Chapter 8 - Miscellaneous Topics

• Page 201 Department of Work and Pensions
• Page 201 Disability Discrimination Act
• Page 202 Mobility Advice and Vehicle Information Service (MAVIS)
• Page 203 DVLA: At a glance guide to the current medical standards of fitness to drive for medical practitioners
• Page 203 Mobility Advice and Vehicle Information Service (MAVIS)
• Page 210 Home Office
• Page 211 Leaflet D49: What to do after a death in England and Wales
• Page 211 Funeral payment: information and on-line application form
• Page 211 Scottish Executive: What to do after a death in Scotland
• Page 211 Office of Fair Trading: Arranging funerals
• Page 212 UK Transplant
• Page 212 Blood Transfusion Service
• Page 212 Welsh Blood Service
• Page 212 British Bone Marrow Registry
• Page 212 Welsh Blood Service
• Page 213 Tissue donation after death for research purposes: Can be done in addition to donation for transplantation—organs for transplant are taken first
• Page 213 UK Transplant
• Page 215 CRUSE
• Page 215 Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Page 215 National Association of Widows
• Page 218 Compensating Victims of Violent Crime
• Page 219 Victim Support
• Page 219 Victim Support
• Page 219 Rape Crisis UK and Ireland
• Page 219 Survivors UK
• Page 221 DoH: Domestic violence
• Page 221 Home Office: Domestic violence
• Page 221 RCGP: Domestic violence
• Page 221 Womens' Aid
• Page 221 Action on Elder Abuse
• Page 223 Care of Victims of Torture
• Page 223 The Red Cross
• Page 223 Shelter
• Page 223 RELATE
• Page 223 Couple Counselling Scotland
• Page 223 The Refugee Council
• Page 223 Asylum Aid
• Page 224 Ethnologue language guide
• Page 224 Babel Tree Project
• Page 224 NHS Direct
• Page 227 Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN)
• Page 227 British Nutrition Foundation
• Page 231 National Audit Office (2001) Tackling obesity in England
• Page 231 NICE
• Page 231 National Obesity Forum
• Page 231 SIGN (2003) Management of obesity in children and young people
• Page 233 DoH (2001) National Quality Assurance Framework on Exercise Referral Systems
• Page 233 NICE
• Page 233 US Surgeon General Report on Physical Activity and Health
• Page 235 Clinical evidence: Cardiovascular disorders: changing behaviour; smoking cessation
• Page 235 NICE (2002) Nicotine replacement therapy and bupropion for smoking cessation
• Page 235 Cochrane: Silagy C. et al (2004) Nicotine replacement for smoking cessation
• Page 235 Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
• Page 235 NHS Smoking Helpline
• Page 235 Quit
• Page 237 Alcohol Concern
• Page 237 Alcoholics Anonymous
• Page 239 SIGN (2003) The management of harmful drinking and alcohol dependence in primary care
• Page 239 Alcohol Concern
• Page 239 Alcoholics Anonymous
• Page 241 DoH (1999) Drug misuse and dependence—guidelines on clinical management
• Page 241 'Talk to FRANK' (England and Wales): Government-run information, advice, and referral service
• Page 241 'Know the Score' (Scotland)
• Page 241 Drugscope: Information about drug abuse and how to get treatment
• Page 241 Drugs-info: Information about substance abuse for families of addicts
• Page 241 ADFAM: Support for families of addicts
• Page 241 Ecstasy
• Page 241 Benzodiazepines
• Page 241 Solvent abuse
• Page 241 National Treatment Agency for Substance Abuse
• Page 241 Substance Misuse Management in General Practice (SMMGP)
• Page 243 Royal College of Psychiatrists