Skip to main content

Publications

Below is a list of all the recent publications from the Palliative Care Unit

2023

 

  1. Chapman EA, Baker J, Aggarwal P, Hughes DM, Nwosu AC, Boyd MT, Mayland CR, Mason S, Ellershaw J, Probert CS, Coyle S. GC-MS Techniques Investigating Potential Biomarkers of Dying in the Last Weeks with Lung Cancer. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2023; 24(2):1591. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24021591  
  2. Latham JS, Sawyer H, Butchard S, Mason SR, Sartain K. Investigating the Relationship between Fear of Failure and the Delivery of End-of-Life Care: A Questionnaire Study. Nursing Reports. 2023; 13(1):128-144. https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep13010014 
  3. McGlinchey T, Early R, Mason S, Johan-Fürst C, van Zuylen L, Wilkinson S, Ellershaw J. Updating international consensus on best practice in care of the dying: A Delphi study. Palliat Med. 2023 Feb 3:2692163231152523. doi: 10.1177/02692163231152523. Epub ahead of print. 1177/02692163231152523 
  4. Predoiu O, Tserkezoglou AJ, Payne S, Moșoiu D, Arantzamendi M, Martínez García M, Ling J, Dionisi M, Mason S, Centeno Cortes C. Development and piloting of a self-assessment measure of core research competencies for palliative care clinicians: the RESPACC project. Paliatia – Journal of Palliative Care. 16 (2) https://www.paliatia.eu/new/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Jurnalul-Paliatia_apr-2023_1-6.pdf 
     
  5. Ting JJQ, Phua GLG, Hong DZ, (Mason) et al Evidence-guided approach to portfolio-guided teaching and assessing communications, ethics and professionalism for medical students and physicians: a systematic scoping review. BMJ Open 2023;13: e067048. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067048 
  6. Caprioli T, Mason S, Tetlow H, Reilly S & Giebel C. Exploring the views and the use of information and communication technologies to access post-diagnostic support by people living with dementia and unpaid carers: a systematic review, Aging & Mental Health. 2023 DOI: 1080/13607863.2023.2196246 
  7. Marciniak, K., Scherg, A., Paal, P. Mason, S., Elsner, F. The outcomes of postgraduate palliative care education and training: assessment and comparison of nurses and physicians. BMC Palliat Care 22, 94 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-023-01217-1 
  8. Stanley S, Higginbotham K, Finucane A, Nwosu AC. A grounded theory study exploring palliative care healthcare professionals’ experiences of managing digital legacy as part of advance care planning for people receiving palliative care. Palliative Medicine. 2023;0(0). doi:10.1177/02692163231194198 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/02692163231194198
  9. Nwosu AC. Telehealth requires improved evidence to achieve its full potential in palliative care. Palliative Medicine. 2023 Jul;37(7):896-7. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/02692163231182461
  10. Krishna, L.K.R., Pisupati, A., Teo, K.J.H. et al. Professional identity formation amongst peer-mentors in a research-based mentoring programme. BMC Med Educ 23, 787 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-023-04718-y 
  11. Mosoiu D, Payne S, Predoiu O, Arantzamendi M, Ling J, Tserkezoglou A, Mitrea N, Dionisi M, Martínez M, Mason S, Ancuta C, Centeno C. Core Palliative Care Research Competencies Framework for Palliative Care Clinicians. J Palliat Med. 2023 Nov 20. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2023.0399. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38010819.1089/jpm.2023.0399
  12. Krishna, Lalit Kumar Radha, Pisupati, Anushka, Ong, Yun Ting, Teo, Kelly Jia Hui, Teo, Mac Yu Kai, Venktaramana, Vaishnavi, Quek, Chrystie Wan Ning, Chua, Keith Zi Yuan, Raveendran, Vijayprasanth, Singh, Harpreet, Wong, Sabine Lauren Chyi Hui, Ng, Victoria Wen Wei, Loh, Eleanor Kei Ying, Yeoh, Ting Ting, Owyong, Jasmine Lerk Juan, Chiam, Min, Ong, Eng Koon, Phua, Gillian Li Gek, Hill, Ruaraidh, Mason, Stephen and Ong, Simon Yew Kuang (2023) Assessing the effects of a mentoring program on professional identity formation. BMC medical education, 23 (1). 799-

