Publications

Previous publications: 2001 - 2006

2008

  1. AOUN, S., KRISTJANSON, L. J., OLDHAM, L. & CURROW, D. (2008) A qualitative investigation of the palliative care needs of terminally ill people who live alone. Collegian: Journal of the Royal College of Nursing, Australia, 15, 3-9.
  2. AURET, K., TOYE, C., GOUCKE, R., KRISTJANSON, L., BRUCE, D. G. & SCHUG, S. (2008) Development and Testing of a Modified Version of the Brief Pain Inventory for Use in Residential Aged Care Facilities. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 301-306.
  3. BRAITHWAITE, M., COCKAYNE, M., FISHER, J., HUDSON, P. L., KRISTJANSON, L., QUINN, K. & THOMAS, T. (2008) Evaluation of a psycho-educational group programme for family caregivers in home-based palliative care. Palliative Medicine, 22, 270-280.
  4. BREEN, L. & O'CONNOR, M. (2008) Family and Social Networks after Bereavement: Experiences of Support, Change, and Isolation. Journal of Family Therapy, 1-32.
  5. CHOCHINOV, H. M., HASSARD, T., MCCLEMENT, S., HACK, T. F., KRISTJANSON, L., HARLOS, M., SINCLAIR, S. & MURRAY, A. (2008) The Patient Dignity Inventory: A Novel Way of Measuring Dignity-Related Distress in Palliative Care. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 559-571.
  6. CURROW, D., ALLEN, K., PLUMMER, J., AOUN, S., HEGARTY, M. & ABERNETHY, A. (2008) Bereavement help-seeking following an 'expected' death: a cross-sectional randomised face-to-face population survey. Biomed Central Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 1-22.
  7. CURROW, D., CRISTOU, T., SMITH, J., CARMODY, S., LEWIN, G., AOUN, S. & ABERNETHY, A. (2008) Do Terminally Ill People who Live Alone Miss Out on Home Oxygen Treatment? An Hypothesis Generating Study. Journal of Palliative Care, 1015-1022.
  8. CURROW, D., EAGAR, K., AOUN, S., FILDES, D., YATES, P. & KRISTJANSON, L. (2008) Is It Feasible and Desirable to Collect Voluntarily Quality and Outcome Data Nationally in Palliative Oncology Care? Journal of Clinical Oncology, 3853-3859.
  9. DAVIDSON, P. M., JACKSON, D., KRISTJANSON, L. & PHILLIPS, J. (2008) Multi-faceted palliative care intervention: aged care nurses' and care assistants' perceptions and experiences. JAN ORIGINAL RESEARCH, 62, 216-227.
  10. DORMER, N. R., MCCAUL, K. & KRISTJANSON, L. (2008) Risk of suicide in cancer patients in Western Australia, 1981-2002. Medical Journal of Australia, 140-143.
  11. FISHER, C., O'CONNOR, M. & ABEL, K. (2008) The role of palliative day care in supporting patients: A space for community. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 118-126.
  12. GREAVES, J., GLARE, P., KRISTJANSON, L., STOCKLER, M. & TATTERSALL, M. (2008) Undertreatment of nausea and other symptoms in hospitalized cancer patients. Supportive Care in Cancer, 461-464.
  13. GUILFOYLE, A., BREEN, L., FISHER, C. & O'CONNOR, M. (2008) Understanding the burden on palliative care home carers: A phenomenological account. The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 39-48.
  14. HALKETT, G. K., KRISTJANSON, L. & LOBB, E. A. (2008) If we get too close to your bones they'll go brittle: women's initial fears about radiotherapy for early breast cancer. Psycho-Oncology, 877-884.
  15. HALKETT, G. K., SHORT, M. & KRISTJANSON, L. (2008) How do radiation oncology health professionals inform breast cancer patients about the medical and technical aspects of their treatment? Radiation Oncology, 153-159.
