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U Maclean

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PubMed1988

Pharmacists and primary care: some research findings and recommendations.

To achieve effective primary care we need to take into account lay perspectives on services. This study investigated a sample of 54 mothers with at least one child under five years old to elucidate their approaches to minor illnesses in their children and their use of pharmacists. The use of the pharmacist and of proprietary medicines were found to be important elements in self-care, sometimes replacing general practitioner consultations. However, the mothers held differing opinions about how to deal with children's symptoms and who to contact for help. This variety needs to be taken into account when recommending changes in the provision of primary care for this group, especially concerning the role of the pharmacist.

Attitude to Health↗
PubMed1987

The role of the chemist in primary health care for children with minor complaints.

There has been considerable debate about the professional status of pharmacy and the relationship between pharmacists and the medical profession. There has been less emphasis on the consumers' view of chemists and on the use made of over-the-counter remedies. This paper examines the actual and potential role of the chemist in dealing with minor complaints in young children. A sample of 54 mothers of young children were interviewed in a study examining the cultural context of childhood illness. The use which the mothers made of chemists for advice and for the purchase of proprietary medicines was examined. The findings of this aspect of the study are outlined, and the implications which these have for the role of the chemist within the primary health care team and lay health care network are discussed. In the light of this analysis tentative recommendations are made for an expansion of the role of the chemist in dealing with minor complaints in children.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1985

Women and health in Europe: the scope and limits of epidemiology.

Epidemiology is one tool for assessing women's health, at least in terms of the main diseases which cause morbidity and mortality. When employed for international comparisons across Europe, its value, even at this level, is diminished by the shortage of reliable data. Examples are chosen from the fields of cancer and cardiovascular disease. The latter part of the article draws attention to the inadequacies and limits of clinical epidemiology when applied to women's broader experience in respect to health.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1975

Medical sociology in Great Britain.

The paper reports on a survey into the present state of medical sociology in Great Britain, describing the developments which have occurred following upon the recommendations in the Todd Report on the teaching of behavioural sciences to undergraduates. Details of existing and proposed courses at each school are given; they reveal the wide variations which exist, in respect of precise specification of educational objectives, course content, affiliation and qualifications of teachers, teaching methods, and curricular time. However, most schools are consciously trying to incorporate this discipline into the syllabus at an early stage. At present several of the provincial schools have more experience of teaching medical sociology than do the London schools, but this difference may soon be lessened. In most cases the subject is taught in close association with social or community medicine, but connexions with psychology and psychiatry are often close. The prospects for this relatively untried subject are good, with new medical schools demonstrating new ways of applying sociology to medicine.

Behavioral Sciences↗