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Carradice, A., Shankland, M., and Beail, N. (2002) A qualitative study of the theoretical models used by UK mental health nurses to guide their assessments with family caregivers of people with dementia. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 39, 17-26.

Epstein, L., 7 Ogden, J. (2005). A qualitative study of General practitioners’ views of treating obesity. British Journal of General Practice, 55, 750-754. 

Golsworthy, R and Coyle, A (2001) Practitioners accounts of religious and spiritual dimensions in bereavement therapy. Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 14, 183-202. 

Harris, R., & Lindsey, C (2002). How professionals think about contact between children and their birth parents. Clinical Child Psychology & Psychiatry, 7, 147-161.

Hughes, CM. and Mccann, S. (2003) Perceived interprofessional barriers between community pharmacists and general practitioners: a qualitative assessment. British Journal of General Practice, 53, 600-606.

Jarman, M., Smith, J.A. and Walsh, S. (1997) The psychological battle for control: a qualitative study of healthcare professionals’ understandings of the treatment of anorexia nervosa. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 7, 137-152.

Macran, S., Stiles, W.& Smith, J.A. (1999) How Does Personal Therapy Affect Therapists' Practice? Journal of Counselling Psychology, 46, 419-431.

Michie, S., Hendy, J., Smith, JA, Adshead, F. (2004) Evidence into practice: a theory based study of achieving national health targets in primary care. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 10, 447-456.

Michie, S., Smith, J.A., Heaversedge, J. and Read, S. (1999). Genetic counseling: clinical geneticists' views. Journal of Genetic Counseling, 8, 275-287.

Nel, P.W. (2006). Trainee perspectives on their family therapy training. Journal of Family Therapy, 28, 307-328.

Raval, H. and Smith, JA (2003) Therapists' experiences of working with language interpreters. International Journal of Mental Health, 32, 6-31.

Whittington, A., & Burns, J. (2005).The dilemmas of residential care staff working with the challenging behaviour of people with learning disabilities. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 44, 59–76.