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Enabling the flow of compassionate care: a grounded theory study (2017)
Journal Article
Tierney, S., Seers, K., Tutton, E., & Reeve, J. (2017). Enabling the flow of compassionate care: a grounded theory study. BMC health services research, 17(1), Article 174. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2120-8

Background: Compassion has become a topic of increasing interest within healthcare over recent years. Yet despite its raised profile, little research has investigated how compassionate care is enacted and what it means to healthcare professionals (HC... Read More about Enabling the flow of compassionate care: a grounded theory study.

Multiple myeloma: routes to diagnosis, clinical characteristics and survival - findings from a UK population-based study (2017)
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Howell, D., Smith, A., Appleton, S., Bagguley, T., Macleod, U., Cook, G., …Roman, E. (2017). Multiple myeloma: routes to diagnosis, clinical characteristics and survival - findings from a UK population-based study. British journal of haematology, 177(1), 67-71. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjh.14513

Prompt cancer diagnosis may align UK survival with European averages. We examined the impact of route to diagnosis on survival for multiple myeloma patients diagnosed 2012–2013 using data from our population-based patient cohort that links to nationa... Read More about Multiple myeloma: routes to diagnosis, clinical characteristics and survival - findings from a UK population-based study.

Measuring medicine-related experiences from the patient perspective: a systematic review (2016)
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Katusiime, B., Corlett, S., Reeve, J., & Krska, J. (2016). Measuring medicine-related experiences from the patient perspective: a systematic review. Patient Related Outcome Measures, 2016(7), 157-171. https://doi.org/10.2147/prom.s102198

Background: There is an increasing drive to measure and so improve patients’ experiences and outcomes of health care. This also applies to medicines, given their ubiquity as health care interventions. Patients’ experiences of using medicines vary, an... Read More about Measuring medicine-related experiences from the patient perspective: a systematic review.

Developing, delivering and evaluating primary mental health care: the co-production of a new complex intervention (2016)
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Reeve, J., Cooper, L., Harrington, S., Rosbottom, P., & Watkins, J. (2016). Developing, delivering and evaluating primary mental health care: the co-production of a new complex intervention. BMC health services research, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-016-1726-6

Background: Health services face the challenges created by complex problems, and so need complex intervention solutions. However they also experience ongoing difficulties in translating findings from research in this area in to quality improvement ch... Read More about Developing, delivering and evaluating primary mental health care: the co-production of a new complex intervention.

Do colorectal cancer patients diagnosed as an emergency differ from non-emergency patients in their consultation patterns and symptoms? A longitudinal data-linkage study in England (2016)
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Renzi, C., Lyratzopoulos, G., Card, T., Chu, T., Macleod, U., & Rachet, B. (2016). Do colorectal cancer patients diagnosed as an emergency differ from non-emergency patients in their consultation patterns and symptoms? A longitudinal data-linkage study in England. The British Journal of Cancer, 115(7), 866-875. https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2016.250

Background: More than 20% of colorectal cancers are diagnosed following an emergency presentation. We aimed to examine pre-diagnostic primary-care consultations and related symptoms comparing patients diagnosed as emergencies with those diagnosed thr... Read More about Do colorectal cancer patients diagnosed as an emergency differ from non-emergency patients in their consultation patterns and symptoms? A longitudinal data-linkage study in England.

Illness identity as an important component of candidacy: Contrasting experiences of help-seeking and access to care in cancer and heart disease (2016)
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Macleod, U., Blane, D., Browne, S., Conway, E., Macdonald, S., Mair, F., & May, C. (2016). Illness identity as an important component of candidacy: Contrasting experiences of help-seeking and access to care in cancer and heart disease. Social science & medicine, 168, 101-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.08.022

How and when we use health services or healthcare provision has dominated exploration of and debates around healthcare access. Levels of utilisation are assumed as a proxy for access. Yet, focusing on utilisation conceals an important aspect of the a... Read More about Illness identity as an important component of candidacy: Contrasting experiences of help-seeking and access to care in cancer and heart disease.

