Selected Publications
The publications have been placed in sections as follows. Click to access.
- Human Endeavour
- Political Management
- Health Services Organisation
- Family Therapy
- Psychoanalysis
- Miscellany
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The Nature of Human Endeavour
These are the SIGMA Project papers, written or developed mainly from 1980-1990 while at Brunel University (London). Click on the square red PDF icon by each item to download.
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Kinston, W. (1981, rev. 1995, rev. 2007)
Much of this material is now incorporated into the Experience & Individuality satellite. |
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Kinston, W. (1982) Pluralism in the organisation of health services research. Social Science and Medicine, 17 (5): 299-313. Application of the inquiry framework (PH'2). |
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Kinston, W. (1984)
Linking system research and delivery systems: The example of health care. In: Trappl, R. (ed). Cybernetics and Systems Research, 2. Elsevier Science Publ. B.V. (North-Holland). |
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Kinston, W. (1985)
Measurement and the structure of scientific analysis. Systems Research, 2: 95-104. Followed by correspondence in the Journal: Systems Research, 4: 147-149 See revisions in the Frameworks Room. |
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Kinston, W. (1986) Purposes and the translation of values into action. Systems Research, 3 (3): 147-160 Initial formulation of purpose framework (PH6): subsequently revised and published as Ch.3 in "Working for Values". Posted for free download. |
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Kinston, W. (1988) A total framework for inquiry. Systems Research, 4 (1): 9-25. Initial formulation of testing methods (PH'2), now renamed "research methods": currently being revised. See revisions in the Frameworks Room. |
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Kinston, W. and Algie, J. (1989)
Seven distinctive paths of decision and action. Systems Research, 6 (1): 117-132. Initial formulation of decision typology (PH'1): subsequently slightly revised and elaborated. Now posted here. |
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Kinston, W. and Rowbottom, R. (1989) Levels of work: New applications to management in large organisations. Journal of Applied Systems Analysis, 16: 19-33. Initial formulation of the work-responsibility framework (PH5QH2): subsequently revised andnow posted here. |
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Kinston, W. (1989). Completing the hierarchy of purpose. In: Ledington, P. W. J. (ed.) Proceedings of International Society for the Systems Sciences 33rd Annual Conference, Edinburgh, 3: 245-264. Initial formulation of purpose framework (PH6): subsequently revised and published as Ch.4 in "Working for Values". Posted for free download. |
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Problems of methodology in psychoanalytic research. Invited discussion paper for a Special Programme on Psychoanalytic Research at the 36th International Psychoanalytical Congress, Rome. |
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Kinston, W. & Rowbottom, R. (1990) A new model of managing based on levels of work. Journal of Applied Systems Analysis, 17: 89-113. Initial formulation of organising management (PH5QsH2): subsequently significantly revised and now posted here. |
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Kinston, W. (1992)
Formulations are currently under revision. |
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Kinston, W. (1992)
Total Ethical Management London: The SIGMA Centre. |
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Kinston, W. (1994)
Strengthening the Management Culture London: The SIGMA Centre Derived from the decision typology (PH'1): subsequently slightly revised and enlarged and now posted here. |
Political Management
These articles flowed from work in the Political Management Program, carried out in collaboration with David Wilshire, then Leader of the Wansdyke Local Council, subsequently a Member of Parliament (MP) for Spelthorne (UK), and now retired from active politics. Click on the square red PDF icon by each item to download.
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Kinston, W. (1988)
Stronger Political Management in Local Government: A Guide. Political Management Program, Brunel University: London. |
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Kinston, W. and Wilshire, D. (1988)
Is restructuring the answer to better performance? Local Government Chronicle, p.11, 2 Sept. |
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Kinston, W. (1988)
Rescuing local government. County Council Gazette, 81 (2): 50-52. |
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Wilshire, D.and Kinston, W. (1988) A local revolution. The House Magazine, p. 6, 20 June. |
Material in these articles has been revised and incorporated within the Politics satellite. See especially political territories.