  16. HUDSON, P. L., QUINN, K., KRISTJANSON, L., THOMAS, T., BRAITHWAITE, M., FISHER, J. & COCKAYNE, M. (2008) Evaluation of a psycho-educational group programme for family caregivers in home-based palliative care. Palliative Medicine, 270-280.
  17. JIWA, M., HALKETT, G. K., ARNET, H., SMITH, M., MCCONIGLEY, R., LIM, D., BALSARA, M. & ISLAM, A. (2008) Advice to consult a general medical practitioner in Western Australia: could it be cancer? Quality in Primary Care, 23-29.
  18. JIWA, M., SAUNDERS, C., THOMPSON, S. C., ROSENWAX, L., SARGANT, S., KHONG, E. L., HALKETT, G. K., SUTHERLAND, G., EE, H., PACKER, T. L., MERRIMAN, G. & ARNET, H. (2008) Timely cancer diagnosis and management as a chronic condition: Opportunities for primary care. The Medical Journal of Australia, 78-82.
  19. MCCONIGLEY, R., TOYE, C., GOUCKE, R. & KRISTJANSON, L. (2008) Innovations in Aged Care: Developing recommendations for implementing the Australian pain society's pain management strategies in residential aged care. Australasian Journal of Ageing, 45-49.
  20. MONTEROSSO, L. & KRISTJANSON, L. (2008) Supportive and palliative care needs of families of children who die from cancer: an Australian study. Palliative Medicine, 59-69.
  21. MONTEROSSO, L., KRISTJANSON, L., AOUN, S. & PHILLIPS, M. (2008) Supportive and palliative care needs of families of children who die from cancer: an Australian study. Palliative Medicine, 59-59.
  22. PHILLIPS, J., DAVIDSON, P. M., JACKSON, D. & KRISTJANSON, L. (2008) Multi-faceted palliative care intervention: aged care nurses' and care assistants' perceptions and experiences. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 216-227.
  23. PLATT, V., PLASTER, M., JENKINS, R., SYKES, J., YOUNG, K., JACKSON, K., BRODERICK, C., COOPER, A. & MONTEROSSO, L. (2008) Development of the Western Australian Cancer Nurse Coordination Service. The Australian Journal of Cancer Nursing, 1-21.
  24. PLATT, V., PLASTER, M., JENKINS, R., SYKES, J., YOUNG, K., JACKSON, K., BRODERICK, C., COOPER, A. & MONTEROSSO, L. (2008) Development of the Western Australian Cancer NurseCoodination Service. The Australian Journal of Cancer Nursing, 1-21.
  25. RYBOVIC, M., HALKETT, G. K., BANATI, R. B. & COX, J. (2008) Radiation Therapists' perceptions of the minimum level of experience required to perform portal image analysis. Radiography, 294-300.
  26. SPRY, N., HALKETT, G. K., AOUN, S., SPRY, J. & YEOH, E. (2008) Development of a European Organization for research and treatment of Cancer Module to Assess the Quality of Life of Patients with Proctitis after Pelvic Radiotherapy for Malignancy. Radiation Oncology, 522-528.
  27. WILLIAMS, A., DAWSON, S. S. & KRISTJANSON, L. (2008) Exploring the relationship between personal control and the hospital environment. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 1601-1609.
  28. WILLIAMS, A., DAWSON, S. S. & KRISTJANSON, L. (2008) Translating theory into practice: Using action research to introduce a coordinated approach to emotional care. Patient Education and Counselling, 82-90.
  29. WILLIAMS, A. & KRISTJANSON, L. (2008) Emotional care experienced by hospitalised patients: development and testing of a measurement instrument. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 1069-1077.
  30. ZILEMBO, M. & MONTEROSSO, L. (2008) Nursing students' perceptions of desirable leadership qualities in nurse preceptors: A descriptive survey. Contemporary Nurse, 194-206.
  31. ZILEMBO, M. & MONTEROSSO, L. (2008) Towards a conceptual framework for preceptorship in the clinical education of undergraduate nursing students. Contemporary Nurse, 89-94.