Drug breakthrough offers hope to arthritis sufferers: qualitative analysis of medical research in UK newspapers (2016)
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Hanson, H., O'Brien, N., Whybrow, P., Isaacs, J. D., & Rapley, T. (2017). Drug breakthrough offers hope to arthritis sufferers: qualitative analysis of medical research in UK newspapers. Health Expectations, 20(2), 309-320. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.12460

Background Newspaper stories can impact behaviours, particularly in relation to research participation. It is therefore important to understand the narratives presented and ways in which these are received. Some work to date assumes journalism trans... Read More about Drug breakthrough offers hope to arthritis sufferers: qualitative analysis of medical research in UK newspapers.

The adaptation, face, and content validation of a needs assessment tool: progressive disease for people with interstitial lung disease (2016)
Journal Article
Boland, J. W., Reigada, C., Yorke, J., Hart, S. P., Bajwah, S., Ross, J., …Johnson, M. J. (2016). The adaptation, face, and content validation of a needs assessment tool: progressive disease for people with interstitial lung disease. Journal of palliative medicine, 19(5), 549-555. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2015.0355

Background: Irrreversible interstitial lung disease (ILD) is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Palliative care needs of patients and caregivers are not routinely assessed; there is no tool to identify needs and triage support in clinical... Read More about The adaptation, face, and content validation of a needs assessment tool: progressive disease for people with interstitial lung disease.

Mirtazapine added to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for treatment-resistant depression in primary care (MIR trial): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2016)
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Tallon, D., Wiles, N., Campbell, J., Chew-Graham, C., Dickens, C., Macleod, U., …Kessler, D. (2016). Mirtazapine added to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for treatment-resistant depression in primary care (MIR trial): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 17(1), Article 66. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-016-1199-2

© 2016 Tallon et al. Background: People with depression are usually managed in primary care and antidepressants are often the first-line treatment, but only one third of patients respond fully to a single antidepressant. This paper describes the prot... Read More about Mirtazapine added to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for treatment-resistant depression in primary care (MIR trial): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Family caregivers who would be unwilling to provide care at the end of life again: findings from the Health Survey for England population survey (2016)
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Johnson, M. J., Allgar, V., Macleod, U., Jones, A., Oliver, S., & Currow, D. (2016). Family caregivers who would be unwilling to provide care at the end of life again: findings from the Health Survey for England population survey. PLoS ONE, 11(1), e0146960. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146960

Background Family caregivers provide significant care at the end of life. We aimed to describe caregiver characteristics, and of those unwilling to repeat this role under the same circumstances. Methods Observational study of adults in private househ... Read More about Family caregivers who would be unwilling to provide care at the end of life again: findings from the Health Survey for England population survey.

Does the use of specialist palliative care services modify the effect of socioeconomic status on place of death? A systematic review (2015)
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Chen, H., Nicolson, D. J., MacLeod, U., Allgar, V., Dalgliesh, C., & Johnson, M. (2016). Does the use of specialist palliative care services modify the effect of socioeconomic status on place of death? A systematic review. Palliative medicine, 30(5), 434-445. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216315602590

© SAGE Publications. Background: Cancer patients in lower socioeconomic groups are significantly less likely to die at home and experience more barriers to access to palliative care. It is unclear whether receiving palliative care may mediate the eff... Read More about Does the use of specialist palliative care services modify the effect of socioeconomic status on place of death? A systematic review.

The expanding role of primary care in cancer control (2015)
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Rubin, G., Berendsen, A., Crawford, S. M., Dommett, R., Earle, C., Emery, J., …Zimmermann, C. (2015). The expanding role of primary care in cancer control. The lancet oncology, 16(12), 1231-1272. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045%2815%2900205-3

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. The nature of cancer control is changing, with an increasing emphasis, fuelled by public and political demand, on prevention, early diagnosis, and patient experience during and after treatment. At the same time, primary care is i... Read More about The expanding role of primary care in cancer control.

