Research Methods in Palliative, Supportive, and End-of-Life Care
, by Higginson, Irene J.; Bruera, Eduardo; Costantini, Massimo; Currow, David C.; Larkin, Philip J.; Preston, Nancy
- ISBN: 9780192898203 | 0192898205
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 9/26/2025
Irene J. Higginson, Professor of Palliative Care and Policy, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care, London,Eduardo Bruera, Professor and Chair of Department of Palliative, Rehabilitation, & Integrative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX,Massimo Costantini, Senior Researcher, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan,David Currow, Honorary Professor, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney,Philip J. Larkin, Full Professor and Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Chair of Palliative Care Nursing, Palliative and Supportive Care Service, University Hospital of Lausanne, University of Lausanne, Lausanne,,Nancy Preston, Professor of Supportive and Palliative Care, International Observatory on End-of-Life Care, Lancaster University, Lancaster
Irene J. Higginson, OBE, is Professor of Palliative Care and Policy and Founding Professor of Cicely Saunders Institute, King's College London. She is an honorary consultant in palliative medicine, NIHR Emeritus Senior Investigator, Fellow of the Academy of Sciences, and Scientific Director for the charity Cicely Saunders International. Professor Higginson is active in research and education and in the top 1% of highly cited academics. She teaches MSc, medical and PhD students, and through her current research programmes, investigates treatments, symptom management, access and services in palliative care. She has published over 700 articles in peer-reviewed journals, plus several books. Professor Higginson's research has pioneered better ways to measure outcomes and quality of life, evaluate palliative care, epidemiology, effectiveness, psychosocial care, symptom assessment, breathlessness, cachexia/anorexia, and multi-morbidity.
Eduardo Bruera obtained his medical degree from the University of Rosario, Argentina. He trained in medical oncology and in 1984 relocated to the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, where he directed the Clinical and Academic Palliative Care programs until 1999. He then joined The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center where he currently holds the F.T. McGraw Chair in the Treatment of Cancer and is the Chair of the Department of Palliative, Rehabilitation and Integrative Medicine. Dr Bruera's main clinical interest is the care of the physical and psychosocial distress of patients with advanced cancer and the support of their families. He has more than 1300 peer-reviewed publications and given more than 900 major invited lectures. He has received several national and international awards, including, the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Sigillum Magnum by the University of Bologna, Italy.
Massimo Costantini is a physician, specialising in oncology, who spent his career as a clinician and researcher. His research interests are in the areas of palliative care, quality of life, and psycho-oncology. He trained as an epidemiologist at the Clinical Epidemiology Unit of the National Cancer Institute in Genoa. His main research activities in palliative care focused on studying multidimensional problems of advanced cancer patients, and on investigating the effect of palliative care services and other complex interventions on quality of care. He was Medical Director of a Hospice in Genoa, and he took the responsibility of the development and management of the “Ligurian Palliative Care Network.” In April 2013 he moved to Reggio Emilia, where he was Medical Director of the newly established Hospital Palliative Care Unit, and subsequently Scientific Director of the Research Institute.
David C. Currow is a clinician and researcher with a track record in health systems research, randomised control trials, and working with large datasets to improve the quality of care. Areas of particular interest include the population of people with life-limiting illnesses who are not referred to specialist palliative care services, and their outcomes. His health service research includes developing Needs Assessment Tools in specific diagnoses. It also includes robust evaluations of different models of service delivery. His symptom control studies include a range of fully powered, multi-site, double-blind studies on widely used interventions in symptom control. This includes particular emphasis on studies in breathlessness and cachexia. Other works include the population burden of symptoms and correlative laboratory science for the randomised trials that are being done.
Philip J. Larkin is the Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Chair of Palliative Care Nursing at the University Hospital Centre (CHUV), affiliated to the Institute for Higher Education and Research in healthcare (IUFRS), Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne. He has over 35 years of experience in the palliative care sector, both clinically and academically. As Professor of Clinical Nursing in Palliative Care at University College Dublin, Ireland, he led the development of the All-Ireland Institute for Hospice and Palliative Care, a public health project bringing together The Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland to improve palliative care outcomes. He was President of the European Palliative Care Association (EAPC) from 2015 to 2019. His research has focused on access to palliative care for vulnerable populations and marginalized groups. He currently leads a nursing research team at the CHUV and continues to lecture nationally and internationally on palliative and end-of-life care.
