Williams AM & Kristjanson LJ (in press). The development and testing of an instrument to measure the emotional care experienced by hospitalised patients. Journal of Clinical Nursing.

Williams AM, Dawson S, Kristjanson LJ (in press). Exploring the relationship between personal control and the hospital environment. Journal of Clinical Nursing.

Wilkinson A. and Sim M. (in press). Decision-Making at the End-of-Life. Encyclopedia of the Life Course and Human Development, Gale Publishing, part of Cengage Learning, Framing Hills, MI.

Zilembo M, Monterosso L, Metcalfe H. (In press 2007). Nursing students’ perceptions of desirable leadership qualities in nurse preceptors: A descriptive study. Contemporary Nurse.

Published Research Reports

Aoun S, Fournier C, Walker Helen (June 2007). Content analysis of a literature search on patients’ & carers’ measures of end-of-life care. WA Centre for Cancer and Palliative Care for the National Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC).

Aoun S, Fournier C, Walker Helen (April 2007). Literature review on symptom and functional assessment tools. WA Centre for Cancer and Palliative Care for the National Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC).

Kristjanson LJ, Walton J & Toye C. (2007). Palliative Care for the Aged Care Community: An Australian Perspective. In Morse, C. (Ed). The Art of Ageing in a Global Community: Lessons from Three Nations. New York: Baywood.

Unpublished Research Reports

Lobb EA, Oldham L, Vojkovic S, Smith J, Brown J, Dwyer V, Husain M. (2007). Frontline Grief: A study to assess the grief experienced by Registered Nurses and Care Aids who work in community palliative care and to identify suitable strategies for support. WA Centre for Cancer and Palliative Care. Edith Cowan University and Curtin University of Technology, Perth WA.

Oldham L, Sprague C, Slatyer S, Williams AM, Cooper E, Tandon A. (2007). Discharge Planning for Oncology/Haematology Patients. Centre for Nursing Research, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

Newsletters

Williams A. (2007). WA hospitals collaborate to improve pain assessment and management. Connections, Royal College of Nursing Australia Newsletter, 10(2), 38-39.

Letters and Editorials

Jiwa M, Primary care Research: beyond statistics. Quality in Primary care 2007; 15: 71-2

Jiwa M, Ee HC, Beilby JJ. Will promoting general practitioners with special interests threaten access to primary care? Med J Aust. 2007 Jul 16;187(2):71

Jiwa M, Saunders C Fast track referral for cancer. BMJ. 2007 Aug 11;335(7614):267-8.

Jiwa M, AFP, 2007, 36, 680. Early detection of prostate cancer.

Posters

Halkett GKB and Kristjanson L 2007. Information provision during radiation therapy, what specific information do patients want and how should this information be communicated? Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology: 3(s2): A107.

Jiwa M, Halkett G, Smith M, Lim D, Arnet H. 2007, Cues to action on lower gastrointestinal symptoms: a structured vignette study of general practice patients in Western Australia. 2007 General Practice and Primary Health Care Research Conference, Sydney.

Jiwa M, Halkett G, Arnet H, Smith M. Cues to action on lower gastrointestinal symptoms. A structured vignette study of general practice patients in Western Australia. General Practice and Primary Health Care Research Conference.

Jiwa M, Arnet H. An evaluation of an electronic interactive referral pro forma for General Practitioners: A simulated patient study. General Practice and Primary Health Care Research Conference.

Jiwa M, Chang P, Carter O. Can personalised ‘smoker’s face’ simulations affect future intentions of young people not to smoke. General Practice and Primary Health Care Research Conference.

Published Abstracts

Monterosso L, Kristjanson LJ, Sawyer S, Yates P, et al. The supportive and palliative care needs of families of children who die from cancer: an Australian study. Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, 3(Supp. 1), August 2007.

Toye C, Kristjanson LJ, Auret K, Bruce, D, Schug S, Young J & Popescu A. (2007). Refining a pain assessment self report tool for use in residential aged care. The 40th National Conference of the Australian Association of Gerontology, Adelaide, Australia Journal on Ageing, 26 (Supp. 1), A40.

Robinson A, Abbey J, Barnes L, Toye C & Abbey B. (2007). Best practice for undergraduate nursing students in aged care clinical placements. The 40th National Conference of the Australian Association of Gerontology, Adelaide, Australia Journal on Ageing, 26 (Supp. 1), A33.

State, National and International Conference Presentations

Aoun S, Guest speaker at the Centre on Aging, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (July 30- August 3, 2007)

Aoun S, Guest Speaker at the Ministry of Health, Policy unit, Vancouver Island Health Authority, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (1 August 2007).

Aoun S, Guest Speaker at the School of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Work, University of Manchester, UK (July 11, 2007)

Aoun S, Guest speaker at the Institute for Health Research, University of Lancaster, UK (July 12, 2007)

Aoun S, District Rotary Conference, 17-18 March, 2007, Rockingham, WA. “The Rotary Waist Disposal Challenge: To dispose or not to dispose, that is a waste!” (Keynote presentation).

Aoun S, Sixth State Cancer and Palliative Care Nursing Research Conference, 21-23 March 2007, Fremantle, WA. “Caring for families of people with cancer: Evidence and Interventions” (Keynote Presentation).

Aoun S, Eighth National Palliative Care Conference, Melbourne, 28-31 August 2007. “Who cares for those home alone with a terminal illness?”

