Background Patients often do not get the information they require from doctors and nurses.
To address this problem, interventions directed at patients to help them gather information in …

Objective To assess the effects on patients, clinicians, and the healthcare system of
interventions before consultations to help patients or their representatives gather information in …

Introduction Thrombosis remains the most common preventable cause of mortality in cancer
patients receiving chemotherapy. Whilst the prophylaxis and treatment of this condition is …

Objectives To present and discuss the views of researchers at an academic palliative care
research centre on research encounters with terminally ill patients in the home setting and to …

Antibiotics are often prescribed to patients with respiratory tract infections who are unlikely
to benefit. Models of physician–patient interaction may help understanding of this problem …

Background Although influenza immunisation is now recommended for all people aged 65
years and over in the UK, many people in that age group still remain unimmunised. Aim To …

Background. Clinician–parent interaction and health system influences on parental
acceptance of prescribing decisions for children with respiratory tract infections (RTIs) may be …

This paper reports on a study of the ways in which 54 older people in South Wales (UK) talk
about the symptoms and causes of cold and influenza (flu). The study was designed to …

Introduction The previously reported Patients’ Experience of LIving with CANcer-associated
thrombosis (PELICAN) identified several areas of unmet clinical and support need for cancer …

PURPOSE Poor nutrition is an increasing problem for economically deprived families, and
mothers play a key role in establishing children’s diets. We explored mothers’ understanding …