Information Leaflets

Audit Commission. What seems to be the matter: communication between hospitals and patients. HMSO: London, 1993.

Kitching JB . Patient information leaflets — the state of the art. J R Soc Med 1990;83:298–300.

Marteau TM Johnston M Shaw RW Slack J. Factors influencing the uptake of screening for open neural-tube defects and amniocentesis to test for Down's syndrome. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 1989;96:739–48.

Marteau TM Kidd J Cook R Screening for Down's syndrome. BMJ 1988;297:1469.

Estey A Kemp M Allison S Lamb C. Evaluation of a patient information booklet. Journal of Nursing Staff Development 1993;9:278–82.

Albert T Chadwick S. How readable are practice leaflets? BMJ 1992;305:1266–8.

Smith T. Information for patients. BMJ 1992;305:1242.

Livingstone J Axton RA Mennie M Gilfillan A Brock DJH . A preliminary trial of couple screening for cystic fibrosis: Designing an appropriate information leaflet. Clin Genet 1993;43:57–62.

Office of Population Censuses and Surveys. General household survey. London: HMSO, 1991.