Organisation & Management of Health Services
These articles were generated by work as Director of the Health Services Centre (originally HSORU, the Health Services Organisation Research Unit), at Brunel University. Click on the square red PDF icon by each item to download.
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Øvretveit, J., Tolliday, H. and Kinston, W. (1981) Research into the organisation of physiotherapy. Physiotherapy, 67 (4): 110-113. |
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Kinston, W. and Øvretveit, J.
The physiotherapist as bureaucrat. Physiotherapy, 67(6): 168-170 |
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Kinston, W., Øvretveit, J. and Williams, J. (1981) The nature of the District Physiotherapist role. Physiotherapy, 67 (11): 329-333. Application of the work-responsibility framework (PH5QH2). |
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Kinston, W. (1981)
Improving health care institutions: An action research approach to organisation of complex systems. In: Trappl, R. (ed). Cybernetics and Systems Research, Amsterdam: North-Holland Publ. |
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Kinston, W., Øvretveit, J. and Teager, D.P.G. (1981) Levels of work in physiotherapy. Physiotherapy, 67 (8): 236-239. Application of the work-responsibility framework (PH5QH2). |
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Øvretveit, J., Kinston W., and Richardson, J. (1982) Organisational problems in high-level clinical physiotherapy. Physiotherapy, 68 (1): 10-12. Application of the work-responsibility framework (PH5QH2). |
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Kinston W., Øvretveit, J., and Cleland, S. D. (1982) The origin, significance and future of the District Physiotherapist role. Physiotherapy, 68 (4): 119-123. Application of the work-responsibility framework (PH5QH2). |
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Kinston, W. (1982) Resource consumption and future organisation of medical work in the National Health Service. Social Science and Medicine, 16: 1619-1626. |
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Kinston, W. (1983) Hospital organisation and structure and its effect on inter-professional behaviour and the delivery of care. Social Science and Medicine, 17: 1159-1170. |
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Kinston, W. (1984) District health organisation. Social Policy and Administration, 18 (3): 229-246. Application of the work-responsibility framework (PH5QH2). |
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Kinston, W. (1987)
Stronger Nursing Organization Brunel University: London. Application of the work-responsibility framework (PH5QH2). |
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Kinston, W and Rowbottom, R. (1989) Making General Management Work in the National Health Service. Brunel University: London. Application of the work-responsibility framework (PH5QH2). |
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Kinston, W. (1989)
The role of region in the post-White Paper NHS. Health Services Management, 85 (3): 110-113. Application of the work-responsibility framework (PH5QH2). |
Family Therapy & Family Interaction Research
This body of work was centred at the Hospital for Sick Children & the Institute of Child Health (University of London). Click on the square red PDF icon by each item to download.
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Bentovim A. and Kinston, W. (1978)
Brief focal family therapy when the child is the referred patient. I. Clinical. Journal of Child Psychology, Psychiatry & Allied Disciplines, 19:1-12. Reprinted in: Walrond-Skinner, S. (ed) Developments in Family Therapy. Routledge & Kegan Paul: London (1981). |
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Kinston, W. and Bentovim, A. (1978) Brief focal family therapy when the child is the referred patient. II. Methodology and results. Journal of Child Psychology, Psychiatry & Allied Disciplines, 19:119-143. Reprinted in: Walrond-Skinner, S. (ed)
Developments in Family Therapy. |
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Kinston, W., Loader, P., and Stratford, J. (1979) Clinical assessment of family interaction: A reliability study. Journal of Family Therapy, 1: 291-312. |
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Loader, P., Kinston, W. and Stratford, J. (1980)
Is there a "psychosomatogenic" family? Journal of Family Therapy, 2: 311-326. |
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The healthy and the unhealthy family: Research in interaction. In: Pines, N. and Rafaelson, L. (eds). The Individual and the Group: Boundaries and Interrelations in Theory and Practice, Plenum Publishing Corpn.: New York. |
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| Kinston, W. and Bentovim, A. (1981) Creating a focus in brief marital and family therapy. In: Budman, S. (ed). Forms of Brief Psychotherapy, Guildford Press, New York. |
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Loader, P., Burck, C., Kinston, W., and Bentovim, A. (1981)
A method for organising the clinical description of family interaction: the "Family Interaction Summary Format". Australian Journal of Family Therapy, 2: 131-141. Reprinted in: Kaslow, F. (ed)
Translated into Portugese:
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Stratford, J., Burck, C. and Kinston, W. (1982) Influence of context on the assessment of family interaction: A clinical study. Journal of Family Therapy, 4: 359-371. |
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Kinston, W., Bentovim, A. and Loader, P. (1982) Constructing a focal formulation and hypothesis in family therapy. Australian Journal of Family Therapy, 4: 37-50.
