Researching palliative care / edited by David Field ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Field, David, 1942-

Series:

Facing death

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Palliative treatment.

Terminal care.

Evidence-based medicine.

Palliative Care.

Research Design.

Needs Assessment.

Medical Subjects:

Palliative Care.

Research Design.

Needs Assessment.

Physical Description:

ix, 198 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Buckingham [England] ; Philadelphia : Open University, 2001.

Summary:

This book is an essential resource for the improvement of research skills among researchers in palliative care. It identifies key areas in palliative care research and gives accessible examples and discussions of practical, methodological and ethical issues. With its wide-ranging coverage the book also includes examples of good research practice.

Contents:

Part I Key methods for researching palliative care 11

1 Systematic reviews / Julie Hearn, David Feuer, Irene J. Higginson, Trevor Sheldon 17

2 Survey research in palliative care using bereaved relatives / Julia M. Addington-Hall, Mark McCarthy 27

3 How many subjects are needed in a research sample in palliative care? / Sara Faithfull 37

4 Placebo-controlled trials in palliative care: the argument for / Janet R. Hardy 42

5 Placebo-controlled trials in palliative care: the argument against / Stephen R. Kirkham, J. Abel 49

6 What is qualitative research and what can it contribute to palliative care? / David Clark 56

7 Ethical issues in qualitative research in palliative care / Patricia Wilkie 67

Part II Clinical research in palliative care 75

8 Fatigue in advanced cancer: meaning before measurement? / Meinir Krishnasamy 81

9 How reliable are relatives' retrospective reports of terminal illness? Patients' and relatives' accounts compared / John Hinton 98

10 Pitfalls in placebo-controlled trials in palliative care: dexamethasone for the palliation of malignant bowel obstruction / Janet R. Hardy, Julie Ling, Janine Mansi, Richard Isaacs, Judith Bliss, Roger A'Hern, Peter Blake, Martin Gore, John Shepherd, Geoff Hanks 110

11 Multicentre randomized controlled trial of nursing intervention for breathlessness in patients with lung cancer / Mary Bredin, Jessica Corner, Meinir Krishnasamy, Hilary Plant, Chris Bailey, Roger A'Hern 119

12 Outcome measures in palliative care for advanced cancer patients: a review / Julie Hearn, Irene J. Higginson 127

Part III Needs assessment, audit and evaluation 141

13 Key issues in palliative care needs assessment / David Clark, Helen Malson 146

14 Palliative care needs assessment: incorporating the views of service users / Jo Heslop 152

15 The assessment of need for bereavement follow-up in palliative and hospice care / Sheila Payne, Marilyn Relf 158

16 Clinical audit and organizational audit in palliative care / Irene J. Higginson 169

17 Formative evaluation and its relevance to palliative care / Christine Ingleton, David Field, David Clark 184.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0335204376

0335204368

OCLC:

44420654