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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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Patient understandings of evidence and therapeutic effectiveness
Alex Broom,Philip Tovey +1 more
TL;DR: This chapter asks British patients themselves 'what is evidence?' and in a particularly controversial context: the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in the context of cancer.
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Comment on: "Conceptualizing mainstream health care providers' behaviours in relation to complementary and alternative medicine" by Hirschkorn and Bourgeault.
Philip Tovey,Jon Adams +1 more
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Context specificity and quality continuing professional education. Part 2: towards a meaningful approach
TL;DR: In this article, an action framework for quality assurance in university continuing professional education (CPE) is proposed, which is the outcome of research comprising three elements: postal questionnaires which examined the attitudes, aims and practices of specialist and nonspecialist providers of university CPE; an analytical review of practice in other branches of education, and in health, welfare and construction, including BS 5750; and case study research conducted with professional bodies and employers.
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Introduction: Towards a Critical Social Science of CAM in nursing and midwifery
Jon Adams,Philip Tovey +1 more
TL;DR: With the emergence of consensus comes the potential for a less critical and distanced analysis of the integrative process, a tendency, it is argued, that should be resisted.