Translated into French:
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Furniss, T., Bentovim, A. and Kinston, W. (1983) Clinical process recording in focal family therapy. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 9: 147-170. |
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Miller, L., Loader, P. and Kinston, W. (1984) Research report: Further development of the format for family description. Australian Journal of Family Therapy,5 (3): 215-218. |
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Kinston, W. and Loader, P. (1984)
Eliciting whole family interaction with a standardised clinical interview. Journal of Family Therapy, 6: 347-363. |
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Kinston, W. and Loader, P. (1986) Preliminary psychometric evaluation of a standardised clinical family interview. Journal of Family Therapy, 8: 351-369. |
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Kinston, W. Loader, P. and Miller, L. (1987) Quantifying the clinical assessment of family health. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 13 (1): 49-67. |
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Kinston W., Loader, P. and Miller L. (1987)
Emotional health of families and their members where a child is obese. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 31: 583-599. |
| Kinston, W. and Loader, P. (1987)
Guidelines for family assessment. In: Sattler, J. (ed). Assessment of Children (3rd Ed.). New York: Jossey Bass. |
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Kinston, W. and Loader, P. (1988) The family task interview: A tool for clinical research in family interaction. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 14 (1): 67-87. |
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Kinston W., Loader, P. and Miller L. (1988)
Talking to families about obesity: A controlled study. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 7 (2): 261-275. |
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Kinston W., Loader, P., Miller L. and Rein, L. (1988) Interaction in families with an obese child. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 32 (4/5): 513-532. |
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Kinston, W., Miller, L., Loader, P. and Wolff, O.H. (1990).
Revealing sex differences in childhood obesity by using a family systems approach. Family Systems Medicine, 8 (4): 371-386. |
| Kinston, W. (1988)
Family health scales for assessment in family functioning. In: Keller, P.A. and Heyman, S.R. (eds). Clinical Practice: A Source BookVol. 7. Professional Resource Exchange, Inc., Sarasota, Florida. |
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| Kinston, W. & Bentovim, A. (1990) A framework for family description. Contemporary Family Therapy, 12 (4): 279-297. |
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| Bentovim, A. and Kinston, W. (1991)
Focal family therapy: integrating system theory and psychodynamic understanding. In: Gurman, A. and Kniskern, D. (eds) The Handbook of Family Therapy. Vol. II. New York: Brunner Mazel Chapter 9, pp 284-324. |
Psychoanalysis & Psychotherapy
This work took place at the Maudsley Hospital (London), at the Department of Child Psychiatry in the Hospital for Sick Children (London) and in private psychoanalytic practice. Click on the square red PDF icon by each item to download.
