Acknowledgements First of all I would like to thank Dr Lorna Warren, Dr Katherine Davies and Professor Richard Jenkins. I could not have wished for better supervisors, and they were always on hand to – provide me with everything I needed be it wisdom, advice, or good humour. I would also like to thank Professor Jenny Hockey for being enthusiastic about this thesis from the start, and supportive throughout. – Thanks also to the many colleagues I have had while completing this PhD particularly to those in the School of Health and Related Research and the Information School at the University of Sheffield. I am grateful for their encouragement and interest in my research. Thank you to my family for all of their support and special mention to my grandma, Doris Williams, for providing me with a blueprint for how I want to be when I’m 95 and counting. From the initial germ of an idea that gave rise to this PhD, through to its completion, I have been incredibly fortunate to have benefited from the friendship of many wonderful people, without whom writing this PhD would have been far harder. In particular I would like to thank the following: Alex Sherlock, Natalija Jarosenko, Jennifer Kettle, Katherine Running, Veronica Cano, Rachel Bate and Liz Turner. Thanks also to Jen Kettle, Humaira Saeed, Rachel Shirley and Clare Tebbutt for kindly proof-reading my chapters.
Acknowledgements First of all I would like to thank Dr Lorna Warren, Dr Katherine Davies and Professor Richard Jenkins. I could not have wished for better supervisors, and they were always on hand to provide me with everything I needed – be it wisdom, advice, or good humour. I would also like to thank Professor Jenny Hockey for being enthusiastic about this thesis from the start, and supportive throughout. Thanks also to the many colleagues I have had while completing this PhD – particularly to those in the School of Health and Related Research and the Information School at the University of Sheffield. I am grateful for their encouragement and interest in my research. Thank you to my family for all of their support and special mention to my grandma, Doris Williams, for providing me with a blueprint for how I want to be when I’m 95 and counting. From the initial germ of an idea that gave rise to this PhD, through to its completion, I have been incredibly fortunate to have benefited from the friendship of many wonderful people, without whom writing this PhD would have been far harder. In particular I would like to thank the following: Alex Sherlock, Natalija Jarosenko, Jennifer Kettle, Katherine Running, Veronica Cano, Rachel Bate and Liz Turner. Thanks also to Jen Kettle, Humaira Saeed, Rachel Shirley and Clare Tebbutt for kindly proof-reading my chapters.