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Attitudes to and use of complementary medicine among physicians in the United Kingdom (2001)
Journal Article
Gray, S. F., Lewith, G. T., Hyland, M., & Gray, S. (2001). Attitudes to and use of complementary medicine among physicians in the United Kingdom. Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 9(3), 167-172. https://doi.org/10.1054/ctim.2001.0475

Objectives: To evaluate the use of attitudes to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) among UK physicians. Design: Postal questionnaire. Subjects: All Members and Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians. Results: Twelve thousand, one hundre... Read More about Attitudes to and use of complementary medicine among physicians in the United Kingdom.

The Bristol shared care glaucoma study: Outcome at follow up at 2 years (2000)
Journal Article
Easty, D. L., Sparrow, J. M., Baker, I. A., Spencer, I. C., Easty, D. L., Sparrow, J. M., …Easty, D. (2000). The Bristol shared care glaucoma study: Outcome at follow up at 2 years. British Journal of Ophthalmology, 84(5), 456-463. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.84.5.456

Aim - To examine the outcome of care for patients with glaucoma followed up by the hospital eye service compared with those followed up by community optometrists. Methods - A randomised study with patients allocated to follow up by the hospital eye s... Read More about The Bristol shared care glaucoma study: Outcome at follow up at 2 years.

Mapping teaching and research activity in general practice (2000)
Journal Article
Gray, D. P., Johnson, H., Toth, B., Mant, D., Percy, D., Pereira Gray, D., & Gray, S. (2000). Mapping teaching and research activity in general practice. Medical Teacher, 22(1), 64-69. https://doi.org/10.1080/01421590078841

This paper maps the extent of involvement of 1031 general practices in the South and West health region of England in undergraduate medical student teaching, medical vocational training, continuing medical education, and research. More than half (56%... Read More about Mapping teaching and research activity in general practice.

Use of guidelines in primary care - Practitioners' perspectives (1998)
Journal Article
Faulkner, A., Langley, C., Watkins, C., Harvey, I., & Gray, S. (1998). Use of guidelines in primary care - Practitioners' perspectives. Family Practice, 15(2), 105-111. https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/15.2.105

Background and objectives. Concern about the inadequate take-up of guidelines in general practice has concentrated on problems arising from the process of their development and implementation. However, these perspectives fail to take account of the n... Read More about Use of guidelines in primary care - Practitioners' perspectives.

A prospective randomized study of three types of platelet concentrates in patients with haematological malignancy: Corrected platelet count increments and frequency of nonhaemolytic febrile transfusion reactions (1997)
Journal Article
Johnson, S. A., Gray, S., Anderson, N. A., Gray, S., Copplestone, J. A., Chan, D. C., …Pamphilon, D. H. (1997). A prospective randomized study of three types of platelet concentrates in patients with haematological malignancy: Corrected platelet count increments and frequency of nonhaemolytic febrile transfusion reactions. Transfusion Medicine, 7(1), 33-39. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3148.1997.d01-73.x

We prospectively randomized 51 patients with haematological malignancy requiring platelet concentrates (PCs) to receive either single donor platelet-pheresis products (SD-PC), PCs made from pooled buffy coats (BC-PC) or pooled units of platelets made... Read More about A prospective randomized study of three types of platelet concentrates in patients with haematological malignancy: Corrected platelet count increments and frequency of nonhaemolytic febrile transfusion reactions.

Audit of antenatal corticosteroid treatment in the South West (1996)
Journal Article
Richardson, J., Brassey, J., Richardson, M., Marlow, N., & Gray, S. (1996). Audit of antenatal corticosteroid treatment in the South West. Journal of Clinical Effectiveness, 1(3), 90-93. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb020843

A multidistrict audit was conducted in seven hospitals to examine the proportion of preterm births in which antenatal corticosteroids were given. Of the 550 births examined, corticosteroids had been given in 301(64%), ranging from 49–76% in different... Read More about Audit of antenatal corticosteroid treatment in the South West.

Risk factors for giardiasis: A case-control study in Avon and Somerset (1994)
Journal Article
Gray, S. F., Gunnell, D. J., Peters, T. J., & Gray, S. (1994). Risk factors for giardiasis: A case-control study in Avon and Somerset. Epidemiology and Infection, 113(1), 95-102. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268800051505

Giardia lamblia is a common and increasing cause of gastrointestinal illness in the UK. We report a case-control study that examined risk factors for giardiasis. Patients with giardiasis were identified from reports to the Consultants in Communicable... Read More about Risk factors for giardiasis: A case-control study in Avon and Somerset.