Dr ELEANOR WILSON's Outputs (24)

Care and communication between health professionals and patients affected by severe or chronic illness in community care settings: a qualitative study of care at the end of life (2015)
Journal Article
Pollock, K., & Wilson, E. (2015). Care and communication between health professionals and patients affected by severe or chronic illness in community care settings: a qualitative study of care at the end of life. Health Services and Delivery Research, 3(31), https://doi.org/10.3310/hsdr03310

Background: Advance care planning (ACP) enables patients to consider, discuss and, if they wish, document their wishes and preferences for future care, including decisions to refuse treatment, in the event that they lose capacity to make decisions fo... Read More about Care and communication between health professionals and patients affected by severe or chronic illness in community care settings: a qualitative study of care at the end of life.

Anticipatory prescribing in end-of-life care (2014)
Journal Article
Wilson, E., Seymour, J. E., Morbey, H., Payne, S., Brown, J., & Seale, C. (2014). Anticipatory prescribing in end-of-life care. Nursing Times, 110(44),

Anticipatory prescriptions are often issued by GPs for patients nearing the end of life, ahead of symptoms they may experience. These prescriptions are often activated by nurses. This article summarises a study investigating nurses’ experiences of us... Read More about Anticipatory prescribing in end-of-life care.

Applying a healthcare model to Huntington's disease: the key worker approach (2014)
Journal Article
Wilson, E., Aubeeluck, A., & Pollock, K. (2014). Applying a healthcare model to Huntington's disease: the key worker approach. British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, 10(5), https://doi.org/10.12968/bjnn.2014.10.5.214

This paper follows on from an overview of the literature and current policy for Huntington’s disease (HD) published by the BJNN (Wilson et al. 2014). The previous paper highlighted a paucity of knowledge in terms of best practice available for those... Read More about Applying a healthcare model to Huntington's disease: the key worker approach.

Administering anticipatory medications in end-of-life care: A qualitative study of nursing practice in the community and in nursing homes (2014)
Journal Article
Wilson, E., Morbey, H., Brown, J., Payne, S., Seale, C., & Seymour, J. (2015). Administering anticipatory medications in end-of-life care: A qualitative study of nursing practice in the community and in nursing homes. Palliative Medicine, 29(1), 60-70. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216314543042

© The Author(s) 2014. Background: In the United Kingdom, an approach to improving end-of-life care has been the introduction of 'just in case' or 'anticipatory' medications. Nurses are often responsible for deciding when to use anticipatory medicatio... Read More about Administering anticipatory medications in end-of-life care: A qualitative study of nursing practice in the community and in nursing homes.