Medical Education 2012: 46: 349–356 Objectives This article explores the concept of resilience
and its potential relevance to medicine. It also looks at the dimensions of resilience and …

Background Patient and public involvement (PPI) is a prerequisite for many funding bodies
and NHS research ethics approval. PPI in research is defined as research carried out with or …

Background Despite effective assessment methods and medications targeting osteoporosis
and related fractures, screening for fracture risk is not currently advocated in the UK. We …

Objective To gain understanding of general practitioners’ and patients’ opinions of the routine
introduction of standardised measures of severity of depression through the UK general …

Background Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) or chronic fatigue
syndrome (CFS) has been used to name a range of chronic conditions characterized by …

Objective To determine if general practitioner rates of antidepressant drug prescribing and
referrals to specialist services for depression vary in line with patients’ scores on depression …

Background On the last day of 2019, a cluster of cases of a pneumonia with unknown cause
were reported by the Chinese authorities to the World Health Organization (WHO), believed …

Background There is a workforce crisis in primary care. Previous research has looked at the
reasons underlying recruitment and retention problems, but little research has looked at …

Background Eating and drinking difficulties are recognised sources of ill health in people
with dementia. In the EDWINA (Eating and Drinking Well IN dementiA) systematic review we …

Objective To test whether a drug review and symptom self management and lifestyle advice
intervention by community pharmacists could reduce hospital admissions or mortality in …