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The impact of a quasi-market on sexually transmitted disease services in the UK (1999)
Journal Article
Evans, D. (1999). The impact of a quasi-market on sexually transmitted disease services in the UK. Social Science and Medicine, 49(10), 1287-1298. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0277-9536%2899%2900203-8

This article reports the results of a study of the impact of quasi-market reforms on sexually transmitted disease (STD) services in one UK health region. An internal or quasi-market was introduced into UK health care in the 1991 reforms of the Nation... Read More about The impact of a quasi-market on sexually transmitted disease services in the UK.

Nationality as a factor in the use of information management technologies (1999)
Journal Article
Jones, S. R., Jones, S., & Thomas, P. J. (1999). Nationality as a factor in the use of information management technologies. Behaviour and Information Technology, 18(4), 231-233. https://doi.org/10.1080/014492999118986

In an attempt to uncover various non-technical and behavioural issues relating to the adoption of personal information management (PIM) technologies, an exploratory study was conducted into cultural and nationality factors in the usage of such artefa... Read More about Nationality as a factor in the use of information management technologies.

Expert decision making (1999)
Journal Article
Hutton, R. J. B., & Klein, G. (2022). Expert decision making. Systems Engineering, 2(1), 32-45. https://doi.org/10.1002/%28SICI%291520-6858%281999%292%3A1%3C32%3A%3AAID-SYS3%3E3.0.CO%3B2-P

The purpose of this paper is to outline the key aspects of how experts make decisions. The central theme of the paper is that decision making in dynamic settings is perceptual rather than conceptual. In high stress, time-pressured, high stakes, or un... Read More about Expert decision making.

Specialist nurses counsellor interventions at the time of diagnosis of breast cancer: Comparing 'advocacy' with a conventional approach (1999)
Journal Article
Ambler, N., Rumsey, N., Harcourt, D., Khan, F., Cawthorn, S., & Barker, J. (1999). Specialist nurses counsellor interventions at the time of diagnosis of breast cancer: Comparing 'advocacy' with a conventional approach. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 29(2), 445-453. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.00902.x

Over recent years, specialist breast care nurses have become increasingly recognized as core members of any breast care team within the UK. Part of the role is to support patients at the highly stressful stage of receiving a diagnosis. This paper des... Read More about Specialist nurses counsellor interventions at the time of diagnosis of breast cancer: Comparing 'advocacy' with a conventional approach.

What is confidentiality? Developing practice relating to young people (1999)
Journal Article
Dalrymple, J. (1999). What is confidentiality? Developing practice relating to young people. Practice, 11(3), 27-38. https://doi.org/10.1080/09503159908415159

Sharing information needlessly is an invasion of privacy. Adults are justly indignant if something that they have talked about in confidence is passed on without their consent. However, information between professionals is often shared without the co... Read More about What is confidentiality? Developing practice relating to young people.

Developing self-assessment in social work education (1999)
Journal Article
Burgess, H., Baldwin, M., Dalrymple, J., & Thomas, J. (1999). Developing self-assessment in social work education. Social Work Education, 18(2), 133-146. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479911220141

This article is based on the experiences of social work staff and students involved in the Self-Assessment in Professional and Higher Education Project (SAPHE), funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England through the Fund for the Devel... Read More about Developing self-assessment in social work education.

Portfolios for learning and assessment: Laying the foundations for continuing professional development (1999)
Journal Article
Taylor, I., Thomas, J., & Sage, H. (1999). Portfolios for learning and assessment: Laying the foundations for continuing professional development. Social Work Education, 18(2), 147-160. https://doi.org/10.1080/02615479911220151

Portfolios are widely used in a range of education programmes at different levels in a number of countries. They are also well established at all stages in social work education. However, in the literature there is surprisingly little critical analys... Read More about Portfolios for learning and assessment: Laying the foundations for continuing professional development.

Same-day diagnosis of symptomatic breast problems: Psychological impact and coping strategies (1999)
Journal Article
Rumsey, N., Harcourt, D., Rumsey, N., & Ambler, N. (1999). Same-day diagnosis of symptomatic breast problems: Psychological impact and coping strategies. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 4(1), 57-71. https://doi.org/10.1080/135485099106405

'One-stop' clinics offering same-day investigation and diagnosis of symptomatic breast problems are becoming increasingly available. This randomized controlled trial compared the one-stop system (n = 416) with conventional arrangements (n = 375) invo... Read More about Same-day diagnosis of symptomatic breast problems: Psychological impact and coping strategies.

Convergent co-ordination patterns in the French and German core executive: The case of the BSE crisis (1999)
Journal Article
Walzenbach, G. P., & Walzenbach, G. (1999). Convergent co-ordination patterns in the French and German core executive: The case of the BSE crisis. West European Politics, 22(3), 64-86. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402389908425316

This article analyses the introduction of a world-wide ban on British beef exports in March 1996; it raises the question how and to what extent a neo-institutional approach can contribute to our understanding of key events leading to the convergence... Read More about Convergent co-ordination patterns in the French and German core executive: The case of the BSE crisis.