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The competencies of registered nurses working in care homes: a modified Delphi study (2017)
Journal Article
Stanyon, M., Goldberg, S. E., Astle, A., Griffiths, A., & Gordon, A. L. (2017). The competencies of registered nurses working in care homes: a modified Delphi study. Age and Ageing, 46(4), 582–588. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afw244

BACKGROUND: Registered Nurses (RNs) working in UK care homes receive most of their training in acute hospitals. At present the role of care home nursing is underdeveloped and it is seen as a low status career. We describe here research to define cor... Read More about The competencies of registered nurses working in care homes: a modified Delphi study.

Preparation to care for confused older patients in general hospitals: a study of UK health professionals (2013)
Journal Article
Griffiths, A., Knight, A., Harwood, R. H., & Gladman, J. R. (2014). Preparation to care for confused older patients in general hospitals: a study of UK health professionals. Age and Ageing, 43(4), 521-527. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/aft171

Background and Objective: in the UK, two-thirds of patients in general hospitals are older than 70, of whom half have dementia or delirium or both. Our objective was to explore doctors, nurses and allied health professionals' perceptions of their pre... Read More about Preparation to care for confused older patients in general hospitals: a study of UK health professionals.

Psychological and social factors influencing patients' treatment selection for localised prostate cancer (2013)
Book Chapter
Robles, L. A., Chou, S., Cole, O. J., Hamid, A., Griffiths, A., & Vedhara, K. (2013). Psychological and social factors influencing patients' treatment selection for localised prostate cancer. In G. Hamilton (Ed.), Advances in prostate cancer. Intech. https://doi.org/10.5772/52641

Chapter 3. Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer in men in the United Kingdom (UK). A quarter of all new cases of cancer diagnosed in men are prostate cancers. In 2009, over 40,000 cases of prostate cancer were reported in the UK and m... Read More about Psychological and social factors influencing patients' treatment selection for localised prostate cancer.