Nancy Preston is the Co-Director of the International Observatory on End-of-Life Care at Lancaster University and a Professor of Supportive and Palliative Care. Nancy's research focusses on palliative care and how best to integrate it into general healthcare systems including oncology and respiratory units, ICU, the community, hospices, and care homes. Some of this research involves evaluating complex interventions in large trials. She is involved in seven European studies which focus upon service delivery, enhancing shared decision making, and symptom management. She is part of the NIHR/Department of Health Policy Research Unit for Palliative Care. At Lancaster university she teaches on systematic review methods, trial designs and qualitative research. She supervises PhD students from all over the world through the Lancaster University PhD in Palliative Care online programme.
Irene J. Higginson, OBE, is Professor of Palliative Care and Policy and Founding Professor of Cicely Saunders Institute, King's College London. She is an honorary consultant in palliative medicine, NIHR Emeritus Senior Investigator, Fellow of the Academy of Sciences, and Scientific Director for the charity Cicely Saunders International. Professor Higginson is active in research and education and in the top 1% of highly cited academics. She teaches MSc, medical and PhD students, and through her current research programmes, investigates treatments, symptom management, access and services in palliative care. She has published over 700 articles in peer-reviewed journals, plus several books. Professor Higginson's research has pioneered better ways to measure outcomes and quality of life, evaluate palliative care, epidemiology, effectiveness, psychosocial care, symptom assessment, breathlessness, cachexia/anorexia, and multi-morbidity.
Eduardo Bruera obtained his medical degree from the University of Rosario, Argentina. He trained in medical oncology and in 1984 relocated to the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, where he directed the Clinical and Academic Palliative Care programs until 1999. He then joined The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center where he currently holds the F.T. McGraw Chair in the Treatment of Cancer and is the Chair of the Department of Palliative, Rehabilitation and Integrative Medicine. Dr Bruera's main clinical interest is the care of the physical and psychosocial distress of patients with advanced cancer and the support of their families. He has more than 1300 peer-reviewed publications and given more than 900 major invited lectures. He has received several national and international awards, including, the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Sigillum Magnum by the University of Bologna, Italy.
Massimo Costantini is a physician, specialising in oncology, who spent his career as a clinician and researcher. His research interests are in the areas of palliative care, quality of life, and psycho-oncology. He trained as an epidemiologist at the Clinical Epidemiology Unit of the National Cancer Institute in Genoa. His main research activities in palliative care focused on studying multidimensional problems of advanced cancer patients, and on investigating the effect of palliative care services and other complex interventions on quality of care. He was Medical Director of a Hospice in Genoa, and he took the responsibility of the development and management of the “Ligurian Palliative Care Network.” In April 2013 he moved to Reggio Emilia, where he was Medical Director of the newly established Hospital Palliative Care Unit, and subsequently Scientific Director of the Research Institute.
David C. Currow is a clinician and researcher with a track record in health systems research, randomised control trials, and working with large datasets to improve the quality of care. Areas of particular interest include the population of people with life-limiting illnesses who are not referred to specialist palliative care services, and their outcomes. His health service research includes developing Needs Assessment Tools in specific diagnoses. It also includes robust evaluations of different models of service delivery. His symptom control studies include a range of fully powered, multi-site, double-blind studies on widely used interventions in symptom control. This includes particular emphasis on studies in breathlessness and cachexia. Other works include the population burden of symptoms and correlative laboratory science for the randomised trials that are being done.
Philip J. Larkin is the Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Chair of Palliative Care Nursing at the University Hospital Centre (CHUV), affiliated to the Institute for Higher Education and Research in healthcare (IUFRS), Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne. He has over 35 years of experience in the palliative care sector, both clinically and academically. As Professor of Clinical Nursing in Palliative Care at University College Dublin, Ireland, he led the development of the All-Ireland Institute for Hospice and Palliative Care, a public health project bringing together The Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland to improve palliative care outcomes. He was President of the European Palliative Care Association (EAPC) from 2015 to 2019. His research has focused on access to palliative care for vulnerable populations and marginalized groups. He currently leads a nursing research team at the CHUV and continues to lecture nationally and internationally on palliative and end-of-life care.
