Dr Tom Sanders

Title: Senior Research Fellow
Phone: +44 (0) 1782 733968
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Location: DJW 1.51
Role: As above
Contacting me: Via email
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I joined the Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre at Keele in January 2010. Previously I held appointments at Manchester, Cardiff and Bristol Universities.

My research at Keele is located in the Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre within the Research Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences. I am a qualitative health researcher currently working in the field of musculoskeletal pain. My current research interests include the changing role of primary care services in low back pain, implementation of new services/systems in musculoskeletal disease, and patient-professional interactions. I have a special interest in observation methods as applied to clinical settings.

Selected Publications

  • Cheraghi-Sohi S, Bower P, Kennedy A, Morden A, Rogers A, Richardson J, Sanders T, Stevenson F, Ong BN. 2013. Patient priorities in osteoarthritis and co-morbid conditions: A secondary analysis of qualitative data. Arthritis Care & Research, vol. 65(6), 920-927. doi>
  • Sanders T, Dunn K, Konstantinou K, Hay E. 2013. MANAGING SCIATICA IN THE PHYSIOTHERAPY CONSULTATION: A QUALITATIVE OBSERVATION AND INTERVIEW STUDY. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 52, pp. 99-100). link>
  • Cheraghi-Sohi S, Bower P, Kennedy A, Morden A, Rogers A, Richardson J, Sanders T, Stevenson F, Ong BN. 2013. PATIENT PRIORITIES IN OSTEOARTHRITIS AND COMORBID CONDITIONS. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 52, p. 4). link>
  • Porter T, Sanders T, Ong BN. 2013. THE ROLE OF PATIENTS' SOCIAL NETWORKS IN SHAPING THE EXPERIENCE OF MUSCULOSKELETAL CONDITIONS IN MULTIMORBIDITY. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 52, pp. 3-4). link>
  • Sanders T, Foster NE, Bishop A, Ong BN. 2013. Biopsychosocial care and the physiotherapy encounter: physiotherapists' accounts of back pain consultations. BMC Musculoskelet Disord, vol. 14, 65. link> doi>

Full Publications List show

Books

  • Cobley C and Sanders T. 2007. 'Non-accidental head injury in young children: medical, legal, and social responses' (Jessica Kingsley).

