• The impact of intrapartum fetal death and other serious adverse perinatal events on healthcare professionals and the maternity services 

  McNamara, Karen (University College Cork, 2019)

  Obstetrics and midwifery are high risk specialties. Sometimes and even despite the provision of the best medical care possible, serious adverse events do occur. While patients and service users of the Irish maternity ...
• ‘Mentalizing possibilities’ - a grounded theory of antenatal women’s decision making of their birth choices in pregnancy following a previous caesarean section (CS) 

  Monis, Malitha Veera (University College Cork, 2019)

  Aim: To develop a grounded theory of antenatal women’s decision making of their birth choices in pregnancy following a previous CS. Rationale for theory: Reports identify a lack of choice for pregnant women including women’s ...
• Factors affecting prescriber implementation of medication appropriateness recommendations in hospitalised older adults 

  Dalton, Kieran (University College Cork, 2019)

  Introduction: Despite the well-documented association between potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) and adverse outcomes for hospitalised older adults, the prevalence of PIP remains unacceptably high. Recommendations ...
• An exploration of deprescribing barriers and facilitators for older patients in primary care in Ireland – the potential role of the pharmacist 

  Hansen, Christina Raae (University College Cork, 2019)

  Introduction: The older population, often defined as people aged ≥ 65 years is growing. With older age, the risk of multimorbidity (commonly defined as the presence of ≥ 2 chronic conditions) increases together with the ...
• The characterization of macrophages in melanoma and the effect of electroporation on melanoma conditioned macrophages 

  Tremble, Liam Friel (University College Cork, 2019)

  Approximately 11,000 people are diagnosed with skin cancer in Ireland every year and approximately 1,000 of these present with malignant melanoma. Due to lifestyle changes and an increase in UV exposure, incidences are ...

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