Selecting an appropriate research strategy is key to ensuring that research questions are
addressed in a way which has value and is congruent with the overall topic, questions and …

Policies state that access to palliative care should be provided according to principles of equity.
Such principles would include the absence of disparities in access to health care that are …

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this review is to construct a detailed account of the role of the district
nurse (generalist registered nurse providing nursing care in primarily home settings) in …

Background Identifying and approaching eligible participants for recruitment to research
studies usually relies on healthcare professionals. This process is sometimes hampered by …

Background: Hospital-based specialist palliative care services are common, yet existing
evidence of inpatient generalist providers’ perceptions of collaborating with hospital-based …

Evidence suggests that the utilisation of community palliative care services varies considerably
according to different patient characteristics. Most literature describes this variability, but …

This study aimed to describe the experience of living with a venous leg ulcer from the
patient's perspective, to answer the question‘What is it like to live with a venous leg ulcer?’…

Background: Observational research methods are important for understanding people’s actions,
roles and behaviour. However, these techniques are underused generally in healthcare …

The Gold Standards Framework (GSF) has been widely adopted within UK general practices,
yet there is little understanding of its impact on the provision of community palliative care …

Background Policies emphasise the importance of collaborative working in community
palliative care. Collaborations are generally formed through formal and informal referral …