Presentations 2008

RCN Annual International Nursing Research Conference, Liverpool UK, 08 - 11 April 2008

Are patients in clinical trials receiving sub-optimal care? A systematic review of best supportive care in lung cancer trials
Jack BA, Boland A, Dickson R, Stevenson J
The ‘End Game’: How to successfully complete your doctorate. Jack BA and Topping A

7th Palliative Care Congress, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 29 April – 01 May 2008

Dying at home: The view of community nurses on why cancer patients may not be able to achieve a home death. O’Brien M, Jack BA
Dying without pain: evaluating the impact of nurses prescribing morphine in Uganda. Jack BA, Merriman A
How well do we care for dying patients? The development and validation of ‘Evaluating Care & Health Outcomes-for the Dying (ECHO-D)
Mayland CR, Williams EMI, Addington Hall J, Ellershaw JE

European Association of Palliative Care (EAPC), Trondheim, Norway, 29 – 31 May 2008.

Are religious and spiritual needs being met in the last hours and days of life? Mayland CR, Williams EMI, Addington-Hall J, Ellershaw JE

MCPCIL Conference, 9 October 2008

Meeting the religious and spiritual needs of patients and families in the last days of life: the views of bereaved relatives. Mayland CR, Williams EMI, Addington-Hall J, Ellershaw JE
Diagnosing Dying? Multi-Disciplinary Team recognition of the last days of life: a literature review. R Latten, EMI Williams, M Gambles, JE Ellershaw

MCCC Palliative Care Research Conference: Future Challenges for Palliative Care, London, UK. 14 March 2008

Using evidence from the Liverpool Care of the Dying Pathway (LCP) in a Cancer Network in England to compare patient comfort in the last days of life in hospice and hospital environments – Gambles M, McGlinchey T, Murphy D, Gomm S, Ellershaw JE
The first national audit of care of the dying in England using the Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient (LCP) – Physical, Psychosocial & Spiritual Aspects of Care – Gambles M, McGlinchey T, Murphy D, Ellershaw JE
The attitudes of critical care staff towards end-of-life care guidance: a survey questionnaire – Chapman L, Gambles M, Richardson K, McGlinchey T, Murphy D
An audit of referral practice of patients with end stage renal disease to the Royal Liverpool University Hospital Palliative Care Team – McKeown A, Agar R, Hugel H, Ellershaw JE

RCN Annual International Nursing Research Conference, Liverpool, UK. 08 – 11 April 2008

Dying at home: why is it not happening? An exploratory study of community nurses views on factors that influence home death – Jack BA, O’Brien M
How to successfully undertake nursing research in the third world: Challenges and tribulations. Jack BA

7th Palliative Care Congress, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 29 April – 01 May 2008

Defining Best Supportive Care: A Systematic Review of Best Supportive Care in Lung Cancer Trials – Jack BA, Boland A, Dickson A, Stevenson J
How well are the following symptoms being controlled in the last hours and days of life: pain, restlessness, respiratory tract secretions, breathlessness, nausea & vomiting? Mayland CR, Williams EMI, Addington-Hall J, Ellershaw JE
The first national audit of care of the dying in England using the Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient (LCP) – Organisational Profile of Participating Hospitals – Gambles M, McGlinchey T, Murphy D, Ellershaw JE
A European Collaboration to optimise research and clinical care for cancer patients in the last days of life – Gambles M, Ellershaw JE
Which opioid should we prescribe for patients dying with advanced chronic kidney disease? Guidelines produced by an Expert Consensus Group – Douglas C, Murtagh F, Chambers J, Howse M, Chesser A, Meyer M, Gomm S, Ellershaw JE
The Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) for the patient dying with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease: Development of evidence-based guidelines by an Expert Consensus Group – Douglas C, Murtagh F, Chambers J, Howse M, Chesser A, Meyer M, Gomm S, Ellershaw JE

Renal Association Annual Conference, Brighton Conference Centre, 20 – 23 May 2008.

The Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) for the patient dying with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease: Development of evidence-based guidelines by an Expert Consensus Group – Douglas C, Murtagh F, Chambers J, Howse M, Chesser A, Meyer M, Gomm S, Ellershaw JE
The modified Liverpool Care Pathway in Renal Failure: once centre’s experience – Brown R, Douglas C, Peters S, Crowe A, Ledson T, Banjeree A, Daryanani I, McClelland P

European Association of Palliative Care (EAPC), Trondheim Norway. 29 – 31 May 2008.

Evaluating Care & Health Outcomes – for the Dying (ECHO-D) a questionnaire to evaluate care of patients and their families in the last days of life - Mayland CR, Williams EMI, Addington-Hall J, Ellershaw JE
Dying without data: Modernising the Core Specialist Palliative Care Minimum Data Set – Littlewood C, Jack BA, Eve A, Murphy D, Khatri A, Ellershaw JE
National Care of the Dying Audit – Hospitals (NCDAH) – The Results! – Gambles M, McGlinchey T, Murphy D, Ellershaw JE
National Care of the Dying Audit – Hospitals (NCDAH) – Data into Action! – Gambles M, McGlinchey T, Murphy D, Ellershaw JE
Strong Opioid Substitution – Brooks M, Hutchinson T, Dickman A, Makin M, Emms H
Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions in Palliative Care – Latten R, Bonwick H, Irvine C, Ledson M, Lock K

MCPCIL Conference, Liverpool, UK, 9 October 2008.

Diagnosing Dying: Exploring the process by which palliative care staff recognise the last days of life. R Latten, EMI Williams, M Gambles, J E Ellershaw
A European collaboration to optimise research and clinical care for cancer patients in the last days of life. Professor J Ellershaw; M Gambles; C J Furst; R Voltz, C van Zuylen; S Eichmueller, M Constantini, U Lunder
National Care of the Dying Audit Hospitals in England (NCDAH) - data into action! Gambles M, McGlinchey T, Murphy D, Ellershaw JE
National Care of the Dying Audit Hospitals England (NCDAH) – The Results! Gambles M, McGlinchey T, Murphy D, Ellershaw JE

School of Clinical Sciences Research Day, University of Liverpool, UK, 11 November 2008.

Symptom control for the patient dying with end stage renal disease: development of evidence based guidelines based on the Liverpool Pathway for the Dying. Douglas C, Murtagh P, Ellershaw J, Chambers J, Meyer M, Howse M, Chesser A, Gomm S, Edmunds P, Murphy D
How well are symptoms controlled in the last hours and days before death? Mayland CR, Williams EMI, Addington-Hall J, Ellershaw JE
Diagnosing Dying: exploring the process by which palliative care staff recognise the last days of life. Latten R, Williams EMI, Gambles M, Ellershaw JE