The definitive version is available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1475-1313.2009.00678.x/abstract, To evaluate the effects of a customised manipulation of spherical aberration (SA) on the high and low contrast visual acuities and contrast sensitivity of young adult myopes.

Background:  Measures of the effectiveness of databases have traditionally focused on recall, precision, with some debate on how relevance can be assessed, and by whom. New measures of database performance are required when users are familiar with search engines, and…

To identify the incidence and outcome of extubation failure in patients with burn. Retrospective
cohort study in a tertiary burn intensive care unit. A review of the casenotes of 132
consecutive adult patients with burn admitted between 2001 and 2005,…

Copyright by Sage Publications, 2009. Published in Journal of Child Health Care, 13(4), pp.322-332., Literature suggests there is a need to hear from children themselves about the quality of healthcare they receive and, although their views are increasingly sought, little…

This is an electronic version of an article published in the Journal of Mental Health, 18(6), pp.533-542. Journal of Mental Health is available online at: http://informahealthcare.com/journal/jmh., Background: A 12-month study of UK supported employment providers found that 77 (54.6%) of…

In the UK the concept of social exclusion came into widespread use in mental health following the publication of an influential Social Exclusion Unit report in 2004. Based on a comparison of ways of defining social exclusion with the mental…

Aim. To explore the experiences of care staff in managing long-term percutaneous
endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) feeding regimes.
Background. Since its first description in 1980, PEG feeding has become a widelyused
technique to provide enteral nutritional support. Its initial use for…

All parents need social and emotional suppor t to ensure optimal outcomes for children. For the
majority of families, this suppor t comes through family and social networks and the institutions
of education and health. The challenge for society is…

I describe the development of a group in North London that aimed to increase the involvement of carers in the development and monitoring of mental health services across the borough. I enabled the carers to evaluate their experiences of the…

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