Medicine Theses: Recent submissions
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Cost-effectiveness considerations in finding appropriate chemotherapy treatments for bacterial diseases in developing countries: The case of tuberculosis.
(University of St Andrews, 1996-07) - ThesisInfectious bacterial diseases in developing countries represent a major health threat. Living conditions and environment decrease health status such that those in developing countries are left vulnerable to many diseases ... -
Examining QALY's : analysing the use of quality adjusted life years in the allocation of health care resources
(University of St Andrews, 1992-07) - ThesisThis thesis examines the use quality adjusted life years (QALY'S) in the allocation of health care resources. It is divided into three broad sections. The first section discusses how health status measurement techniques ... -
An analysis of the role of state, economy and civil society in the development, management and reform of the NHS 1948 - 1997
(University of St Andrews, 1999-03) - ThesisThe NHS is the centrepiece of the UK welfare state. For fifty years it has provided the majority of health-care in the UK. However the running of the service has not been marked by a smooth operation. Repeated reforms have ... -
Dosimetry for absolute biological effectiveness of ionising radiations
(University of St Andrews, 1991-07) - ThesisIt was shown that the conventional radiation dosimetric system which is based on RBE and LET is incapable of determining the likely consequences of ionising radiation exposure. Analyses of data on the induction of the ... -
Medieval English medical practice and the law : an analysis of cases
(University of St Andrews, 1998-04) - ThesisThis thesis is an exploration of the relationship between medieval medicine and the law from the thirteenth to the early sixteenth-century. Selected records of litigation between practitioners and their patients, particularly ...