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Minimal important differences for fatigue patient reported outcome measures—a systematic review

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2016
Background Fatigue is the most frequent symptom reported by patients with chronic illnesses. As a subjective experience, fatigue is commonly assessed with patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs).
Åsa Nordin, Charles Taft, Åsa Lundgren-Nilsson, Anna Dencker   +3 more
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Cross-cultural acceptability and utility of the strengths and difficulties questionnaire: views of families

BMC Psychiatry, 2016
Background Screening children for behavioural difficulties requires the use of a tool that is culturally valid. We explored the cross-cultural acceptability and utility of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire for pre-school children (aged 3–5) as
Paula Kersten, Margaret Dudley, Shoba Nayar, Hinemoa Elder, Heather Robertson, Robyn Tauroa, Kathryn M. McPherson   +6 more
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Mindful medical practice: An innovative core course to prepare medical students for clerkship

Perspectives on Medical Education, 2020
Background Medical students show a decline in empathy and ethical reasoning during medical school that is most marked during clerkship. We believe that part of the problem is that students do not have the skills and ways of being and relating necessary ...
Tom A. Hutchinson, Stephen Liben
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Exploring the views of being a proxy from the perspective of unpaid carers and paid carers: developing a proxy version of the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT)

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background Outcomes-based policy and administration of public services present a compelling argument for the value of outcomes data. However, there are a number of challenges inherent in collecting these data from people who are unable to complete a ...
James Caiels, Stacey Rand, Tanya Crowther, Grace Collins, Julien Forder   +4 more
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Exploration of dynamics in a complex person-centred intervention process based on health professionals’ perspectives

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background The assessment and evaluation of practical and sustainable development of health care has become a major focus of investigation in health services research.
Febe Friberg, Catarina Wallengren, Cecilia Håkanson, Eva Carlsson, Frida Smith, Monica Pettersson, Elisabeth Kenne Sarenmalm, Richard Sawatzky, Joakim Öhlén   +8 more
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Language matters: discourses of therapeutic optimism and recovery in the treatment of eating disorders

BJPsych Bulletin
Aims and method This article explores how clinical language used to describe long-standing and severe eating disorders shapes treatment experiences and outcomes.
James Downs, Marissa Adams, Anna Carnegie   +2 more
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Neoliberalismo en la Universidad Metropolitana de Manchester... y una alternativa

Revista Teknokultura, 2012
Una campaña contra la persecución a miembros del sindicato de la Metropolitan University of Manchester (MMU) ha logrado una victoria importante. La campaña ha sido liderada por el University and College Union (UCU) y un grupo de estudiantes de postgrado ...
Third Person
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Personalized Nanomedicine [PDF]

Clinical Cancer Research, 2012
Abstract Personalized medicine aims to individualize chemotherapeutic interventions on the basis of ex vivo and in vivo information on patient- and disease-specific characteristics. By noninvasively visualizing how well image-guided nanomedicines—that is, submicrometer-sized drug delivery systems containing both drugs and imaging agents ...
Lammers, T., Rizzo, L.Y., Storm, G., Kiessling, F.   +3 more
openaire   +4 more sources

“I could be living a totally different life right now”: lived experience and caregiver perspectives on the prevention of eating disorders

Journal of Eating Disorders
Eating disorder prevention is widely acknowledged as a priority for the field. However, little space has been given to investigating how people who have endured the impacts of eating disorders view the subject of prevention.
James Downs, Ellie Smith, Nicky Smith, Suzanne Baker, Helen Missen, Jodie Goodacre, Hannah Hickinbotham, Nicola Hickinbotham, Zoe Hazel, Debbie Taylor, Hope Virgo   +10 more
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Communication and Language Profiles of Children Treated for Posterior Fossa Brain Tumors

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Cognitive and language deficits are frequently reported sequelae of posterior fossa brain tumors (PFBT). Typically, delayed onset impedes prompt assessment and early intervention. This has devastating implications for quality of life.
Zara Sved, Meghan Hesse, Jennie Cusiter, Annabel Webb, Kimberley Docking   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source