Nancy Preston is the Co-Director of the International Observatory on End-of-Life Care at Lancaster University and a Professor of Supportive and Palliative Care. Nancy's research focusses on palliative care and how best to integrate it into general healthcare systems including oncology and respiratory units, ICU, the community, hospices, and care homes. Some of this research involves evaluating complex interventions in large trials. She is involved in seven European studies which focus upon service delivery, enhancing shared decision making, and symptom management. She is part of the NIHR/Department of Health Policy Research Unit for Palliative Care. At Lancaster university she teaches on systematic review methods, trial designs and qualitative research. She supervises PhD students from all over the world through the Lancaster University PhD in Palliative Care online programme.
Part 1. Theory and practiceChapter 1. Why research palliative, supportive, and end-of-life care?, Nancy Preston and David CurrowChapter 2. Recognizing complexity in palliative, supportive, and end-of-life care settings and studies, Sophie Pask and Fliss E. M. MurtaghChapter 3. Overview of main study designs and approaches, Massimo Costantini and Irene J. HigginsonChapter 4. Designing and conducting clinical trials and research in palliative care and end of life: ethical and mental capacity, data integrity, and practical issues, Ludovica De Panfilis and Meera AgarChapter 5. Public and community involvement in palliative care research: principles and practicalities, Lisa Jane Brighton, Margaret Ogden, and Catherine J. EvansPart 2. Specific research designs and approaches in palliative, supportive, and end-of-life careChapter 6. Survey research: design, methods of data collection, questionnaire design, and conduct, Joachim Cohen and Kenneth ChambaereChapter 7. Design and delivery of clinical trials: from idea to final publication, Ørnulf Paulsen, Marianne Jensen Hjermstad, and Stein KaasaChapter 8. Development and evaluation of complex interventions, Carlos Seiça Cardoso and Barbara GomesChapter 9. Epidemiological research, including big data, Lorna K. Fraser and Stuart W. JarvisChapter 10. Overview of qualitative methods, Philip J. Larkin and Michael ConnollyChapter 11. Qualitative methods of data collection and analysis, Nancy Preston and Sheila PayneChapter 12. Mixed methods research, Jacqueline Alcalde, Breffni Hannon, and Camilla ZimmermannChapter 13. Process evaluation, Suzanne Guerin, Catherine Jordan, and Philip J. LarkinChapter 14. Outcome measurement, Margaret H. Sandham and Richard J. SiegertChapter 15. Health economic methods in palliative, supportive, and end-of-life care, Charles Normand and Peter MayChapter 16. Systematic reviews, Magnus Ekström, Michele Hilton Boon, and Daisy J. A. JanssenChapter 17. Qualitative evidence synthesis, Kate FlemmingPart 3. How to do itChapter 18. How to develop a research question, India Tunnard and Matthew MaddocksChapter 19. How to write and register a research protocol, Cinzia Brunelli and Morena ShkodraChapter 20. How to establish and grow the right team, Sharon Kaasalainen and Tamara SussmanChapter 21. How to gain approval from the ethical review board, Jeroen Hasselaar, Maaike Rijpstra, and Ian KoperChapter 22. How to ensure good recruitment, Lesley DunleavyChapter 23. How to ensure good-quality data by avoiding missing data: strategies for preparing and monitoring studies, Kim Beernaert and Kim EeclooChapter 24. How to use reporting guidelines from the EQUATOR Network, Anna E. Bone and Maja Furlan de BritoChapter 25. How to write a research paper for peer-reviewed journals, Luc Deliens and Julia M. Addington-HallChapter 26. How to disseminate palliative care research findings, Linda R. Brown and Linda JamesChapter 27. How to establish national and international research collaborations, Guillaume Economos and Irene J. HigginsonChapter 28. How to conduct global research in palliative care, Richard Harding, Oladayo Ayobami Afolabi, and Eve NamisangoChapter 29. How to study for a PhD, survive, and even enjoy it, Cheng-Pei Lin and Jane LowersChapter 30. How to review a paper submitted to a journal, Catherine WalsheChapter 31. How to improve your research impact, Lesley E. Williamson and Katherine E. SleemanChapter 32. How to win a research grant, Irene J. Higginson
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