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View article: Non-medical practitioners in the staffing of emergency departments and urgent treatment centres in England: a mixed qualitative methods study of policy implementation
Non-medical practitioners in the staffing of emergency departments and urgent treatment centres in England: a mixed qualitative methods study of policy implementation Open
Background Patient demand, internationally, on emergency departments and urgent care treatment centres has grown. Shortages of staff, particularly of emergency medicine doctors, have compounded problems. Some countries are pursuing solutio…
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View article: Explaining health system responses to public reporting of cardiac surgery mortality in England and the USA
Explaining health system responses to public reporting of cardiac surgery mortality in England and the USA Open
Public reporting of clinical performance is increasingly used in many countries to improve quality and enhance accountability of the health system. The assumption is that greater transparency will stimulate improvements by clinicians in re…
View article: Comparing physician associates and foundation year two doctors-in-training undertaking emergency medicine consultations in England: a mixed-methods study of processes and outcomes
Comparing physician associates and foundation year two doctors-in-training undertaking emergency medicine consultations in England: a mixed-methods study of processes and outcomes Open
Objectives To compare the contribution of physician associates to the processes and outcomes of emergency medicine consultations with that of foundation year two doctors-in-training. Design Mixed-methods study: retrospective chart review u…
View article: Beyond the orthodox/CAM dichotomy: Exploring therapeutic decision making, reasoning and practice in the therapeutic landscapes of elite sports medicine
Beyond the orthodox/CAM dichotomy: Exploring therapeutic decision making, reasoning and practice in the therapeutic landscapes of elite sports medicine Open
Elite athletes face extreme challenges to perform at peak levels. Acute and chronic musculoskeletal injuries are an occupational hazard while pressures to return to play post-injury are commonplace. Therapeutic options available to elite a…
View article: Life Expectancy of White and Non-White Elite Heavyweight Boxers
Life Expectancy of White and Non-White Elite Heavyweight Boxers Open
Background In post-industrial countries, ethnic minorities suffer poorer health and premature deaths. The present study examined ethnic differences in life expectancy and related features among elite heavyweight boxers. Methods Dates of bi…
View article: Enhancement imaginaries: exploring public understandings of pharmaceutical cognitive enhancing drugs
Enhancement imaginaries: exploring public understandings of pharmaceutical cognitive enhancing drugs Open
The growing use of psychoactive substances in everyday life, the increasing experimentation among users and the potential of poly drug use for non-medical, lifestyle or enhancement purposes presents an evolving policy challenge. The paper …
View article: The role of physician associates in secondary care: the PA-SCER mixed-methods study
The role of physician associates in secondary care: the PA-SCER mixed-methods study Open
Background Increasing demand for hospital services and staff shortages has led NHS organisations to review workforce configurations. One solution has been to employ physician associates (PAs). PAs are trained over 2 years at postgraduate l…
View article: Professional autonomy and surveillance: the case of public reporting in cardiac surgery
Professional autonomy and surveillance: the case of public reporting in cardiac surgery Open
Professional autonomy has come under greater scrutiny due to managerialism, consumerism, information and communication technologies ( ICT ), and the changing composition of professions themselves. This scrutiny is often portrayed as a tens…
View article: Medicalisation, pharmaceuticalisation, or both? Exploring the medical management of sleeplessness as insomnia
Medicalisation, pharmaceuticalisation, or both? Exploring the medical management of sleeplessness as insomnia Open
In this paper we examine the medical management of sleeplessness as ‘insomnia’, through the eyes of general practitioners ( GP s) and sleep experts in Britain. Three key themes were evident in the data. These related to (i) institutional i…
View article: Contribution of physician assistants/associates to secondary care: a systematic review
Contribution of physician assistants/associates to secondary care: a systematic review Open
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View article: Building an evidence base for the primary care workforce
Building an evidence base for the primary care workforce Open
Building an evidence base for the effects of different types of staff in general practice is challenging and takes time. McCartney is right to say that no evidence shows that physician associates make a difference to clinician stress and b…
View article: Healthcare in the news media: The privileging of private over public
Healthcare in the news media: The privileging of private over public Open
This article reports on a discourse analysis of the representation of healthcare in the print news media, and the way this representation shapes perspectives of healthcare. We analysed news items from six major Australian newspapers over a…
View article: Physician associates working in secondary care teams in England: Interprofessional implications from a national survey
Physician associates working in secondary care teams in England: Interprofessional implications from a national survey Open
Physician associates (PAs) are a new type of healthcare professional to the United Kingdom; however, they are well established in the United States (where they are known as physician assistants). PAs are viewed as one potential solution to…
View article: Patients’ experiences of consultations with physician associates in primary care in England: A qualitative study
Patients’ experiences of consultations with physician associates in primary care in England: A qualitative study Open
Background Physician associates are new to English general practice and set to expand in numbers. Objective To investigate the patients’ perspective on consulting with physician associates in general practice. Design A qualitative study, u…
View article: The concept of medicalisation reassessed: a response to Joan Busfield
The concept of medicalisation reassessed: a response to Joan Busfield Open
Joan Busfield's (2017) reassessment of the concept of medicalisation is a welcome and timely contribution to a key issue within medical sociology, past and present. Not simply medical sociology however. Medicalisation indeed, as Conrad (20…
View article: Prescription hypnotics in the news: A study of UK audiences
Prescription hypnotics in the news: A study of UK audiences Open
In 2012 the UK media reported the results of a paper in the British Medical Journal Open, including the finding that hypnotics increase the risk of 'premature death'. Taking this media coverage as a case study, the paper explores UK people…
View article: Corrigendum: Investigating the contribution of physician assistants to primary care in England: a mixed-methods study
Corrigendum: Investigating the contribution of physician assistants to primary care in England: a mixed-methods study Open
Correction to the table footnote in Table 28.