Palliative care in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a review for clinicians

DA Seamark, JS Clare… - Journal of the Royal …, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive condition characterized by
airflow obstruction which ultimately kills many patients. It is common in both men and women …

Living with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): perceptions of patients and their carers: an interpretative phenomenological analysis

DA Seamark, SD Blake, CJ Seamark… - Palliative …, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: A study designed to explore the experiences of patients with severe chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and their carers, particularly with regard to ongoing …

GP referral for physiotherapy to musculoskeletal conditions—a qualitative study

ML Clemence, DA Seamark - Family Practice, 2003 - academic.oup.com
… David A Seamark David A Seamark … Clemence ML and Seamark DA. GP referral for
physiotherapy to musculoskeletal conditions— a qualitative study. Family Practice 2003; 20: 578–…

Field-testing and validation in a primary care setting of a point-of-care test for C-reactive protein

DA Seamark, SN Backhouse… - Annals of clinical …, 2003 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Use of point-of-care testing (POCT) in primary care has increased. There is a
need for high-quality field evaluation of POCT before deployment can be considered. Method: …

The estimation of vitamin D and its metabolites in human plasma

DA Seamark, DJH Trafford, HLJ Makin - Journal of Steroid Biochemistry, 1981 - Elsevier
Over the last two decades, interest in the metabolism and physiological action of the group
of secosteroids collectively known as “vitamin D” has increased exponentially [l-4]. In 1968 …

How accurate is a diagnosis of asthma in a general practice database? A review of patients' notes and questionnaire-reported symptoms

DG Ward, DMG Halpin, DA Seamark - British journal of general practice, 2004 - bjgp.org
Background: Planned care of patients with chronic diseases in primary care depends on
being able to identify them. A recorded label of asthma does not necessarily mean that the …

Vitamin D and its metabolites in human breast milk.

HL Makin, DA Seamark, DJ Trafford - Archives of disease in …, 1983 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
It is rare for Western breast fed babies of mothers with adequate dietary vitamin D* to get
rickets,'although there have been reports of decreased bone mineralisation2 and a few cases of …

Are postbereavement research interviews distressing to carers? Lessons learned from palliative care research

DA Seamark, J Gilbert, CJ Lawrence… - Palliative …, 2000 - journals.sagepub.com
… Lessons learned from palliative care research - David A Seamark, James Gilbert, Clive J
Lawrence, Susan Williams, 2000 … David A Seamark, James Gilbert … David A Seamark

Dying from cancer in community hospitals or a hospice: closest lay carers' perceptions.

DA Seamark, S Williams, M Hall, CJ Lawrence… - British Journal of …, 1998 - bjgp.org
… David Seamark was supported by a project grant from the South & West Region Research
and Development Directorate. Our thanks to all the staff of the Exeter and District Hospice and …

The estimation of vitamin D and some metabolites in human plasma by mass fragmentography

DA Seamark, DJH Trafford, HLJ Makin - Clinica Chimica Acta, 1980 - Elsevier
A mass fragmentographic assay for vitamin D 3 , 25-hydroxyvitamin D 3 , 25-hydroxyvitamin
D 2 and 24,25-dihydroxyvitamin D 3 is described. After extraction of plasma with methanol …