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Department of Medicine
- Staff
Emeritus Professor Richard (Dick) Sainsbury
MB ChB(Otago) FRACP Grad Dip Arts(Massey)
Department of Medicine
University of Otago, Christchurch
The Princess Margaret Hospital
P O Box 800
Christchurch
Email: dsain@xtra.co.nz |
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Current Roles
- Emeritus Professor, Health Care of the Elderly, Christchurch School
of Medicine and Health Sciences
- Past President, N.Z. Geriatrics Society
- Locum Physician in Geriatric Medicine, The Princess Margaret Hospital,
Burwood Hospital Christchurch Hospital
Research Interests
- Physiological function of Older People
- Hip fracture
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Service Innovations for Older People
- Older People in Literature
Top 10 Publications
- Ebrahim SBJ, Sainsbury
R., Watson S. Foot problems in the elderly
- a hospital survey. Brit Med J (1981); 283: 949-950. [100708]
- Bennett T, MacDonald IA, Sainsbury R. The influence of acute starvation
on the cardiovascular responses to lower body sub-atmospheric pressure
or to standing in man. Clin Science (1984); 66: 141-146. [100599]
- Bennett T, MacDonald IA, Sainsbury R. The influence of a 48 hour
fast on thermo-regulatory responses to graded cooling in man. Clin
Science (1984); 67: 445-452. [100599]
- Begg EJ, Sharman JR, Kidd JE, Sainsbury R., Clark DWJ. Variability
in the elimination of Mianserin in elderly patients. B J of Clin Pharmacology
(1989); 27: 445-452. [100708]
- Nichol SR, Sainsbury R., Bailey RR, King
A, Frampton C, Elliot JR, Turner JG. Assessment of creatinine clearance
in healthy subjects over
65 years of age. Nephron (1991); 59: 621-625. [100713]
- Wilkinson TJ, Sainsbury R. Elderly people referred for institutional
care - is prior assessment necessary? NZ Med J (1992) 105; 945: 451-452.
[100708]
- Wilkinson TJ., Buhrkuhl DC., Sainsbury R. Assessing and restoring
function in the elderly - more than rehabilitation. Clinical Rehabilitation.
(1997); 11: 321-328. [100708]
- Wilkinson, TJ., Hanger HC., George P., and Sainsbury R. The response
to treatment of subclinical thiamine deficiency in the elderly. American
Journal of Clinical Nutrition (1997); 66:925-8. [100708]
- Hanger HC., Fogarty B., Wilkinson TJ., Sainsbury R. Stroke patients’ views
on stroke outcomes: Death versus disability. Clinical Rehabilitation
(2000) 14; 4: 429 - 436
- Watson DR., Wilkinson TJ., Sainsbury R., Kidd JE. Effect of hospital
admission on the opinions and knowledge of elderly patients regarding
cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Age and Ageing (1997); 26: 429-434.
Department of Medicine Publications
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