All Outputs (3)

National evaluation of NHS genetics service investments: emerging issues from the cancer genetics pilots (2007)
Journal Article
Martin, G. P., Finn, R., & Currie, G. (2007). National evaluation of NHS genetics service investments: emerging issues from the cancer genetics pilots. Familial Cancer, 6(2), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10689-007-9130-3

In seeking to fulfil the ambition of the 2003 genetics white paper, Our Inheritance, Our Future, to ‘mainstream’ genetic knowledge and practices, the Department of Health provided start-up funding for pilot services in various clinical areas, includi... Read More about National evaluation of NHS genetics service investments: emerging issues from the cancer genetics pilots.

Media, metaphors and modeling: how the UK newspapers reported the epidemiological modelling controversy during the 2001 foot and mouth outbreak (2007)
Journal Article
Nerlich, B. (2007). Media, metaphors and modeling: how the UK newspapers reported the epidemiological modelling controversy during the 2001 foot and mouth outbreak. Science, Technology, and Human Values, 32(4), https://doi.org/10.1177/0162243907301003

The relation between theoretical models and metaphors has been studied since at least the 1950s. The relation between metaphors and mathematical modelling is less well researched. This article takes the media coverage of the foot and mouth modelling... Read More about Media, metaphors and modeling: how the UK newspapers reported the epidemiological modelling controversy during the 2001 foot and mouth outbreak.

The organization, form and function of intermediate care services and systems in England: results from a national survey (2007)
Journal Article
Martin, G. P., Hewitt, G., Faulkner, T., & Parker, H. (2007). The organization, form and function of intermediate care services and systems in England: results from a national survey. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2524.2006.00669.x

This paper reports the results of a postal survey of intermediate care co-ordinators (ICCs) on the organization and delivery of intermediate care services for older people in England, conducted between November 2003 and May 2004. Questionnaires, whi... Read More about The organization, form and function of intermediate care services and systems in England: results from a national survey.