… I’d like to thank second edition coauthors Eileen Mayers Pasztor and Ruth M. Chambers for
inviting me to collaborate on this project. I am honored to be able to further Jillian Jimenez’s …

The fourth edition of this highly respected book builds on the excellent reputation of its
predecessors. Fully revised and updated throughout, it continues to provide essential structure, …

To investigate how and where doctors receive their health care, 275 general practitioners
were given a questionnaire about their health care in the previous 10 years; responses were …

Background As part of national policy to manage the increasing burden of chronic diseases,
the Department of Health in England has launched the NHS Health Checks programme, …

Only about half of parents attempting to reunify with their children in foster care succeed in
their efforts. Parents are ordered by the court to use treatment services in order to resolve their …

Background There is evidence both that a doctor's own well-being is closely associated with
efficiency and positive attitude to patients, and that levels of stress, anxiety and depression …

Objectives This service evaluation examines how efficiently an innovative, simple and interactive
blood pressure (BP) management intervention improves BP control in general practice. …

Research has demonstrated that children who moved placements multiples times in foster
care are more likely to experience poor psychological, social and academic outcomes and …

Objective To determine the patient experience of using a simple telehealth strategy to manage
hypertension in adults. Design As part of a pragmatic service evaluation, the acceptability …

Background The global burden of the major vascular diseases is projected to rise and to
remain the dominant non-communicable disease cluster well into the twenty first century. The …