Talking About Looking: Three Approaches to Interviewing Carers of People With Rheumatoid Arthritis About Information Seeking (2015)
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Lee, R. P., Thompson, B., Whybrow, P., & Rapley, T. (2016). Talking About Looking: Three Approaches to Interviewing Carers of People With Rheumatoid Arthritis About Information Seeking. Qualitative Health Research, 26(9), 1229-1239. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732315599373

Given the profusion of illness-related information, in this article, we consider how talking about information seeking—and in particular Internet use—is difficult, not because it is necessarily a highly sensitive topic (though it may be), but rather... Read More about Talking About Looking: Three Approaches to Interviewing Carers of People With Rheumatoid Arthritis About Information Seeking.

Low cancer suspicion following experience of a cancer 'warning sign' (2015)
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Whitaker, K. L., Winstanley, K., Macleod, U., Scott, S. E., & Wardle, J. (2015). Low cancer suspicion following experience of a cancer 'warning sign'. European Journal of Cancer, 51(16), 2473-2479. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2015.07.014

© 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Aim Lower socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with a higher risk of late-stage cancer diagnosis. A number of explanations have been advanced for this, but one which has attracted recent attention is... Read More about Low cancer suspicion following experience of a cancer 'warning sign'.

Risk factors for emergency presentation with lung and colorectal cancers: A systematic review (2015)
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Mitchell, E. D., Pickwell-Smith, B., & Macleod, U. (2015). Risk factors for emergency presentation with lung and colorectal cancers: A systematic review. BMJ open, 5(4), Article e006965. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006965

© 2015, BMJ. All rights reserved. Objective: To identify patient and practitioner factors that influence cancer diagnosis via emergency presentation (EP). Design: Systematic review. Data sources: MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, EBM Reviews, Science and Soci... Read More about Risk factors for emergency presentation with lung and colorectal cancers: A systematic review.

Core intended learning outcomes for tackling health inequalities in undergraduate medicine Curriculum development (2015)
Journal Article
Williamson, A. E., Ayres, R., Allen, J., & Macleod, U. (2015). Core intended learning outcomes for tackling health inequalities in undergraduate medicine Curriculum development. BMC Medical Education, 15(1), Article 66. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-015-0342-1

© 2015 Williamson et al.; licensee BioMed Central. Background: Despite there being a concerted effort in recent years to influence what doctors can do to tackle health inequalities in the UK, there has been limited policy focus on what undergraduate... Read More about Core intended learning outcomes for tackling health inequalities in undergraduate medicine Curriculum development.

GPs' perceptions and experiences of public awareness campaigns for cancer: A qualitative enquiry (2015)
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Green, T., Atkin, K., & Macleod, U. (2016). GPs' perceptions and experiences of public awareness campaigns for cancer: A qualitative enquiry. Health Expectations, 19(2), 377-387. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.12362

© 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Background: Public awareness campaigns for cancer are used to alert the UK population to symptoms which, if experienced, should be discussed with their general practitioner (GP). More timely diagnosis of cancer is assu... Read More about GPs' perceptions and experiences of public awareness campaigns for cancer: A qualitative enquiry.

Correction: Attributions of cancer 'alarm' symptoms in a community sample (2015)
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Whitaker, K. L., Scott, S. E., Winstanley, K., Macleod, U., & Wardle, J. (2015). Correction: Attributions of cancer 'alarm' symptoms in a community sample. PLoS ONE, 10(3), Article e0118418. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118418

In Table 1, the (N) value in the “*Cough or hoarseness” column in the last row is incorrectly recorded as 1469. The (N) value should be 149. Please see the corrected Table 1 here.

Embedding electronic decision-support tools for suspected cancer in primary care: a qualitative study of GPs' experiences (2015)
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Dikomitis, L., Green, T., & Macleod, U. (2015). Embedding electronic decision-support tools for suspected cancer in primary care: a qualitative study of GPs' experiences. Primary health care research & development, 16(6), 548-555. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1463423615000109

Aim: The purpose of this evaluation was to obtain views from general practitioners (GPs) who piloted the electronic risk assessment tools (eRATs) for suspected lung or colorectal cancer. We wanted to find out whether GPs were able to integrate these... Read More about Embedding electronic decision-support tools for suspected cancer in primary care: a qualitative study of GPs' experiences.