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Mystery shopping not all bad 594
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Pharmacists in general have in the past given mystery shopping the thumbs down and so, in particular, has The Pharmaceutical Journal. For well over 10 years, “mystery shopping” or “covert observation” has been dismissed as unethical and bad science with little validity in research into pharmacy practice
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Better chronic disease management 601-602
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Next week, senior managers of organisations across the NHS will gather in London to discuss chronic disease management. It is an issue that is high on the Government’s agenda, and pilots of two US systems of managed care are under way in England. Clare Bellingham reports
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Helicobacter pylori eradication may cause minor worsening of gastro-oesophageal disease 600
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Technicians should not be considered underlings but equals to pharmacists 604
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By Monica Munroe, Carole Muir and Angela Cannon
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Pharmacy education / Prostate problems / Indemnity insurance / The register / The Journal / The profession / Energy expenditure
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Erectile dysfunction and other problems 808-610
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In the second article in a series of three on men's health, Christine Clark discusses erectile dysfunction, sexually transmitted diseases and testicular cancer
Original papers 611-614
Development and validation of a method to assess alcohol transfer disinfection procedures 611-614
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By Sarah Hiom, Christina Lowe and Mark Oldcorne
Aim — To develop and use a novel validated surface
bioburden method to benchmark practice and assess materials being disinfected
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Mystery shopping demystified: is it
a justifiable research method? 615-617
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In this article, Jill Jesson looks at past methodological debates within pharmacy practice on covert research, describes the methodological
approach and examines some of the limitations for pharmacy research
Care model could change approach to chronic disease management in NHS 618-619
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In this article, Ian Winstanley describes an innovative model of care for the elderly frail that originated in the US and has now been adopted in a primary care trust in Luton
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Mystery of the fairy rings in the desert In the past we have heard strange accounts of mysterious “corn circles” appearing for no apparent reason in our fields. Sometimes a deliberate hoax has been assumed, while for others no explanation has been forthcoming. Now a note from the University of Pretoria, published in New Scientist for 3 April, indicates that the mystery circle phenomenon may be more widely distributed than was hitherto thought Text
Why alcohol is harder to control than tobacco Apparently the problems that alcohol poses to individuals and societies are beyond human control. Ethyl alcohol, which we usually mean when we talk of alcohol, has been misused by humans, and occasionally other animals, since the beginning of time to achieve extraordinary states of mind. However, its wide consumption as an accepted intoxicant is a growing menace to civilised societies Text
How cell biology helps preserve art treasures After my comments on chemical reactions producing strange phenomena in oil paintings, I was intrigued to read a report by Hannah Hoag in Nature for 29 April regarding another menace that museum curators may encounter: insects and fungi occasionally disfigure works of art, even some of recent origin, and chemical treatment may threaten their integrity Text
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• No election to take place this year for the Scottish Executive There
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• Devolution project manager The Society has appointed
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• A year in the life of the President The role of
President of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society is not one to be treated lightly.
Gill Hawksworth looks back at a hectic year Text 622-623
• Marshall Davies bows out after 12 years In one
of his last functions on behalf of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society before retiring
from the Council, the immediate past president of the Society, Marshall Davies,
was guest of honour at the official opening of a newly extended and refurbished
manufacturing area at BCM Specials on 7 May Text 623
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