Objectives We draw on a systematic review of research on two‐way communication between
patients and health practitioners about medicines in order to determine the extent to which …

Objective: To investigate patients' agendas before consultation and to assess which aspects
of agendas are voiced in the consultation and the effects of unvoiced agendas on outcomes…

Mishler (The discourse of medicine. The dialectics of medical interviews. Norwood, NJ:
Ablex), applying Habermas's theory of Communicative Action to medical encounters, showed …

Objectives: To identify and describe misunderstandings between patients and doctors
associated with prescribing decisions in general practice. Design: Qualitative study. Setting: 20 …

The traditional paternalistic model of medical decision-making, in which doctors make decisions
on behalf of their patients, has increasingly come to be seen as outdated. Moreover, the …

Background Both doctors and patients may perceive the Internet as a potential challenge to
existing therapeutic relationships. Here we examine patients' views of the effect of the …

Recent policy changes in the UK such as deregulation of prescribed medicines and the
introduction of telephone helpline services are intended to promote self-treatment. Drawing on …

… research data, please contact Professor Fiona Stevenson: f.stevenson{at}ucl.ac.uk … to
the underlying research data, please contact Professor Fiona Stevenson: f.stevenson{at}ucl.ac.uk …

✓ The effect of mannitol (1.0 gm/kg) and furosemide (0.7 mg/kg), alone and in combination,
on the blood-brain extracellular fluid and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) osmotic gradient, …

Background. Controlling prescribing costs is an issue of concern to many GPs. Objective and
methods. This paper is based on interviews with 21 GPs in which they were asked about …