Qualitative methods are increasingly recognized as valuable, yet practitioners face difficult
decisions in their choice of method and the process of analysis. The nominal group technique …

BACKGROUND: Telephone working is an increasingly important way of managing general
practice workload, particularly out of hours. The role of telephone triage, however, in …

… This research forms part of the MD thesis of Dr Morris Gallagher. Our grateful thanks go to
patients and professionals from the three practices, Mrs Val Elsey, Professor Colin Bradshaw, …

OBJECTIVES--To identify issues that patients and professionals consider important in
diabetes care and differences in their priorities for care and to determine patients' and …

OBJECTIVES--To produce policy priorities for improving care of diabetes based on the
findings of original research into patient and professional opinions of diabetes care in South …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Telephone triage and advice are increasingly important
ways of managing primary care workload and improving patient access to healthcare services. …

To assess the knowledge and attitudes of general practitioners about HIV infection, a postal
survey was undertaken of one in three of all principals in Scotland; 834 (77.6%) responded. …

In mid-1988 a postal survey was conducted of one in five general practitioners in England
and Wales, to examine their contact with people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) …

OBJECTIVE--To assess the impact of HIV on procedures to control infection in general practices.
DESIGN--A postal questionnaire survey. SETTING--General practices throughout Britain…

AIDS and HIV infection raise a number of important ethical issues and problems for general
practitioners. The ethical issues which impinge most directly on the personal relationship …