middlesex Hospital Medical School
Publication date:: 1984

When I went home ... : a study of patients discharged from hospital

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O Criador:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London, Gay, Pat, and Pitkeathley, Jill
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 ...

Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast : evaluation of new out-patient centre, report to Belfast Hospital Management Committee

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O Criador:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London and Gray, A. F.
Publication date:: 1970
Abstract:: Towards the end of 1969, the Belfast Hospital Management Committee asked the King's Fund to sponsor a review of the operation of the out-patient department since the implementation of the recommendations made in a previous report in 1967. This is a copy of this report which includes a summary of ...

Report of an investigation into the dietary of elderly women living alone

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O Criador:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London, Stanton, B. R., Ramsey, M., Exton-Smith, A. N., and Newman, M.
Publication date:: 1965
Abstract:: The precise nutritional needs of old people are unknown. In an attempt to discover levels of intake compatible with health it was decided to carry out a survey of the dietary needs of elderly women living alone, and to make a clinical assessment of the subjects. The survey results are ...

Report of the Hospital Economy Committee on unoccupied beds for the year 1929

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O Criador:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1930
Abstract:: This report looked into the causes giving rise to unoccupied beds in a particular group of hospitals. The results of the survey are included in three sections to the report: beds temporarily closed; beds vacant between the discharge and admission of patients; analysis showing the relative incidence of vacancy in ...

A question of attitudes

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O Criador:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London and Boorer, David
Publication date:: 1972
Abstract:: The attitude a nurse has towards a patient is one of the most important factors influencing the standard of care patients receive. But a nurse's attitudes to patients are influenced by the attitudes of senior and junior staff. Attitudes between staff and attitudes of staff to patients are, in reality, ...

A question of attitudes

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O Criador:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London and Boorer, David
Publication date:: 1970
Abstract:: The attitudes that nurses adopt towards patients can be created by a number of different pressures, and they can effect the type of care patients receive. The King's Fund undertook an attitude project and then discussed the possibility of finding out what nurses' attitudes were through a series of discussion ...

Patients and their hospitals : a survey of patients' views of life in general hospitals

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O Criador:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London and Raphael, Winifred
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 ...

Management development for chief officers in the NHS : report of a survey

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O Criador:: 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 ...

A longitudinal study of the dietary of elderly women : report of the first longitudinal study of old people to be carried out in this country

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O Criador:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London, Stanton, B. R., and Exton-Smith, A. N.
Publication date:: 1970
Abstract:: In 1962, sixty women living alone took part in a seven-day weighed diet survey. When the dietary intake of women in their early and late seventies was compared it was found that there was a decline in dietary intake of as much as 30 per cent in some nutrients between ...

Health of the elderly project : an experiment in the voluntary visiting of old people

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O Criador:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London, Kettle, David, Young Volunteer Force Foundation, and Hart, Linda
Publication date:: 1974
Abstract:: This experimental project took place in Newcastle upon Tyne to look at the health of elderly people. The aims of the project were: to develop experimental after-care and preventive medicine with patients, their friends and families; to help develop relationships that bridge the gap between family and friend and hospital ...

General practitioners' retirement plans and factors influencing them : report to the King Edward's Hospital Fund for London on a project undertaken January-June 1985

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O Criador:: Wakeford, Richard, Rothman, Arthur, Roden, Marian, and King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
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 ...

Drugs in small hospitals : report on a survey on the prescribing, distribution and administration of drugs in small hospitals

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O Criador:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London and Stone, Patricia
Publication date:: 1968
Abstract:: This document presents the findings of an investigation into the problems of prescribing, distributing and administering prescribed drugs in small hospitals

Convalescence for mothers and babies : a report of an inquiry into the need for convalescent accommodation for mothers accompanied by babies or young children

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O Criador:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1954
Abstract:: This small enquiry looked into the provision of convalescent accommodation for mothers with babies or young children as there appeared to insufficient accommodation available. Four conclusions to the enquiry were drawn: i) mothers recommended for convalescence after difficult confinements often insist on returning home; ii) there is no evidence that ...

Brochures for schools of nursing : report of an enquiry by the Hospital Centre

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O Criador:: King Edward's Hospital Fund for London
Publication date:: 1965
Abstract:: As a response to hospitals contemplating the production or revision of Nurse Training School brochures and staff information booklets, it was decided to undertake a survey of the design and content of present publications and the extent to which they are being used. This survey disclosed a wide variety in ...

Prevention of cervical cancer : the patient's view

Just an ordinary patient : a preliminary survey of opinions on psychiatric units in general hospitals

Psychiatric hospitals viewed by their patients

Organisers of voluntary services in hospitals : a survey of the use of paid organisers of voluntary services in hospitals carried out by a social worker for the King's Fund

Hospital library services : a pilot survey

Convalescence and recuperative holidays : a report of a survey carried out between February and July 1950

Noise control in hospitals : a report of an enquiry

Noise control in hospitals : report of a follow-up enquiry

Strategies for changing the use of diagnostic radiology

Matters of death and life : a study of bereavement support in NHS hospitals in England

Patients and their hospitals : a survey of patients' views of life in general hospitals.

Patients and their hospitals : a survey of patients' views of life in general hospitals

Joint consultation - defeat or opportunity? : a survey of joint consultation in the hospital services

Staff attitudes and opinions : report to King Edward's Hospital Fund on a survey of staff attitudes and opinions in the London Hospital Group

Introducing I.T. in the district office : proposals arising from a study carried out in Southend Health District by Aslib Research and Consultancy in 1982

A tale of two clinics : a study of the clinical and administrative management of medical and gynaecological out-patient clinics : a King's Fund research project

When I went home ... : a study of patients discharged from hospital

Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast : evaluation of new out-patient centre, report to Belfast Hospital Management Committee

Report of an investigation into the dietary of elderly women living alone

Report of the Hospital Economy Committee on unoccupied beds for the year 1929

A question of attitudes

A question of attitudes

Patients and their hospitals : a survey of patients' views of life in general hospitals

Management development for chief officers in the NHS : report of a survey

A longitudinal study of the dietary of elderly women : report of the first longitudinal study of old people to be carried out in this country

Health of the elderly project : an experiment in the voluntary visiting of old people

General practitioners' retirement plans and factors influencing them : report to the King Edward's Hospital Fund for London on a project undertaken January-June 1985

Drugs in small hospitals : report on a survey on the prescribing, distribution and administration of drugs in small hospitals

Convalescence for mothers and babies : a report of an inquiry into the need for convalescent accommodation for mothers accompanied by babies or young children

Brochures for schools of nursing : report of an enquiry by the Hospital Centre

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