The Total Design Method (TDM) as offered by DA Dillman promises “guaranteed” 80% return
rates for mail and telephone surveys. In a survey conducted in London, Ontario, a booklet-…

METHODS Thirteen family practices associated with the Depart ment of Family Medicine of
the University of Western Ontario participated in the study. These practices are located in …

Objective: To evaluate a palliative care home support team based on an inpatient unit.
Design: Randomised controlled trial with waiting list. Patients in the study group received the …

OBJECTIVE: To identify factors associated with the location of death (home or hospital) of
patients referred to a palliative care home support team. DESIGN: Retrospective case-control …

Hematopoietic reconstitution of ablated recipients requires that intravenously (IV)
transplanted stem and progenitor cells “home” to organs that support their proliferation and …

A retrospective chart review was conducted to determine the types and frequency of errors,
other than those of diagnostic accuracy, made in recording information on death certificates …

There has been a lack of objective assessment of the disruptive effect that the symptomatology
of premenstrual syndrome has on the functional performance of affected women. This …

Some patient encounters may produce a variety of unpleasant reactions such as guilt, anger,
frustration, or dissatisfaction in the physician. These troubling feelings may arise from …

The experiment was devised to clear up the doubts raised by Loucks concerning the evidence
for irradiation. Human subjects, naked and isolated from extraneous cues, were subjected …

Obtaining the voluntary participation of family physicians in quality of care research is a
major problem in family practice research. An innovative approach was therefore required to …