 

 

 2022

 

  1. Mayland CR, Keetharuth AD, Mukuria C, Haugen DF. Validation of 'Care Of the Dying Evaluation' (CODETM) within an international study exploring bereaved relatives' perceptions about quality of care in the last days of life. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2022 Mar 5:S0885-3924(22)00426-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2022.02.340. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35257928.1016/j.jpainsymman.2022.02.340
  2. Nwosu AC, McGlinchey T, Sanders J, Stanley S, Palfrey J, Lubbers P, Chapman L, Finucane A, Mason S Identification of Digital Health Priorities for Palliative Care Research: Modified Delphi Study JMIR Aging 2022;5(1):e32075 doi: 2196/32075
  3. Giebel C,  Hanna K, Cannon J, Marlow P, Tetlow H, Mason S, Shenton J, Rajagopal M, Gabbay M.  Are we allowed to visit now? Concerns and issues surrounding vaccination and infection risks in UK care homes during COVID-19, Age and Ageing, Volume 51, Issue 1, January 2022, afab229, https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afab229
  4. Giebel, C., Hanna, K., Marlow, P., Cannon, J., Tetlow, H., Shenton, J., Faulkner, T., Rajagopal, M., Mason, S. & Gabbay, M. (2022). Guilt, tears and burnout—Impact of UK care home restrictions on the mental well-being of staff, families and residents. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 00, 1– 12. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15181
  5. Hanna, K., Giebel, C., Cannon, J., Shenton, J., Mason, S., et al. Working in a care home during the COVID-19 pandemic: How has the pandemic changed working practices? A qualitative study. BMC Geriatr 22, 129 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-02822-0
  6. Chiam, M., Ho, C.Y., Quah, E. et al. Changing self-concept in the time of COVID-19: a close look at physician reflections on social media. Philos Ethics Humanit Med 17, 1 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13010-021-00113-x
  7. Chan, N.P.X., Chia, J.L., Ho, C.Y. et al. Extending the Ring Theory of Personhood to the Care of Dying Patients in Intensive Care Units. ABR 14, 71–86 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41649-021-00192-0
  8. Hagedorn, C., Tadevosyan, A., Mason, S. et al. Palliative Care education in Armenia: perspectives of first-year Armenian physician residents. BMC Palliat Care 21, 53 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-022-00938-z
  9. Latham JS, Butchard S, Mason SR Physician emotional experience of communication and decision making with end-of-life patients: qualitative studies systematic review. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care Published Online First: 12 April 2022. http://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2021-003446
  10. Goh, S., Wong, R.S.M., Quah, E.L.Y. et al. Mentoring in palliative medicine in the time of covid-19: a systematic scoping review. BMC Med Educ 22, 359 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-022-03409-4
  11. Hanna, K., Cannon, J., Gabbay, M. et al. End of life care in UK care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study. BMC Palliat Care 21, 91 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-022-00979-4
  12. Giebel, C., Hanna, K., Cannon, J., Shenton, J., Mason, S., Tetlow, H., Marlow, P., Rajagopal, M., & Gabbay, M. (2022). Taking the ‘care’ out of care homes: The moral dilemma of institutional long-term care provision during COVID-19. Health & Social Care in the Community, 30, e2127– e2136. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13651
  13. Yildiz B, Allan S, Bakan M, et al., Live well, die well – an international cohort study on experiences, concerns and preferences of patients in the last phase of life: the research protocol of the iLIVE study. BMJ Open 2022;12: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057229
  14. Farrer E, Dickman A. New analgesics in cancer pain. Curr Opin Support Palliat Care. 2022 Jun 1;16(2):60-64. doi: 10.1097/SPC.0000000000000592. PMID: 35639570.
  15. Madariaga A, Lau J, Ghoshal A, Dzierżanowski T, Larkin P, Sobocki J, Dickman A, Furness K, Fazelzad R, Crawford GB, Lheureux S. MASCC multidisciplinary evidence-based recommendations for the management of malignant bowel obstruction in advanced cancer. Support Care Cancer. 2022 Jun;30(6):4711-4728. doi: 10.1007/s00520-022-06889-8. Epub 2022 Mar 10. PMID: 35274188; PMCID: PMC9046338.
  16. Ho, C. Y., Lim, N. -A., Ong, Y. T., Lee, A. S. I., Chiam, M., Gek, G. P. L., . . . Mason, S, Krishna, L. (2022). The impact of death and dying on the personhood of senior nurses at the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS): a qualitative study. BMC Palliative Care, 21(1), 83. doi:10.1186/s12904-022-00974-9
  17. Vaishnavi Venktaramana, Eleanor Kei Ying Loh, Clarissa Jing Wen Wong... Stephen Mason & Lalit Kumar Radha Krishna (2022) A systematic scoping review of communication skills training in medical schools between 2000 and 2020, Medical Teacher, 44:9, 997-1006, DOI: 1080/0142159X.2022.2054693 

