All Stories

  1. Retracing the Historical Social Care Context of Autism: A Narrative Overview

    Article • The British Journal of Social Work, December 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Karen Lowton

  2. Cardiac rehabilitation for heart failure: Do older people want to attend and are they referred?

    Article • European Geriatric Medicine, August 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Karen Lowton

  3. Do those over 80 years of age seek more or less medical help? A qualitative study of health and illness beliefs and behaviour of the oldest old

    Article • Sociology of Health & Illness, June 2014, Wiley

    Professor Karen Lowton

  4. Infection prevention as “a show”: A qualitative study of nurses’ infection prevention behaviours

    Article • International Journal of Nursing Studies, March 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Karen Lowton, Dr Peter Griffiths

  5. Limited availability of cardiac rehabilitation for heart failure patients in the United Kingdom: findings from a national survey

    Article • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, March 2013, SAGE Publications

    Professor Karen Lowton

  6. Co-construction of chronic illness narratives by older stroke survivors and their spouses

    Article • Sociology of Health & Illness, February 2013, Wiley

    Professor Karen Lowton

  7. Living on the margin: Understanding the experience of living and dying with frailty in old age

    Article • Social Science & Medicine, October 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Karen Lowton

  8. The role of the clinical research nurse

    Article • Nursing Standard, March 2012, RCNi

    Professor Karen Lowton

  9. Could Fire and Rescue Services identify older people at risk of falls?

    Article • Primary Health Care Research & Development, May 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Karen Lowton

  10. Geriatricians' views of advance decisions and their use in clinical care in England: qualitative study

    Article • Age and Ageing, March 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Karen Lowton

  11. Can Fire and Rescue Services and the National Health Service work together to improve the safety and wellbeing of vulnerable older people? Design of a proof of concept study

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, December 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Karen Lowton

  12. High impact actions: preventing falls and encouraging exercise

    Article • Nursing Management, June 2010, RCNi

    Professor Karen Lowton

  13. ‘A bed in the middle of nowhere’: Parents' meanings of place of death for adults with cystic fibrosis

    Article • Social Science & Medicine, October 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Karen Lowton

  14. What is the perceived nature of parental care and support for young people with cystic fibrosis as they enter adult health services?

    Article • Health & Social Care in the Community, July 2009, Wiley

    Professor Karen Lowton

  15. Compassionate Cities. Public Health and End of Life Care- by Kellehear, A.

    Article • Sociology of Health & Illness, January 2008, Wiley

    Professor Karen Lowton

  16. What fosters or prevents interprofessional teamworking in primary and community care? A literature review

    Article • International Journal of Nursing Studies, January 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Karen Lowton

  17. Young people with cystic fibrosis' concerns for their future: When and how should concerns be addressed, and by whom?

    Article • Journal of Interprofessional Care, January 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Karen Lowton

  18. Cystic fibrosis adults' perception and management of the risk of infection withBurkholderia cepaciacomplex

    Article • Health Risk & Society, December 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Karen Lowton

  19. What’s the delay? A qualitative study of women’s experiences of reaching a diagnosis of endometriosis

    Article • Fertility and Sterility, November 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Karen Lowton

  20. Balancing the risks and benefits of different diagnostic interventions for chronic pelvic pain

    Article • Fertility and Sterility, November 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Karen Lowton

  21. Trials and tribulations: Understanding motivations for clinical research participation amongst adults with cystic fibrosis

    Article • Social Science & Medicine, October 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Karen Lowton

  22. Evaluation of transition services for young people with cystic fibrosis in Southeast London

    Article • Journal of Interprofessional Care, August 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Karen Lowton

  23. Only when I Cough? Adults’ Disclosure of Cystic Fibrosis

    Article • Qualitative Health Research, February 2004, SAGE Publications

    Professor Karen Lowton

  24. MANAGING BEREAVEMENT IN THE CLASSROOM: A CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE?

    Article • Death Studies, October 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Karen Lowton

  25. Life on a slippery slope: perceptions of health in adults with cystic fibrosis

    Article • Sociology of Health & Illness, March 2003, Wiley

    Professor Karen Lowton

  26. ‘Double or quits’: perceptions and management of organ transplantation by adults with cystic fibrosis

    Article • Social Science & Medicine, March 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Karen Lowton

  27. Parents and partners: lay carers' perceptions of their role in the treatment and care of adults with cystic fibrosis

    Article • Journal of Advanced Nursing, July 2002, Wiley

    Professor Karen Lowton

  28. Transitions in the Ageing Population

    Article • Wiley

    Professor Karen Lowton

  29. Emergency and Urgent Hospital-Based Care

    Article • Wiley

    Professor Karen Lowton