In one Inner London health district many doctors seemed reluctant to work in health centres. To investigate the reasons, 44 general practitioners in two matched groups were inter¬ viewed. Those working in health centres appre¬ ciated the advantages of pleasant premises and the presence of a primary health care team. Other doctors believed health centres were dis¬ liked by patients, were bureauc...

OBJECTIVE To identify health professionals concerns on the organisational issues of a randomised clinical trial. DESIGN A qualitative cross-sectional, descriptive study. SETTING Primary Care Area 11, Madrid, Spain. PARTICIPANTS Twenty-four doctors and nurses from 4 primary care teams. METHOD Three planning meetings with researchers. Design of an anonymous self-administered questionnaire...

This article describes how a product configuration system may be used to facilitate the creation of a global business infrastructure. Product configuration systems specifically and information management systems generally are shown to underpin post-merger business process re-engineering. They are critical during integration of regional businesses into a single global organisation. The post-merg...

Primary immunodeficiency are rare diseases, approximately 1 per 10 000 children are affected. Since 1980, the Department of Immunology at the Childrens’ Memorial Health Institute (CMHI) is the reference centre for PIDs for the whole of Poland. Up to now, 1,098 children with PID have been diagnosed. Since 2010, the Department of Immunology CMHI has been nominated as a Jeffrey Modell Foundation D...

The Cochrane Collaboration represents a quite successful example of a grass roots international effort aimed at contributing the growing demand for valid and reliable information on the effects of health care intervention, eagerly sought by consumers, patients, doctors and policy makers worldwide. The Cochrane Collaboration is fully aware that part of its success is due to the originality of it...

INTRODUCTION BMA Cymru Wales is pleased to provide a re Cancer screening in women. The British Medical Association represents doctors from all branches of medicine all over the UK total membership of almost 150,000 including more than 3,000 members overseas and over 19,000 medical student members. The BMA is the largest voluntary professional association of doctors in the UK, wh home and abroad...