All Outputs (3)

Combining realist evaluation and transformative evaluation to advance research in palliative care: The case of end of life companionship (2023)
Journal Article

Background: Palliative care requires innovative methods to understand what works, for whom, in what circumstances and why. Realist evaluation has become one prominent approach due to its preoccupation with building, and testing, causal theories to ex... Read More about Combining realist evaluation and transformative evaluation to advance research in palliative care: The case of end of life companionship.

Feasibility of patient reported outcome measures in psychosocial palliative care: Observational cohort study of hospice day care and social support groups (2022)
Journal Article

Palliative care patients can be at risk of social isolation or loneliness. Interventions that can provide effective social support, and particularly emotional support, could facilitate healthy coping that bolsters quality of life and reduces depressi... Read More about Feasibility of patient reported outcome measures in psychosocial palliative care: Observational cohort study of hospice day care and social support groups.

A survey of hospice day services in the United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland: How did hospices offer social support to palliative care patients, pre-pandemic? (2022)
Journal Article

Introduction: Social support is described by patients and other stakeholders to be a valuable component of palliative day care. Less is known about the range of hospice services that have been used in practice that facilitate social support. An onlin... Read More about A survey of hospice day services in the United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland: How did hospices offer social support to palliative care patients, pre-pandemic?.