As populations age, the numbers of carers overall and numbers of carers from minority
ethnic groups in particular are rising. Evidence suggests that carers from all sections of the …

Doctors working in any branch of medicine aim to provide and to improve quality on a
continuous basis. Teaching and research are intended to underpin these processes. Quality …

Background: The relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and hypertension has
been studied in a number of reviews. However, the impact of SES on hypertension has been …

Objectives: To assess variation in the quality of care in general practice and identify factors
associated with high quality care. Design: Observational study. Setting: Stratified random …

Abstract Discriminatory treatment of African Americans in healthcare is well recognized, yet
the literature is unclear on the specific role that perceived racism and mistrust play in the …

This book has been written for readers with a range of different interests. Students
undertaking school or university courses in geography will probably come to this book with …

Objectives: To determine whether practice structure (for example, list size, number of staff)
predicts team processes and whether practice structure and team process in turn predict …

Abstract Background The 2007/8 GP Access Survey in England measured experience with
five dimensions of access: getting through on the phone to a practice, getting an early …

Objective To explore whether responses to questions in surveys of patients that purport to
assess the performance of general practices or doctors reflect differences between …

Background Ethnic minorities and some other patient groups consistently report lower
scores on patient surveys, but the reasons for this are unclear. This study examined whether …