Completed research funded by Dimbleby Cancer Care
Jo Armes, Vicki Tsianakas, Jenny Harris, Emma Ream, Mieke Van Hemelrijck, Arnie Purushotham, Lorelei Mucci, James Green, Karen Robb, Jacquetta Fewster
CANWALK: A randomised feasibility trial of a walking intervention for people with recurrent or metastatic cancer
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Morag Farquhar, Clarissa Penfold, Gail Ewing, Ravi Mahadeva, Julie Burkin, Sophie Howson, John Benson, Roberta Lovick, Sara Booth, David Gilligan, Chris Todd
Developing a relevant and acceptable educational intervention for carers of patients with breathlessness in advanced disease: the Learning about Breathlessness Study
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Dr Philip Hodgson, Prof Pauline Pearson, Karen Corder, Dr Karen Roberts, Dr Isabel White
Brief Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Intervention for Women with Psychosexual Difficulties Following Treatment for Gynaecological Cancer: a Feasibility Study
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Gail Ewing, Nothando Ngwenya, Morag Farquhar, Sue Bailey, John Benson, David Gilligan, Jane Seymour
Sharing bad news: development of an intervention to support patients with cancer to share the news of their diagnosis with significant others
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Dan Munday, Melanie Lovatt, Julie Roberts, Veronica Nanton, Bill Noble, Christine Ingleton, Elizabeth Pitt, Kate Seers
Receiving end of life care at home: experiences of the bereaved carers of cancer patients cared for by health care assistants
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Professor Emma Ream, Dr Vicki Tsianakas, Ms Rebecca Verity, Ms Catherine Oakley, Mr Trevor Murrells, Professor Glenn Robert, Professor Alison Richardson
Enhancing the role of carers in the outpatient chemotherapy setting: a participatory action research project
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Dr Geraldine M Leydon, Dr Katie Ekberg, Dr Lisa Danquah, Dr Beth Stuart, Dr Joanne McDermott, Dr Charis Roy, and Professor Paul Little on behalf of the study Investigators
Mapping and understanding specialist cancer and cancer-related helplines in the UK
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Catherine Walshe, Maurice Nagington, Karen Luker
Patients’ and family carers’ construction of quality in supportive and palliative district nursing care
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Dr. Teresa Beynon, Dr. Fiona Child, Dr. Richard Harding, Dr. Danuta Orlowska, Eloise Radcliffe, Dr. Lucy Selman, Cathy Shipman, Professor Sean Whittaker
Developing a model of best practice for people with Cutaneous T cell lymphoma (CTCL) and their caregivers: an investigation of multidimensional supportive and palliative care needs
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Professor Emma Ream Dr Vicki Tsianakas Ms Rebecca Verity Ms Catherine Oakley Mr Trevor Murrells Professor Glenn Robert Professor Alison Richardson, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing & Midwifery King’s College London
Enhancing the role of carers in the outpatient chemotherapy setting: a participatory action research project
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A short film made as part of the intervention, and featuring staff from the Dimbleby Cancer Care Information and Support Services available to view here: http://vimeo.com/71971756
Dr Christopher Bailey, University of Southampton
A study to explore the experience and support needs of older caregivers caring for family members (or friends) with cancer: initial report
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Dr Gail Ewing, Professor Gunn Grande & Professor Sheila Payne on behalf of the National Forum for Hospice at Home
Development of a ‘what matters to family carers’ assessment tool for evaluation of care and support at end of life care (Phase 2)
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Professor Julia Addington-Hall, Professor Alison Richardson et al, University of Southampton
Understanding the ‘unknown': a case study approach to explore patients’, carers’ and health care professionals’ experiences of cancer of an unknown primary site
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Dr Iris Cohen Fineberg / Lera O’Connor, University of Lancaster
Evaluation of Preferred Place of Care (PPC): towards quality improvement
Professor Faith Gibson, London South Bank University / Great Ormond Street Hospital
An exploration of parents’ and professionals’ roles in sharing illness and treatment information with children who have cancer
Professor Leslie Walker, University of Hull
A feasibility study of relaxation therapy plus autohypnotherapy training (HYPREL) for patients with thoracic cancer undergoing radiotherapy
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Maggie Evans, Academic Unit of Primary Care, University of Bristol
Complementary therapies (CTs) and supportive cancer care: towards integration and holistic care? A qualitative study of patients and professionals
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Professor Sheila Payne, International Observatory on End of Life Care, Lancaster University
Ethnicity and Cancer: examining psychosocial transitions for older people
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Dr Marc Serfaty, School of Mental Health Sciences, Royal Free and University College London Medical School
Helping with Touch or Talk (TOT): Feasibility of a randomised controlled trial to examine the clinical and cost effectiveness of aromatherapy massage versus cognitive behaviour therapy in patients in cancer/palliative care.
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Dr Louise Jones, School of Mental Health Sciences, Royal Free and University College London Medical School
Advance Care Planning in Advanced Cancer – can it be achieved? A patient preference trial of a care planning discussion
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Dr George Walker, Rowcroft Hospice, Devon
Preferred Place of Death: Factors influencing actual versus preferred place of death and the decision making process
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Professor Nicky Britten, Institute of Health & Social Care Research, Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter and Plymouth
A qualitative synthesis of the use of complementary and alternative medicine after a diagnosis of cancer.
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