Physicians, science, and status: issues in the professionalization of Anglo-American medicine in the nineteenth century

SED Shortt - Medical history, 1983 - cambridge.org
THE professionalization of Anglo-American medicine, most scholars would agree, took place
during the nineteenth century. But how this process occurred or, indeed, what the term itself …

Models for integrating rehabilitation and primary care: a scoping study

MA McColl, S Shortt, M Godwin, K Smith… - Archives of physical …, 2009 - Elsevier
McColl MA, Shortt S, Godwin M, Smith K, Rowe K, O'Brien P, Donnelly C. Models for integrating
rehabilitation and primary care: a scoping study. OBJECTIVE: To describe the scope and …

What matters most in end-of-life care: perceptions of seriously ill patients and their family members

…, G Rocker, D Groll, A Gafni, D Pichora, S Shortt… - Cmaj, 2006 - Can Med Assoc
Background: Initiatives to improve end-of-life care are hampered by our nascent understanding
of what quality care means to patients and their families. The primary purpose of this …

Measuring the effect of Choosing Wisely: an integrated framework to assess campaign impact on low-value care

RS Bhatia, W Levinson, S Shortt… - BMJ quality & …, 2015 - qualitysafety.bmj.com
The Choosing Wisely campaign began in the USA in 2012 to encourage physicians and
patients to discuss inappropriate and potentially harmful tests, treatments and procedures. …

'Choosing Wisely': a growing international campaign

…, RS Bhatia, D Wolfson, S Shortt… - BMJ quality & …, 2015 - qualitysafety.bmj.com
Much attention has been paid to the inappropriate underuse of tests and treatments but until
recently little attention has focused on the overuse that does not add value for patients and …

Making sense of social capital, health and policy

SED Shortt - Health policy, 2004 - Elsevier
This paper summarizes current knowledge about social capital and its application to health
policy. There is a consensus that social capital is a characteristic of social groups, rather than …

[HTML][HTML] Waiting for medical services in Canada: lots of heat, but little light

C Sanmartin, SED Shortt, ML Barer, S Sheps, S Lewis… - Cmaj, 2000 - Can Med Assoc
© 2000 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors received treatment during December
1999 had waited, the retrospective method would be used. Alternatively, one could use the …

Factors affecting long-term-care residents' decision-making processes as they formulate advance directives

…, J Gilbert, J Wong, G Murray, SED Shortt - The …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to describe factors contributing to the decision-making
processes of elderly persons as they formulate advance directives in long-term care. …

The incidence of adverse events among home care patients

…, GR Baker, J Barnsley, S Shortt - International Journal for …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Objective Incidence of adverse events (AEs) among home care patients and preventability
ratings were estimated. Risk factors, AE types and factors associated with AEs were identified. …

[HTML][HTML] Physician experiences providing primary care to people with disabilities

MA McColl, D Forster, SED Shortt, D Hunter… - Healthcare …, 2008 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The 2003 Statistics Canada Health Services Access Survey found that 12% of Canadians
polled did not have a family doctor, and 18% reported access problems such as long waiting …