The structure of medical records becomes ever more critical with the advent of electronic
records. The Health Informatics Unit (HIU) of the Royal College of Physicians has two work …

The role of expectations based on the Monday‐blues stereotype was explored in self‐reports
of mood throughout the week. Participants (N= 66) were allocated to 3 matched groups. …

Understanding cumulative effects of multiple threats is key to guiding effective management
to conserve endangered species. The critically endangered, Southern Resident killer whale …

In most species the reproductive system ages at the same rate as somatic tissue and individuals
continue reproducing until death. However, females of three species – humans, killer …

An individual's ecological environment affects their mortality risk, which in turn has fundamental
consequences for life-history evolution. In many species, social relationships are likely to …

A species has a post‐reproductive stage if, like humans, a female entering the adult population
can expect to live a substantial proportion of their life after their last reproductive event. …

Hospital episode statistics were originally designed to monitor activity and allocate resources
in the NHS. Recently their uses have widened to include analysis of individuals' activity, to …

A review of data quality in the NHS by the Audit Commission cited a lack of clinician
involvement in the validation and use of centrally held activity data as one of the key issues to …

Social structure is a fundamental aspect of animal populations. In order to understand the
function and evolution of animal societies, it is important to quantify how individual attributes, …

Objective: The use of the Internet as a source of information has increased dramatically over
the last decade. Patient‐orientated vascular surgery websites have been highlighted as a …