 

2021

 

  1. McGlinchey T, Mason SR, Smeding R, et al. ILIVE Project Volunteer study. Developing international consensus for a European Core Curriculum for hospital end-of-life-care volunteer services, to train volunteers to support patients in the last weeks of life: A Delphi study. Palliative Medicine. October 2021. doi:10.1177/02692163211045305  
  2. Goldraij G, Tripodoro VA, Aloisio M The ERANet-LAC CODE Project Group, et al One chance to get it right: improving clinical handovers for better symptom control at the end of life. BMJ Open Quality 2021;10: doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2021-001436 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2021-001436 
  3. Mason S, Ling J, Mosoiu D, Arantzamendi M, Tserkezoglou AJ, Predoiu O, et al. Undertaking Research Using Online Nominal Group Technique: Lessons from an International Study (RESPACC). Journ- al of Palliative Medicine. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2021.0216
  4. Wong MK, Hong DZH, Wu J, Ting JJQ, Goh JL, Ong ZY, Toh RQE, Chiang CLL, Ng CWH, Ng JCK, Cheong CWS, Tay KT, Tan LHS, Ong YT, Chiam M, Chin AMC, Mason S, Radha Krishna LK. A systematic scoping review of undergraduate medical ethics education programs from 1990 to 2020. Med Teach. 2021 Sep 17:1-20. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2021.1970729. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34534043. DOI: 1080/0142159X.2021.1970729
  5. Nwosu AC, Mills M, Roughneen S, Stanley S, Chapman L and Mason S. Virtual reality in specialist palliative care: a feasibility study to enable clinical practice adoption. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care Published Online First: 17 February 2021. https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2020-002327 
  6. Steele T, Bonwick H, Nwosu AC and Chapman L. Investigation and management of iron deficiency anaemia in a specialist palliative care setting and the role of intravenous iron: a descriptive analysis of hospice data [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. AMRC Open Res 2021, 3:6 https://doi.org/10.12688/amrcopenres.12963.1
  7. Willemsen AM, Paal P, Zhang S, Mason S and Elsner F. Chinese medical teachers’ cultural attitudes influence palliative care education: a qualitative study. BMC Palliat Care 20, 14 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-020-00707-w 
  8. Crosby B, Hanchanale S, Stanley S and Nwosu AC. Evaluating the use of video communication technology in a hospital specialist palliative care team during the COVID-19 pandemic [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. AMRC Open Res 2021, 3:5 https://doi.org/10.12688/amrcopenres.12969.1
  9. Willemsen AM, Paal P, Zhang S, Mason S and Elsner F. Chinese medical teachers’ cultural attitudes influence palliative care education: a qualitative study. BMC Palliat Care 20, 14 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-020-00707-w   
  10. Hanna JR, Rapa E, Dalton LJ, et al. A qualitative study of bereaved relatives' end of life experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Palliat Med. 2021 Mar 30:2692163211004210. doi: 1177/02692163211004210 Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33784908.
  11. Stocklassa, S., Zhang, S., Mason, S., & Elsner, F. (2021). Cultural implications for disclosure of diagnosis and prognosis toward terminally ill cancer patients in China: A literature review. Palliative and Supportive Care, 1-7. doi:10.1017/S1478951521000535
