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Overview

Peter Salmon is affiliated with the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom and conducts research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Social Sciences. Their work spans several subfields including Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Applied Psychology.

The scientist's research focuses on key topics such as Family Support in Illness, Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies, Optimism, Hope, and Well-being, Cancer Survivorship and Care, and Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life.

Among recent publications attributable to Peter Salmon, notable works include:

  • Introducing Derrida, 2023, published in Think

Other recent papers co-authored or closely associated with their research network include:

  • Predictors of emotional distress in people with multiple sclerosis: A systematic review of prospective studies, 2020, Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Communication and support of patients and caregivers in chronic cancer care: ESMO Clinical Practice Guideline, 2024, ESMO Open
  • The questionable efficacy of manualized psychological treatments for distressed breast cancer patients: An individual patient data meta-analysis, 2020, Clinical Psychology Review

Peter Salmon frequently collaborates with other researchers including Peter Fisher, Friedrich Stiefel, Céline Bourquin, Leila Achtari Jeanneret, and S. Dauchy. Collaborative efforts span multiple disciplines and contribute to a diverse research output.

Their work has appeared in a variety of publication venues with distributions as follows:

  • ESMO Open
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Clinical Psychology Review
  • Think

In addition to journal articles, Peter Salmon has contributed to book publications, notably with Cambridge University Press. One such work is Clinical Communication, expected in 2025.

Best Publications

  • Effects of physical exercise on anxiety, depression, and sensitivity to stress: a unifying theory.

    Peter Salmon

  • Patients' perceptions of medical explanations for somatisation disorders: qualitative analysis.

    Peter Salmon;Sarah Peters;Ian Stanley

  • Doctors' communication of trust, care, and respect in breast cancer: qualitative study

    Emma Burkitt Wright;Christopher Holcombe;Peter Salmon

  • The somatising effect of clinical consultation: what patients and doctors say and do not say when patients present medically unexplained physical symptoms.

    Adele Ring;Christopher F. Dowrick;Gerry M. Humphris;John Davies

  • ENDOSCOPIC PREDICTION OF RECURRENT BLEEDING IN PEPTIC-ULCERS

    D W Storey;S G Bown;C P Swain;P R Salmon

  • Coding patient emotional cues and concerns in medical consultations: The Verona coding definitions of emotional sequences (VR-CoDES)

    Christa Zimmermann;Lidia Del Piccolo;Jozien Bensing;Svein Bergvik

  • Patient empowerment and control: a psychological discourse in the service of medicine.

    Peter Salmon;George M Hall

  • Voiced but unheard agendas: qualitative analysis of the psychosocial cues that patients with unexplained symptoms present to general practitioners

    Peter Salmon;Christopher F Dowrick;Adele Ring;Gerry M Humphris

  • Patients with medically unexplained symptoms: sources of patients' authority and implications for demands on medical care.

    Sarah Peters;Ian Stanley;Michael Rose;Peter Salmon

  • Creativity in clinical communication: from communication skills to skilled communication.

    Peter Salmon;Bridget Young

  • Recovery from hip and knee arthroplasty: Patients' perspective on pain, function, quality of life, and well-being up to 6 months postoperatively.

    Peter Salmon;George M. Hall;Denise Peerbhoy;Alan Shenkin

  • Normalisation of unexplained symptoms by general practitioners: a functional typology.

    Christopher F Dowrick;Adele Ring;Gerry M Humphris;Peter Salmon

  • Do patients with unexplained physical symptoms pressurise general practitioners for somatic treatment? A qualitative study

    Adele Ring;Christopher Dowrick;Gerry Humphris;Peter Salmon

  • Development of the Verona coding definitions of emotional sequences to code health providers' responses (VR-CoDES-P) to patient cues and concerns.

    Lidia Del Piccolo;Hanneke de Haes;Cathy Heaven;Jesse Jansen

  • What do general practice patients want when they present medically unexplained symptoms, and why do their doctors feel pressurized?

    Peter Salmon;Adele Ring;Christopher F. Dowrick;Gerry M. Humphris

  • Stress: From synapse to syndrome.

    S. Clare Stanford;Peter Salmon

  • What Do Patients Choose to Tell Their Doctors? Qualitative Analysis of Potential Barriers to Reattributing Medically Unexplained Symptoms

    Sarah Peters;Anne Rogers;Peter Salmon;Linda Gask

  • Conflict, collusion or collaboration in consultations about medically unexplained symptoms: the need for a curriculum of medical explanation.

    Peter Salmon

  • Universal Mental Health Screening in Pediatric Primary Care: A Systematic Review

    Lawrence S. Wissow;Jonathan Brown;Kate E. Fothergill;Anne Gadomski

  • Dependence and caring in clinical communication: The relevance of attachment and other theories

    Peter Salmon;Bridget Young

  • Assessing the quality of qualitative research.

    Peter Salmon

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey A. Gray
Jeffrey A. Gray King's College London
Adrian Wells
Adrian Wells University of Manchester
Chris Barker
Chris Barker University College London
Chris Dickens
Chris Dickens University of Exeter
Nancy Pistrang
Nancy Pistrang University College London
David F. Marks
David F. Marks City, University of London

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