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2001

Williams ERL, Guthrie E, Mackway-Jones K, James M, Tomenson B, Eastham J, McNally D. Psychiatric status, somatisation and health care utilisation of frequent attenders at the emergency department: A comparison with routine attenders. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 2001; 50: 161-167.

Hunter MS, O'Dea I. Cognitive appraisal of the menopause: The Menopause Representations questionnaire (MRQ). Psychology, Health & Medicine 2001; 6(1): 65-76.

Hunter MS. Sexuality: Hormone replacemebnt therapy and quality of life. Schneider HPG (ed) Parthenon (in press).

Graham J, Albery IP, Ramirez AJ, Richards MA. How hospital consultants cope with stress at work: implications for their mental health. Stress Medicine 2001; 17: 85-89.

Cassar S, Hodgkiss AD, Ramirez AJ. Mental health presentation to an inner city Accident & Emergency Department. Psychiatric Bulletin 2001 (in press).

Boulton M, Boudioni M, Ramirez AJ, Mossman J, Moynihan C, Heydon G. 'Dividing the desolation' clients views on the benefits of a cancer counselling service. Psycho-Oncology 2001; 10: 124-136.

Burgess CC, Hunter MS, Ramirez AJ. A qualitative study of delay among women reporting symptoms of breast cancer. British Journal of General Practice 2001 (in press).

Grunfeld EA, Ramirez AJ, Maher EJ, Peach D, Young T, Albery IP, Richards MA. Chemotherapy for advanced breast cancer: what influences oncologists' decision-making. British Journal of Cancer 2001; 84(9): 1172-1178.

2000
Stone P, Richards M, A'Hern R, Hardy J. A study to investigate the prevalence, severity and correlates of fatigue among patients with cancer in comparison with a control group of volunteers without cancer. Annals of Oncology 2000; 11: 561-567

Hunter M. The Women's health questionnaire (WHQ): The development, standardization and application of a measure of a mid-aged women's emotional and physical health.Quality of Life Research 2000; 9: 733-738

Richards MA, Stockton D, Babb P, Coleman MP. How many deaths have been avoided through improvements in cancer survival? BMJ 2000; 320: 895-898

Boudioni M, Boulton M, Ramirez A, Mossman J, Moynihan C, Leydon G, McPherson K. An evaluation of the Cancerbacup London counselling Service (ABSTRACT). Psycho-Oncology 2000; 9: 361-362

Jacobs C, Bish A, Sutton S, Levene S, Ramirez A, Hodgson S. (2000). Constraints on communication within families about inherited breast cancer:a descriptive study. J Med Genet (Suppl) Sept (in press).

Hunter M.S., Salter-Ling N. & Glover L. Donor insemination: telling children about their origins. Child Psychol & Psychiat. Rev 2000; 5: 157-163.

Singer D. & Hunter M.S. (eds) (2000) Premature Menopause: a multidisciplinary approach.. Whurr, London.

Boudioni M, Mossman M, Boulton M, Ramirez A, Moynihan C, Leydon G. An Evaluation of a cancer counselling service. European Journal of Cancer Care 2000; 9 (4): 212.

Hodgkiss, A., & Ramirez, A. (2000). Liaison Psychiatry: Planning services for specialist settings. In R. Peveler, E. Feldman & T. Friedman (Eds.), Liaison Psychiatry: planning services for specialist settings. London: Gaskell Press.

Curran D, Aaronson N, Standaert B, Molenberghs G, Therasse P, Ramirez A, Koopmanschap M, Erder H, Piccart M. Summary measures and statistics in the analysis of quality of life data: an example from an EORTC-NCIC-SAKK locally advanced breast cancer study. European Journal of Cancer 2000; 36: 834-44.

Williams ERL, Ramirez AJ, Richards MA, Young T, Maher EJ, Boudioni M, Maguire P. Are men missing from cancer information and support services? Psycho-Oncology 2000; 9: 364.

Grunfeld EA, Ramirez AJ, Richards MA, Maher EJ, Peach D, Young T, Albery IP. Offering chemotherapy to patients with advanced breast cancer: what influences doctors' decision making? Psycho-Oncology 2000; 9: 362.

Burgess CC, Ramirez AJ, Smith P, Richards MA. Do adverse life events and mood disorders influence delayed presentation of breast cancer? Journal of Psychosomatic Research 2000; 48: 171-175.

Ussher JM, Hunter MS, Browne SJ. Good, bad or dangerous to know: representations of femininity in narrative accounts of PMS. In: Squire C (Ed.) Culture and Psychology. London: Routledge, 2000.

Graham J, Ramirez AJ, Field S, Richards MA. Job stress and satisfaction among clinical radiologists. Clinical Radiology 2000; 55:182-185.

1999
Ramirez AJ, Westcombe AM, Burgess CC, Sutton S, Littlejohns P, Richards MA. Factors predicting delayed presentation of symptomatic breast cancer: a systematic review. Lancet 1999; 353:1127-1131.

Richards MA, Smith P, Ramirez AJ, Fentiman IS, Rubens RD. The influence on survival of delay in the presentation and treatment of symptomatic breast cancer. British Journal of Cancer 1999;79:858-864.

Guthrie E, Tattan T, Williams ERL, Black D, Bacliocotti H. Sources of stress, psychological distress and burnout in psychiatrists. Psychiatric Bulletin 1999;23:207.

Guthrie E, Wells A, Pilgrim H, Minshull P, Mackway Jones K, Pattison S, French P, Williams E. The Manchester bombing: providing a rational response. Journal of Mental Health 1999; 8: 149-157.

