Wyatt, Katrina, Carter, Mary, Mahtani, Vinita, Barnard, Angela, Hawton, Annie, Britten, Nicky
Background. The value of consumer involvement in health services research is widely recognized. While there is a growing body of evidence about the principles of good consumer involvement, there is...
Wyatt, Katrina, Carter, Mary, Mahtani, Vinita, Barnard, Angela, Hawton, Annie, Britten, Nicky
Background. The value of consumer involvement in health services research is widely recognized. While there is a growing body of evidence about the principles of good consumer involvement, there is...
Hamilton, William, Russell, David, Stabb, Catherine, Seamark, David, Campion-Smith, Charles, Britten, Nicky
Background. What the patient wants from a general practice consultation and what the doctor believes they want are not always the same thing. This mismatch may lead to unwanted and unnecessary...
Background. Patients commonly experience palpable effects from antihypertensives. Few studies have examined patients' experiences of these effects and how they influence patients' behaviour and...
Hamilton, William, Russell, David, Stabb, Catherine, Seamark, David, Campion-Smith, Charles, Britten, Nicky
Background. What the patient wants from a general practice consultation and what the doctor believes they want are not always the same thing. This mismatch may lead to unwanted and unnecessary...
Hamilton, William, Russell, David, Stabb, Catherine, Seamark, David, Campion-Smith, Charles, Britten, Nicky
Background. What the patient wants from a general practice consultation and what the doctor believes they want are not always the same thing. This mismatch may lead to unwanted and unnecessary...
Background. Patients commonly experience palpable effects from antihypertensives. Few studies have examined patients' experiences of these effects and how they influence patients' behaviour and...
"Fire away": the opening sequence in general practice consultations (2003)
Gafaranga, Joseph, Britten, Nicky
Background. Proponents of recent models of the doctor–patient relationship, such as concordance and shared decision making, have emphasized mutuality rather than paternalism or consumerism....
Who decides about prostate cancer treatment? A qualitative study (2003)
Background. Shared decision-making between patients and health professionals has been promoted as ethically and clinically desirable. Patients vary in their willingness to participate in...
Walter, Fiona M, Britten, Nicky
Objective. To explore women’s understanding of the risks associated with the menopause and hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Methods. Two general practices in Cambridge participated in this...
'Strong medicine': an analysis of pharmacist consultations in primary care (2000)
Background. Patients often find it difficult to discuss their medications fully with their prescribing doctor. Little is known about what might be said about medications to another professional...
Qualitative research methods in general practice and primary care (1995)
Britten, Nicky, Jones, Roger, Murphy, Elizabeth, Stacy, Rosie
Patient Demand for Prescriptions: a View from the Other Side (1994)
This paper describes patients' ideas about doctors' prescribing habits, their expectations for prescriptions and their self-reported behaviour in cashing prescriptions. It is based on semistructured...
A Study of the Relationship Between Patients' Attitudes and Doctors' Prescribing (1991)
Questionnaires were given to 139 appointment attenders and 141 open access attenders prior to consultations at one general practice. These enquired about patients' attitudes toward common illness and...
Validity of Claims to Lifelong Non-Smoking at Age 36 in a Longitudinal Study (1988)
Consistency of self-reported cigarette smoking habits was investigated in the MRC National Survey of Hearth and Development, using data collected at ages 20,25,31 and 36 years. Of those claiming to...