I embarked on research into issues surrounding end-of-life care in 2001 as a member of the Hospice History Project; a multi-disciplinary research group at the University of Sheffield (UK). With the project I helped develop an extensive oral history..
I embarked on research into issues surrounding end-of-life care in 2001 as a member of the Hospice History Project; a multi-disciplinary research group at the University of Sheffield (UK). With the project I helped develop an extensive oral history collection and led an oral history study with hospice patients. In 2002, I commenced research into innovations in cancer pain relief since 1945. This ESRC funded project produced a historical and sociological narrative of developments in opioids, measurement and management of pain, public health, and the influence of the patients’ voice. In 2003, the Hospice History Project became part of a wider initiative, the International Observatory on End of Life Care, at Lancaster University. With the Observatory I undertook a Centenary History of St Joseph’s Hospice, Hackney, which produced several outcomes including an exhibition and publication. Subsequently, I have been conducting health research with the Academic Palliative Medicine Unit (AUSP), University of Sheffield, gathering consumer views of a screening tool developed by the AUSP to help refer people with advanced illness into supportive care. I continue affiliation with the International Observatory on End of Life Care in an associate position.
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