Beverley Lawson

Factors associated with multiple transitions in care during the end of life following enrollment in a comprehensive palliative care program (2006)

Lawson, Beverley, Burge, Frederick I, Critchley, Patrick, McIntyre, Paul

Abstract Background Patients often experience changes or transitions in where and by whom they are cared for at the end of life. These cause stress for both patients and families. Although not all...

Transitions in care during the end of life: changes experienced following enrolment in a comprehensive palliative care program (2005)

Burge, Frederick I, Lawson, Beverley, Critchley, Patrick, Maxwell, David

Abstract Background Transitions in the location of care and in who provides such care can be extremely stressful for individuals facing death and for those close to them. The objective of this study...

Home visits by family physicians during the end-of-life: Does patient income or residence play a role? (2005)

Burge, Frederick I, Lawson, Beverley, Johnston, Grace

Abstract Background With a growing trend for those with advanced cancer to die at home, there is a corresponding increase in need for primary medical care in that setting. Yet those with lower...

Health care restructuring and family physician care for those who died of cancer (2005)

Burge, Frederick I, Lawson, Beverley, Johnston, Grace, Flowerdew, Gordon

Abstract Background During the 1990s, health care restructuring in Nova Scotia resulted in downsized hospitals, reduced inpatient length of stay, capped physician incomes and restricted practice...

Evidence-based cardiovascular care in the community: A population-based cross-sectional study (2004)

Putnam, Wayne, Burge, Frederick I, Lawson, Beverley, Cox, Jafna L, Sketris, Ingrid, Flowerdew, Gordon, ...

Abstract Background Ischaemic heart disease and congestive heart failure are common and important conditions in family practice. Effective treatments may be underutilized, particularly in women and...

Managing osteoarthritis. Medication use among seniors in the community.

Lawson, Beverley, Putnam, Wayne, Nicol, Kelly, Archibald, Greg, Mackillop, Jim, Conter, Howard, ...

OBJECTIVE: To determine what types of medication seniors in the community were using to manage osteoarthritis (OA). DESIGN: Mailed self-administered survey. SETTING: Three family medicine community...