Richards MA, Westcombe AM, Love S, Sutton S, Littlejohns P, Ramirez AJ. The influence of delay on survival in patients with breast cancer: a systematic review. Lancet 1999;353:1119-1126.

1998
Ramirez AJ, Towlson KE, Leaning MS, Richards MA, Rubens RD. Do patients with advanced breast cancer benefit from chemotherapy? British Journal of Cancer 1998;78(11): 1488-1494.

Burgess CC, Ramirez AJ, Richards MA, Love S. Who and what influences delayed diagnosis of breast cancer? British Journal of Cancer 1998;77(8):1343-1348.

Graham J, Ramirez AJ. Surgical stress: the psychological cost of a surgical career. Surgery 1998; 16:5:i-ii.

Ramirez AJ, Addington-Hall J, Richards MA. ABC of Palliative Care: the carers. British Medical Journal 1998; 316: 208-211.

Richards MA, Corner J, Clark D. Developing a research culture for palliative medicine. Palliative Medicine 1998; 12: 389-403.

Stone P, Richards MA, Hardy J. Fatigue in Advanced Cancer. European Journal of Cancer 1998; 34: 1670-1676.

1997
Ramirez AJ, House A. ABC of mental health: common mental health problems in hospital medicine. British Medical Journal 1997;314:1679-1681.

Graham J, Ramirez AJ. Mental health of hospital consultants. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 1997; 43;227-231.

Westcombe AM, Wardle J. Influence of relative fat content information on responses to 3 foods. Appetite 1997;28:49-62.

Richards MA, Ramirez AJ. Quality of life: the main outcome measure of palliative care. Palliative Medicine 1997; 11: 89-92.

Cantwell BM, Ramirez AJ. Doctor-patient communication: a study of Junior House Officers. Medical Education 1997; 31: 17-21.

Rubens RD, Richards MA, Ramirez AJ, Coyne GB, Chaudary MA, Fentiman IS, Tong D, Winter PJ. Large operable breast cancer: the applicability of primary chemotherapy. The Breast 1997; 6: 45-50.

Richards MA, Sainsbury R, Kerr D. Inequalities in breast cancer care and outcome. Br J Cancer 1997; 76: 634-638.

Richards MA. Calman-Hine : two years on. Palliative Medicine 1997; 11: 433-434.

1996
Coombes RC, Bliss JM, Wils J, Morvan F, Espie M, Amadori D, Gambrosier P, Richards M, Aapro M, Villar-Grimalt A, McArdle C, Perez-Lopez FR, Vassilopoulos P, Pinto Ferreira E, Chilvers CED, Coombes G, Woods EM, Marty M
. Adjuvant Cyclophosphamide, Methotrexate, and Fluorouracil Versus Fluorouracil, Epirubicin, and Cyclphosphamide Chemotherapy in Premenopausal Women with Axillary Node-Positive Operable Breast Cancer: Results of a Randomised Trial. Journal of Clinical Oncology 1996; 14: 35-45.

Rees GJG, Richards MA, Brewin TB, Brown J, A Crellin, IS Fentiman, A Hopper, M McIllmurray. Cancer care of the elderly. J Cancer Care 1996; 5: 13-17.

C Gillett, P Smith, W Gregory, M Richards, R Millis, G Peters, D Barnes. Cyclin D1 and Prognosis in Human Breast Cancer. Int J Cancer 1996; 69: 92-99.

PE Mohr, DY Wang, WM Gregory, MA Richards and IS Fentiman. Serum progesterone and prognosis in operable breast cancer. Br J Cancer 1996; 73: 1552-1555.

MA Richards, JC Parrott. Tertiary cancer services in Britain: benchmarking study of activity and facilities at 12 specialist centres. BMJ 1996; 313: 347-349, and BMJ 1996; 313: 1329.

Ramirez AJ, Graham J, Richards MA, Cull A, Gregory WM. Mental health of hospital consultants: the effects of stress and satisfaction at work. Lancet 1996;347:724-728.

Graham J, Ramirez AJ, Cull A, Finlay I, Hoy A, Richards MA. Job stress and satisfaction among palliative physicians. Palliative Medicine 1996; 10:185-194.

AJ Ramirez, J Graham, MA Richards, AR Timothy. Stress at work for the clinical oncologist. Clinical Oncology 1996; 8: 137-139.

1995
AJ Ramirez, J Graham, MA Richards, A Cull, WM Gregory, M Leaning, DC Snashall, A Timothy. Burnout and psychiatric disorder among cancer clinicians. British Journal of Cancer 1995; 71(6):1263-1269.

Richards MA, Ramirez AJ, Degner LF Fallowfield LJ, Maher EJ, Neuberger J. Offering choice of treatment to patients with cancers. A review based on a symposium held at the 10th Annual Conference of the British Psychosocial Oncology Group, December 1993. European Journal of Cancer 1995; 31A(1): 112-116.

Ramirez AJ, Jarrett SR, Hamed H, Smith P, Fentiman IS. Psychosocial adjustment of women with mastalgia. The Breast 1995; 4: 48-51.

Ramirez AJ, Jarrett SR, Fentiman IS. Can mood disorder in women with breast cancer be identified pre-operatively? British Journal of Cancer 1995; 72: 1509-1512.

J Graham, AJ Ramirez, MA Richards. Oncologists and stress. International Monitor in Oncology 1995; 13:83-85.

 
 
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