    https://www.doi.org/10.1017/S1478951521000535 
  12. Hanna JR, Rapa E, Dalton LJ, et al. Health and social care professionals’ experiences of providing end of life care during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study. Palliative Medicine. May 2021. doi:1177/02692163211017808
  13. Zhou, Y.C., Tan, S.R., Tan, C.G.H. et al. A systematic scoping review of approaches to teaching and assessing empathy in medicine. BMC Med Educ 21, 292 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-021-02697-6 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-021-02697-6 
  14. Mayland CR, Hughes R, Lane S, et al. Are public health measures and individualised care compatible in the face of a pandemic? A national observational study of bereaved relatives’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Palliative Medicine. May 2021. doi:1177/02692163211019885
  15. Haugen D, Hufthammer KO, Gerlach C, Sigurdardottir K, Hansen MIT, Ting G, Tripodoro VA, Goldraij G, Yanneo EG, Leppert W, Wolszczak K, Zambon L, Passarini JN, Saad IAB, Weber M, Ellershaw J, Mayland CR; ERANet-LAC CODE Project Group. Good Quality Care for Patients with Cancer Dying in Hospitals, but Information Needs Not Met: Bereaved Relatives' Survey within Seven Countries. Oncologist. 2021 Jun 1. doi: 10.1002/onco.13837. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34060705. 1002/onco.13837
  16. Hanna KH, Giebel C, Cannon J , Shenton J, Mason S, Tetlow H, Marlow P, Rajagopal M, Gabbay M. Working in a care home during the COVID-19 pandemic: How has the pandemic changed working practices?  medRxiv 2021.06.10.21258611; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.06.10.21258611 
  17. Nwosu AC, McGlinchey T, Sanders J, Stanley S, Palfrey J, Lubbers P, et al. Technology in Palliative Care (TIP): the identification of digital priorities for palliative care research using a modified Delphi method. medRxiv. 2021:2021.06.24.21259307.
  18. Rapa E, Hanna JR, Mayland CR, Mason S, Moltrecht B, Dalton L. Experiences of preparing children for a death of an important adult during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed methods study BMJ Open 2021;11: doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053099 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053099
  19. Ngiam LXL, Ong YT, Ng JX, et al. Impact of Caring for Terminally Ill Children on Physicians: A Systematic Scoping Review. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®. 2021;38(4):396-418. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049909120950301
  20. Giebel, C., Hanna, K., Cannon, J., Shenton, J., Mason, S., Tetlow, H., Marlow, P., Rajagopal, M., & Gabbay, M. (2021). Taking the ‘care’ out of care homes: The moral dilemma of institutional long-term care provision during COVID-19. Health & Social Care in the Community, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13651
  21. Chua MT, Sen Kuan W, Zheng CQ, Tiah L, Kumar R, Wong YKY, Lin J, Liang S, Mayland CR, Shi L, Ibrahim I, Pal RY. Validation of "Care of the Dying Evaluation" in Emergency Medicine (CODE-EM): pilot phase of end-of-life management protocol offered within emergency room (EMPOWER) study. Ann Palliat Med. 2021 Jun;10(6):6145-6155. doi: 10.21037/apm-21-380. Epub 2021 May 25. PMID: 34118856.21037/apm-21-380