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Research Articles

• Quality in nursing home care: whose responsibility? (1 September, 1997)

  C Drinkwater, G Greveson
• Outcome measures for routine use in dementia services: some practical considerations. (1 September, 1997)

  I J Higginson, P M Jefferys, C S Hodgson
• Longer term quality of life and outcome in stroke patients: is the Barthel index alone an adequate measure of outcome? (1 September, 1997)

  P R Wilkinson, C D Wolfe, F G Warburton, A G Rudd, R S Howard, R W Ross-Russell, R Beech
• Risks and benefits of coronary angioplasty: the patients perspective: a preliminary study. (1 September, 1997)

  F Kee, P McDonald, B Gaffney
• Satisfaction with telephone advice from an accident and emergency department: identifying areas for service improvement. (1 September, 1997)

  A Patel, J Dale, R Crouch
• Alzheimer's disease in the United Kingdom: developing patient and carer support strategies to encourage care in the community. (1 September, 1997)

  R Hunter, L McGill, N Bosanquet, N Johnson
• Introducing quality assurance into long-term care for elderly people: a difficult and worthwhile process? (1 September, 1997)

  Y Challiner
• Improving the quality of long-term care for older people: lessons from the CARE (continuous assessment review and evaluation) scheme. (1 September, 1997)

  E Dickinson, J Brocklehurst
• Strategies to improve the quality of oral health care for frail and dependent older people. (1 September, 1997)

  J G Steele, A W Walls
• Effective management of obesity. (1 September, 1997)

  S O'Meara, A M Glenny, C Wilson, A Melville, T A Sheldon