Aoun S, Eighth National Palliative Care Conference, Melbourne, 28-31 August 2007. “Delivering palliative care to the residents of aged care facilities: international perspectives on introducing a palliative approach and the role of general practitioners”. A/Prof Geoff Mitchell, Dr Keri Thomas, A/Prof Samar Aoun.

Halkett GKB, November 2007, “You Can’t Ask Questions About What You Don’t Know”: Determining The Needs of Patients with High Grade Gliomas and their Carers, Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology: 3(s2): A49, Adelaide, Australia.

Halkett GKB, Jiwa M, Arnet H, Smith M, McConigley R, Lim D, Bulsara M and Islam A, October 2007, Cue to action on lower gastrointestinal symptoms: a structured vignette study of general practice patients in Western Australia, 50th Annual Scientific Convention for the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Sydney, Australia.

Halkett GKB, March 2007, The quality of patient care – what do patients say about the care we provide?, 4th Annual Scientific Meeting of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy, Australian Institute of Radiography, Perth, Australia.

Jiwa M, Arnet H, ASM RACGP Parallel group presentation. Developing software innovations for applications in general practice: addressing challenges to implementation.

Jiwa M, Arnet H. Referring patients with lower bowel cancer symptoms. A structured vignette survey of Australian and British GPs. General Practice and Primary Health Care Research Conference. Parallel group presentation.

Jiwa M, Arnet H. An evaluation of an electronic interactive referral pro forma for General Practitioners: A simulated patient study. General Practice and Primary Health Care Research Conference. Poster presentation.

Jiwa M, Carter O, Chang P, Maujean E. ASM, RACGP Parallel group presentation.Can personalised ‘smoker’s face’ simulations affect future intentions of young people not to smoke?

Jiwa M, Chang P, Carter O. Can personalised ‘smoker’s face’ simulations affect future intentions of young people not to smoke. General Practice and Primary Health Care Research Conference. Poster presentation.

Jiwa M, Halkett G, Aoun S, Arnet H, Smith M, Pilkington M, McMullen C. Factors influencing the speed of cancer diagnosis in rural Western Australia: A General Practice perspective. ASM, RACGP Parallel group presentation

Jiwa M, Halkett G, Arnet H. Cues to action on lower gastrointestinal symptoms. A structured vignette study of general practice patients in Western Australia. ASM, RACGP Parallel group presentation

Jiwa M, Halkett G, Arnet H, Smith M. Cues to action on lower gastrointestinal symptoms. A structured vignette study of general practice patients in Western Australia. General Practice and Primary Health Care Research Conference. Poster presentation.

State, National and International Conference Presentations

Jiwa M, Smith M, Arnet H, Halkett G, McConigley R, Poland K, Rhodes J, Bulsara M. Cues to action on respiratory symptoms: A structured vignette study of general practice patients in Western Australia ASM, RACGP Parallel group presentation.

McMenamin C, Vickery A, McGonigle P, Britto A, Jiwa M & Emery J.  Medical students, sex & religion :  barriers to peer-peer & peer-self physical examination?  Association for Medical Education in Europe. Parallel group Presentation.

Monterosso L, Kristjanson LJ, Sawyer S, Yates P, et al. The supportive and palliative care  needs of families of  children who die from cancer: an Australian study. Cancer Nursing Society of Australia Winter Congress (2007).

Monterosso L, The Western Australian analysis of supportive and palliative care needs of families of children with a life threatening or chronic illness.  European Association of Palliative Care, Budapest, (2007).

Monterosso L, The supportive and palliative care needs of children with cancer and their families: An Australian study. European Association of Palliative Care, Budapest, (2007).

Oldham L, Sprague C, Slatyer S,  Williams AM, Cooper E, Tandon A. (March 2007). Discharge Planning for Oncology and Haematology Patients. 6 TH State Cancer and Palliative Care Nursing Research Conference, Crystallise, Collaborate, Catalyse. Fremantle, Western Australia

Slatyer S, Williams AM, Michael R,  Kristjanson L.  (April, 2007).  Caring for Patients  Experiencing Episodes of  Severe Pain in an Acute Care Hospital: The Nurses’ Perspective. 27th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian Pain Society, Adelaide, South Australia.

Toye C (2007), Kristjanson LJ, Goucke R & McConigleyR.  The Australian Pain Society's Residential Aged Care Pain Management Strategies: Development of guidelines, a toolkit, and recommendations for implementation. Oral presentation at the Western Australian Palliative Care Conference, Fremantle, Western Australia.

Toye C, Popescus A, Drake J & Lester L. (2007). Effectiveness of dementia specific carer education delivered throughout Western Australia: Early findings. Poster presentation at the Alzheimer’s Australia National Conference in Perth, WA.

Toye C. (July, 2007). A palliative approach for people who have dementia. Invited  presentation for the Western  Australian Dementia Training Study Centre.

Toye C. (June, 2007). Pain management in aged care. Invited presentation at Aegis Care Seminar, Perth, Western Australia.

Williams AM, Mundy M, Dawson S & Kristjanson LJ. (March, 2007). Optimising the emotional comfort of patients by using a clinical champion to lead a new coordinated approach to the emotional care of cancer patients. 6th State Cancer and Palliative Care Nursing Research Conference, Crystallise, Collaborate, Catalyse. Fremantle, Western Australia.