Professor David Armstrong
Professor of Medicine and Sociology, Department of General Practice and Primary Care
Email: d.armstrong@surrey.ac.uk
Further information
Biography
David Armstrong is a medical sociologist and health services researcher with a particular interest in primary care. Current projects include a study of the prognostic significance of abnormal liver function tests, an evaluation of new services for patients with personality disorder, a study of the diffusion of new technology in urology, a study of the impact of DNA-based risk factors on behaviour and a project concerned with identifying the factors predisposing to poor sleep patterns.
He is a member of the Medical Research Council and Chairs its Health Services and Public Health Research Board as well as a number of other MRC Committees and Working Groups.
David was awarded a CBE for services to medical research; Chair, MRC Health Services and Public Health Research Board; Member of Council, MRC; Chair, MRC/CRUK/NCRI Cancer Trials Awards and Advisory Committee; Chair, National NHS R&D Methodology Advisory Group; Deputy Chair, NIHR Methodology Panel; Chair, MRC Advisory Group for Public Involvement; Trustee, Sociology of Health & Illness Foundation; Keynote speaker, Biennial David Bruce Lecture to the Army Medical Services (2005); Inaugural Dr Martin A Entin Lecture in the History of Medicine (Montreal, 2007).
Research Interests
Sociology of medical knowledge; health services research; factors affecting clinicians' behaviour.
Publications
Armstrong, D and Ogden, J. The role of etiquette and experimentation in explaining how doctors change behaviour: a qualitative study. Sociology of Health and Illness.(2006)28;7; 951-968 Link
Armstrong, D. Lilford, R. Ogden, J. Wessely, S. Health-related quality of life and the transformation of symptoms. Sociology of Health and Illness.(2007)Vol.29, pp. 570–583 Link
Armstrong D, Earnshaw G. What constructs do GPs use when diagnosing psychological problems? Br J Gen Pract. 54 (505): 580-583 Link
Armstrong D. Clinical autonomy, individual and collective: the problem of changing doctors' behaviour Soc Sci Med. (2002)55 (10): 1771-1777. link