Background The role of psychosocial factors in the aetiology of coronary heart disease continues
to be debated. Despite public perception of a major role for their effect scientific opinion …

STUDY OBJECTIVE--To examine the effect on mortality of stopping smoking after myocardial
infarction and the psychosocial factors that influence the decision to stop. DESIGN--…

Background Travel-associated illness affects at least 25 per cent of UK residents who travel
abroad each year. Notified cases form only a small proportion of the total community burden …

Objective: To evaluate the introduction of dedicated open access welfare rights advice sessions
in a general practice setting. Design: A retrospective study of 416 client visits over a 11 …

This study investigated the beliefs held by survivors of a heart attack about the causes of
heart attacks. A survey of survivors was carried out in six coronary care units involved in the …

A national survey of Animal Damage Control (ADC) method research needs was conducted
in 1990. ADC program State Directors provided responses for each state. Individual state …

Fifty patients from one practice who were resident in private nursing homes or residential
local authority homes for the elderly (part 3) have been studied. The main carers in the …

BACKGROUND: Primary care groups (PCGs) will commission care for their patients and
may be increasingly required to manage clearly defined resources. Existing general practice …

Despite advances in radiology, ultrasound, and computed tomographic imaging techniques,
diagnosis of hydatid disease still relies on serological tests to distinguish between a hydatid …

Sir, I would like to report the findings of a study of patients in one practice who discontinued
long term use of benzodiazepines over a two year period between June 1988 and June 1990…