Primary Care & Health Sciences

I joined Keele in May 2011 as a Research Associate working on a National School project. Following an undergraduate degree in Zoology (University of Manchester), my postgraduate education consists of a Masters in Primary Care Research (University of Manchester), followed by a PhD researching the perceived impact of new General Medical Services contract in general practice (University of Manchester).

My research within Keele is located in the Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre within the Research Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences.  My current focus concerns multimorbidity and the way that people experience and define this for themselves.

• McDonald, R.; Cheraghi-Sohi, S.; Sanders, C & Ashcroft, D. Professional status and community pharmacy: The case of Medicines Use Reviews in England. Social Science and Medicine 2010 71 (3) 451-8

• Cheraghi-Sohi, S.; & Bower P. Can the feedback of patient assessments, brief training, or their combination, improve the interpersonal skills of primary care physicians? A systematic review BMC Health Services Research 2008 8:179

• Cheraghi-Sohi, S.; Hole AR; Mead N; McDonald R; Whalley D; Bower P & Roland, M.
  What patients want from primary care consultations: a discrete choice experiment to identify patients’ priorities. Annals of Family Medicine. 2008 6 (2) 107-115 

• Cheraghi-Sohi, S.; Bower, P.; Mead, N.; McDonald, R.; Whalley, D. & Roland M.
  Making sense of patient priorities: applying discrete choice methods in primary care using 'think aloud' technique. Family Practice 2007 24(3):276-282

• McDonald R; Bower P; Cheraghi-Sohi S; Mead N; Whalley D & Roland M.
  Governing the ethical consumer: identity, choice and the primary care medical encounter. Sociology of Health and Illness 2007 29 (3) 430-456

• Cheraghi-Sohi S; Bower P; Mead N; Whalley D; McDonald R & Roland M.
  What are the key attributes of primary care for patients? Building a conceptual ‘map’ of patient preferences.  Health Expectations (2006) 9: 275-284