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An exploration of the experiences of professionals supporting patients approaching the end of life in medicines management at home. A qualitative study. An exploration of the experiences of professionals supporting patients approaching the end of life in medicines management at home. A qualitative study. (2019)
Working Paper
Wilson, E., Caswell, G., Latif, A., Anderson, C., Faull, C., & Pollock, K. An exploration of the experiences of professionals supporting patients approaching the end of life in medicines management at home. A qualitative study. An exploration of the experiences of professionals supporting patients approaching the end of life in medicines management at home. A qualitative study

Background: The management of medicines towards the end of life can place increasing burdens and responsibilities on patients and families. This has received little attention yet it can be a source of great difficulty and distress patients and famili... Read More about An exploration of the experiences of professionals supporting patients approaching the end of life in medicines management at home. A qualitative study. An exploration of the experiences of professionals supporting patients approaching the end of life in medicines management at home. A qualitative study..

Trained facilitators’ experiences with structured advance care planning conversations in oncology: an international focus group study within the ACTION trial (2019)
Journal Article
Zwakman, M., On behalf of the ACTION consortium, Pollock, K., Bulli, F., Caswell, G., Červ, B., …Kars, M. C. (2019). Trained facilitators’ experiences with structured advance care planning conversations in oncology: an international focus group study within the ACTION trial. BMC Cancer, 19(1), Article 1026. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-019-6170-7

Abstract Background: In oncology, Health Care Professionals often experience conducting Advance Care Planning (ACP) conversations as difficult and are hesitant to start them. A structured approach could help to overcome this. In the ACTION trial,... Read More about Trained facilitators’ experiences with structured advance care planning conversations in oncology: an international focus group study within the ACTION trial.

Moral ambiguity in media reports of dying alone (2019)
Journal Article
Turner, N., & Caswell, G. (2020). Moral ambiguity in media reports of dying alone. Mortality, 25(3), 266-281. https://doi.org/10.1080/13576275.2019.1657388

More older people are living alone in the UK, thereby increasing the prospect of dying alone at home. Lone deaths tend to be regarded as bad deaths, in that they contravene notions of accompaniment and open awareness espoused in UK end of life care p... Read More about Moral ambiguity in media reports of dying alone.