Journal Articles

  • Cheraghi-Sohi S, Bower P, Kennedy A, Morden A, Rogers A, Richardson J, Sanders T, Stevenson F, Ong BN. 2013. Patient priorities in osteoarthritis and co-morbid conditions: A secondary analysis of qualitative data. Arthritis Care & Research, vol. 65(6), 920-927. doi>
  • Sanders T, Foster NE, Bishop A, Ong BN. 2013. Biopsychosocial care and the physiotherapy encounter: physiotherapists' accounts of back pain consultations. BMC Musculoskelet Disord, vol. 14, 65. link> doi>
  • Konstantinou K, Beardmore R, Dunn KM, Lewis M, Hider SL, Sanders T, Jowett S, Somerville S, Stynes S, van der Windt DA, Vogel S, Hay EM. 2012. Clinical course, characteristics and prognostic indicators in patients presenting with back and leg pain in primary care. The ATLAS study protocol. BMC Musculoskelet Disord, vol. 13, 4. link> doi>
  • Sanders T, Foster NE, Ong B. 2011. Perceptions of general practitioners towards the use of a new system for treating back pain: a qualitative interview study. BMC Medicine, vol. 9, 49. doi>
  • Sanders T, Harrison S, Checkland K. 2010. Personalizing protocol-driven care: the case of specialist heart failure nurses. J Adv Nurs, vol. 66(9), 1937-1945. link> doi>
  • Pocock TM, Sanders T, Bundy C. 2010. The impact of teamwork on peer assessment: a qualitative analysis of a group exercise at a UK medical school. Bioscience Education, vol. 15, 3.
  • Sanders T and Cobley C. 2010. Mandatory reporting of non-accidental injury in children. Br J Hosp Med (Lond), vol. 71(3), 130-134. link>
  • Roberts J, Sanders T, Mann K, Wass V. 2010. Institutional marginalisation and student resistence: barriers to learning about culture, race and ethnicity. Advances in Health Sciences Education, vol. 15, 559-571. doi>
  • Sanders T, Checkland C, Harrison S. 2008. Evidence-based medicine and patient choice: the case of heart failure care. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, vol. 13, 103-108. doi>
  • Sanders T and Harrison S. 2008. Professional legitimacy claims in the multidisciplinary workplace: the case of heart failure care. Sociology of Health and Illness, vol. 30, 289-308. doi>
  • Roberts J, Sanders T, Wass V. 2008. Students' perceptions of race, ethniticity and culture at two UK medical schools: a qualitative study. Medical Education, vol. 42(1), 45-52. doi>
  • Sanders T, Campbell R, Donovan J, Sharp D. 2007. Narrative accounts of heredity risk: knowledge about family history, lay theories of disease and 'internal' and 'external' causation. Qualitative Health Research, vol. 17, 510-520. doi>
  • Sanders T and Cobley C. 2005. Identifying possible non-accidental injury in children presenting to A&E departments: an overview of the literature. Accident and Emergency Nursing, vol. 13, 130-136. doi>
  • Sanders T and Skevington S. 2004. Participation as an expression of patient uncertainty: an exploration of bowel cancer consultations. Psycho-Oncology, vol. 13, 675-688. doi>
  • Cobley C, Sanders T, Wheeler P. 2003. Prosecuting cases of suspected 'shaken baby syndrome': a review of current issues. The Criminal Law Review.
  • Sanders T and Skevington S. 2003. Do bowel cancer patients participate in treatment decision-making? Findings from a qualitative study. European Journal of Cancer Care, vol. 12, 166-175. doi>
  • Sanders T, Cobley C, Kemp A, Coles L. 2003. Factors affecting clinical referral of young children with subdural haemorrhage to child protection agencies. Child Abuse Review, vol. 12, 358-373.
  • Sanders T, Campbell R, Donovan J, Sharp D. 2003. Risk constructions among people who have a first degree relative with cancer. Health, Risk and Society, vol. 5, 53-69. doi>
  • Cobley C and Sanders T. 2003. 'Shaken baby syndrome': child protection issues when children sustain a subdural haemorrhage. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, vol. 25, 101-119.
  • Sanders T. 2002. Supportive and palliative care in cancer: An introduttion. Progress in Palliative Care, vol. 10, Article 7.
  • Sanders T, Vedhara K, Schreiber-Kounine C, Harcourt D, Rayter Z. 2002. The decision to have breast reconstruction: accounts of women with breast cancer. Psycho-Oncology, vol. 11, 555.
  • Jackson S, Murdoh J, Howe K, Bedford C, Sanders T, Prentice A. 1997. The management of cervical carcinoma within the South West Region of England. British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, vol. 104, 140-144.
  • Dickinson AJ, Howe K, Bedford C, Sanders T, Prentice A, Sibley GNA. 1996. A retrospective study of the investigation and management of muscle-invasive bladder cancer in the South West region. British Journal of Urology, vol. 77, 70-75.
  • Sanders T, Ong BN, Sowden G, Foster N. [FORTHCOMING] - Implementing change in physiotherapy: professions, contexts and interventions. Journal of Health Organization and Management. doi>

Chapters

  • Cobley C and Sanders T. 2007. Expert Evidence on Trial. In Ethics, Law and Society. (vol. 2). Ashgate Publishing.

Other

  • Sanders T, Dunn K, Konstantinou K, Hay E. 2013. MANAGING SCIATICA IN THE PHYSIOTHERAPY CONSULTATION: A QUALITATIVE OBSERVATION AND INTERVIEW STUDY. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 52, pp. 99-100). link>
  • Cheraghi-Sohi S, Bower P, Kennedy A, Morden A, Rogers A, Richardson J, Sanders T, Stevenson F, Ong BN. 2013. PATIENT PRIORITIES IN OSTEOARTHRITIS AND COMORBID CONDITIONS. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 52, p. 4). link>
  • Porter T, Sanders T, Ong BN. 2013. THE ROLE OF PATIENTS' SOCIAL NETWORKS IN SHAPING THE EXPERIENCE OF MUSCULOSKELETAL CONDITIONS IN MULTIMORBIDITY. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 52, pp. 3-4). link>
  • Paskins Z, Sanders T, Croft PR, Hassell AB. 2012. FREQUENCY OF MUSCULOSKELETAL SYMPTOMS AND PRESENTING COMPLAINTS IN VIDEO-OBSERVED PRIMARY CARE CONSULTATIONS WITH PATIENTS AGED 45 AND OVER. RHEUMATOLOGY (vol. 51, pp. 36-37). link>

I have studied the impact of wider policy trends in the NHS on micro processes, such as the influence of evidence-based practice on patient autonomy.