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Kinston, W. and Rosser, R.M. (1974) Disaster: Effects on mental and physical state Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 18: 437-456 |
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Kinston, W. (1976)
Some aspects of large group functioning Group Analysis, 9: 25-27 |
| Rosser, R.M., Kinston, W. et al (1978) Unavailable Psychotherapy and dyspnoea Proceedings of the 2nd World Congress of Biological Psychiatry . Elsevier: Amsterdam |
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Kinston, W. (1979)
Discussion of the paper by Dr. T. Brod "Narcissistic rage, the erotic transference and the suicide contract" Paper presented to the 5th Pre-congress Conference of Candidates, New York |
| Kinston, W. and Rosser, R.M. (1979)
Individual psychotherapy In: Hill, R., Murray, R. and Thorley, A. (eds) Essentials of Postgraduate Psychiatry, Academic Press: London |
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| Rosser, R.M. and Kinston, W. (1979) Research in dynamic psychotherapy In: Hill, R., Murray, R. and Thorley, A. (eds) Essentials of Postgraduate Psychiatry, Academic Press: London |
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Kinston, W. (1980)
A theoretical and technical approach to narcissistic disturbance International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 61: 383-394 |
| Kinston, W., Lemlij, M. and Steiner, R. (1980) Unavailable
Psychoanalysis in context Bulletin of the British Psychoanalytical Society, No.5: 17-23 |
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| Kinston, W. (1982) Unavailable The social context of psychoanalysis Bulletin of the British Psychoanalytic Society, No.3 |
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Kinston, W. (1982)
An intrapsychic developmental schema for narcissistic disturbance International Review of Psychoanalysis, 9: 253-26l |
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Kinston, W. (1983) A theoretical context for shame International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 64: 213-226 |
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Kinston, W. (1983)
The positive therapeutic reaction Scandinavian Psychoanalytical Review, 6: 111-127 |
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Denford, J., Guz, A., Heslop, A., Kinston, W., et al (1983)
Breathlessness and psychiatric morbidity in chronic bronchitis and emphysema: A study of psychotherapeutic management Psychological Medicine, 13: 93-100 |
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Kinston, W. and Cohen, J. (1983) Not available in English.
Repression in the light of object-relations theory. Paper presented to the International Psychoanalytic Congress, 1983 Translated into Spanish |
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Cohen, J. and Kinston, W. (1984)
Repression: A new look at the cornerstone International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 65: 411-422 Translated into Catalan |
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Kinston, W. (1984)
Clinical illustration of a theory of shame In: Tamminen, T. (ed) Theories of Narcissism: Clinical Applications Helsinki: Foundation for Psychiatric Research in Finland |
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Kinston, W. and Cohen J. (1986)
Primal repression: Clinical and theoretical aspects International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 67: 337-355 Translated into Spanish |
| Rosser, R.M. and Kinston, W. (1986) Individual psychotherapy In: Hill, R., Murray, R. and Thorley A. (eds) Essentials of Postgraduate Psychiatry (2nd Edition) London: Grune & Stratton |
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| Kinston, W. (1987)
The shame of narcissism In: Nathanson, D (ed) The Many Faces of Shame Guildford Press: New York |
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Kinston, W. and Cohen, J. (1988)
Primal repression and other states of mind Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review, 11: 81-105. Translated into German |
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Psychostatics: One-page Table produced to summarize "psychostatics" |
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FAQ: A short document dealing with common questions about Primal Repression |
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Kinston, W. and Cohen, J. (1988)
Cycles of growth during psychoanalytic therapy Discussion Document, SIGMA Centre, Brunel University |
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Kinston, W. (1988)
The concept of identity in psychoanalysis. Discussion Document, SIGMA Centre, Brunel University |
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Cohen, J. and Kinston, W. (1989) Understanding failures and catastrophes in psychoanalysis Discussion Document, SIGMA Centre, Brunel University |
Miscellany
My introduction to scientific research; plus some quirks from the past. Click on the square red PDF icon by the item to download.
| Kinston, W. (1961) Complete Junior Chemistry Equations. Wm. Brooks & Co: Brisbane. |
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| Kinston, W. (1967) Lecture Notes in Pharmacology. S.U.M.S.: Sydney. |
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Kinston, W., Vadas, M.A. and Bishop, P. O. (1969) Multiple projection of the visual field to the medial portion of the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus and the adjacent nuclei of the thalamus of the cat. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 136: 295-316. |
Originally posted: July 2009; Last updated:24-Sep-2016.