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WITH the recognition of the widespread incidence of cancer, research into its occurrence, cause and treatment is being pursued in an increasing number of centres. This research is supported by governments, by industry and by private subscription. The biggest effort is undoubtedly being made in the United States of America where very large sums of money are being spent, particularly in the field...

We offer a UK-based commentary on the recent "Perspective" published in IJHPM by Thakkar and Sullivan. We are sympathetic to the authors' call for increased funding for health service and policy research (HSPR). However, we point out that increasing that investment - in any of the three countries they compare: Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom- will ipso facto not necessarily lea...

Sanna Kotisaari,* Jarkko Romppanen,* Ulla Ågren,° Sakari Eskelinen,* Kari Punnonen* *Department of Clinical Chemistry, Kuopio University Hospital, PL 1777, Kuopio; °Students’ Health Service, Kuopio University, PL 1777, 70211 Kuopio, Finland

A wheelchair user's mobility may be hampered by narrow doorways and restricted turning spaces. Mobility may be improved by undertaking expensive building alterations in the wheelchair user's own home and work environment. However, other environments, including modes of public transport, may still present considerable difficulties. One way of improving mobility is to reduce the overall width of ...

The Global Health programme (GHP) within the Health Service Executive (HSE) aims to improve health in developing countries by creating partnerships between Irish and developing world healthcare institutions. To ascertain the level of interest among HSE staff for the GHP a web-based survey was conducted. 1,028 responses were received. Medical professionals, 202 (27.7%) composed the largest categ...

BACKGROUND Postpartum Family Visits (PFVs) have been advocated as a way to improve health outcomes for puerperal women and their newborns. This study aimed to identify individual factors associated with the utilization of PFVs in rural Jiangsu Province, China. METHODS We employed responses of the household survey in Jiangsu province, part of the National Health Service Survey (NHSS), a nation...

The National Clinical Guideline Centre develops evidence-based clinical guidelines on behalf of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence in the United Kingdom. These guidelines are developed for the National Health Service in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland and establish recommendations on best practice. The authors summarize the main methods used in development, how evide...

Background Poorly managed transitions from hospital to home for elderly patients with complex needs (commonly referred to as patient discharge) often exacerbate detriments to health and function associated with acute inpatient hospital stays. The English National Health Service introduced the Community Care (Delayed Discharges) Act in 2003 to improve the transition process, but the ways in whic...