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Philip Tovey
Researcher at University of Leeds
Publications - 67
Citations - 1972
Philip Tovey is an academic researcher from University of Leeds. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Identity (social science). The author has an hindex of 25, co-authored 66 publications receiving 1881 citations. Previous affiliations of Philip Tovey include University of Newcastle.
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Evaluating complementary medicine: methodological challenges of randomised controlled trials.
TL;DR: Complementary medicine is increasingly popular for treating many different problems, but doctors and patients need evidence about complementary treatments, but randomised controlled trials need to be carefully designed to take holism into account and avoid invalid results.
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The role of gender, environment and Individual biography in shaping qualitative interview data
TL;DR: This article examined the influence of the interviewer's gender on the collection of qualitative data in a range of interviewer-interviewee contexts and explored gender as both resource and delimiting factor.
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Improving management of obesity in primary care : cluster randomised trial.
Helen J Moore,Carolyn Summerbell,Darren C. Greenwood,Philip Tovey,Jacqui Griffiths,Maureen Henderson,Kate Hesketh,Sally Woolgar,Ashley J. Adamson +8 more
TL;DR: A training package promoting a brief, prescriptive approach to the treatment of obesity through lifestyle modification, intended to be incorporated into routine clinical practice, did not ultimately affect the weight of this motivated and at risk cohort of patients.
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The Mainstreaming of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies in Social Context
TL;DR: Stepping back from the immediate demands of policy-making, Mainstreaming Complementary and Alternative Medicine allows a complex and informative picture to emerge of the different social forces in the integration of CAM with orthodox medicine.