The capacity to collect and analyse data is growing exponentially. Referred to as 'Big Data',
this scientific, social and technological trend has helped create destabilising amounts of …

Objective: The prevalent and long-neglected diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) and its related
complications rank among the most debilitating and costly sequelae of diabetes. With the …

In terms of aims and structure, this fourth edition is similar to earlier editions. Our aim
remains that of producing a text that predominantly meets the needs of our postgraduate …

This book offers an innovative introduction to social research. The book explores all stages
of the research process and it features both quantitative and qualitative methods. Research …

The Patient-Centered Clinical Method (PCCM) has been a core tenet of the practice and
teaching of medicine since the first edition of Patient-Centered Medicine-Transforming the …

Skills for Communicating with Patients, Third Edition is one of two companion books on
improving communication in medicine, which together provide a comprehensive approach …

Sarah Nettleton's The Sociology of Health and Illness has become a cornerstone text,
popular with students and academics alike for its rigorous and accessible overview of the …

Background Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is maturing from its early focus on
epidemiology to embrace a wider range of disciplines and methodologies. At the heart of …

This book is intended as required reading material for my course, Experimental Design for
the Behavioral and Social Sciences, a second level statistics course for undergraduate …

Objectives To explore patients' perceptions of the features of personal care and how far
these are shared by healthcare providers; whether a continuing relationship between a …