Patient-identified early clinical warning signs of nodular melanoma: a qualitative study

Schizophrenia: early warning signs

Max Birchwood is Director of the Early Intervention Service (Harry Watton House, 97 Church Lane, Aston, Birmingham B6 5UG) and Director of Research and Development of Northern Birmingham Mental Health NHS Trust. He is also a Research Professor at the School of Psychology, University of Birmingham. Elizabeth Spencer is a senior clinical medical officer working in Northern Birmingham Mental Healt...

Identifying early warning signs for diagnostic errors in primary care: a qualitative study

OBJECTIVE We investigate the mechanisms of diagnostic error in primary care consultations to detect warning signs for possible error. We aim to identify places in the diagnostic reasoning process associated with major risk indicators. DESIGN A qualitative study using semistructured interviews with open-ended questions. SETTING A 2-month study in primary care conducted in Oxfordshire, UK. ...

Nodular Melanoma

Refining Prescription Warning Labels Using Patient Feedback: A Qualitative Study

The complexity of written medication information hinders patients' understanding and leads to patient misuse of prescribed medications. Incorporating patient feedback in designing prescription warning labels (PWLs) is crucial in enhancing patient comprehension of medication warning instructions. This qualitative study explored patient feedback on five newly designed PWLs. In-depth semi-structur...

Early Warning Signs in Social-Ecological Networks

A number of social-ecological systems exhibit complex behaviour associated with nonlinearities, bifurcations, and interaction with stochastic drivers. These systems are often prone to abrupt and unexpected instabilities and state shifts that emerge as a discontinuous response to gradual changes in environmental drivers. Predicting such behaviours is crucial to the prevention of or preparation f...