2009

  1. ALSHAMAKHI, A., BARCLAY, L., HALKETT, G. K., KUKADE, G., MUNDHADA, D., UPPOOR, R. & GAWAI, P. (2009) CT Evaluation of Flank Pain And Suspected Urolithiasis. Radiologic Technology, 81, 122-131.
  2. AOUN, S., OSSEIRAN-MOISSON, R., COLLINS, F., NEWTON, R. & NEWTON, M. (2009) A self-management concept for men at the community level: The waist disposal challenge. Journal of Health Psychology, 663-674.
  3. CHOCHINOV, H. M., MCCLEMENT, S., HACK, T. F., KRISTJANSON, L., HARLOS, M., SINCLAIR, S. & MURRAY, A. (2009) The Landscape of Distress in the Terminally Ill. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 1, 1-9.
  4. COX, J., HALKETT, G. K., ANDERSON, C. & HEARD, R. (2009) A Delphi study on research priories in radiation therapy: The Australian perspective. Radiography, 16, 26-39.
  5. COX, J. M., HALKETT, G. K. & ANDERSON, C. (2009) Research interests identified at the coal-face: initial Delphi analysis of Australian radiation therapists perspectives. The Radiographer, 56, 9-14.
  6. GRANDE, G. E., STAJDUHAR, K., AOUN, S., TOYE, C., FUNK, L., ADDINGTON-HALL, J., PAYNE, S. & TODD, C. (2009) Supporting lay carers in end of life care: current gaps and future priorities. Palliative Medicine, 339-344.
  7. GREAVES, J., GLARE, P., KRISTJANSON, L., STOCKLER, M. & TATTERSALL, M. (2009) Undertreatment of nausea and other symptoms in hospitalized cancer patients. Supportive Care in Cancer, 17, 461-464.
  8. HACK, T. F., MCCLEMENT, S., CHOCHINOV, H. M., CANN, B. J., HASSARD, T., KRISTJANSON, L. J. & HARLOS, M. Learning from dying patients during their days: life reflections gleaned from dignity therapy. Palliative Medicine, 7, 715-723.
  9. HALKETT, G. K., AOUN, S., HAYNE, D., LUND, J.-A., GRUEN, A., VILLA, J., LIVI, L., ARCANGELI, S., VELIKOVA, G. & SPRY, N. EORTC radiation proctitis - specific quality of life module - Pretesting in four European countries. Radiotherapy and Oncology, ?
  10. HALKETT, G. K., CICCARELLI, M., KEESING, S. & AOUN, S. Occupational therapy in palliative care: Is it under-utilised in Western Australia? Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 57, 301-309.
  11. HALKETT, G. K., JIWA, M., TANNER, P., FOURNIER, C. & KATRIS, P. Trialling computer touch-screen technology to assess psychological distress in patients with gynaecological cancer. Australasian Medical Journal, 3, 781-785.
  12. HALKETT, G. K., KRISTJANSON, L., LOBB, E. A., O'DRISCOLL, C., TAYLOR, M. & SPRY, N. Meeting breast cancer patients' information needs during radiotherapy: What can we do to improve the information and support that is currently provided? European Journal of Cancer Care, 19, 538-547.
  13. HALKETT, G. K., LOBB, E. A., OLDHAM, M. C. & NOWAK, A. (2009) The information and support needs of patients diagnosed with High Grade Glioma. Patient Education and Counselling, 79, 112-119.
  14. HALKETT, G. K., MERCHANT, S., JIWA, M., RICHARDSON, S., KEARVELL, R., CARSON, S., ARNET, H., SHORT, M., SPRY, N., TAYLOR, M. & KRISTJANSON, L. Effective communication and information provision in radiotherapy – the role of radiation therapists. Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice, 9, 3-16.
  15. HALKETT, G. K., SHORT, M. & KRISTJANSON, L. (2009) How do radiation oncology health professionals inform breast cancer patients about the medical and technical aspects of their treatment? Radiotherapy and Oncology, 90, 153-159.
  16. HOLLOWAY, K. & MCCONIGLEY, R. (2009) Descriptive, exploratory study of the role of nursing assistants in Australian residential aged care facilities: The example of pain management. Australasian Journal of Ageing, 28, 70-74.
  17. HOLLOWAY, K. & MCCONIGLEY, R. (2009) Understanding Nursing Assistants Experiences of Caring for Older People in Pain: The Australian Experience. American Society for Pain Management Nursing, 99-106.
  18. HOUMANN, L. J., RYDAHL-HANSEN, S., CHOCHINOV, H. M., KRISTJANSON, L. J. & GROENVOLD, M. Testing the feasibility of the Dignity Therapy interview: adaptation for the Danish culture. BMC Palliative Care, 9, 1-11.
  19. JIWA, M., ARNET, H., HALKETT, G. K., SMITH, M., O'CONNOR, M., RHODES, J., POLAND, K. & BULSARA, M. (2009) Does smoking status affect the likelihood of consulting a doctor about respiratory symptoms? A pilot survey in Western Australia. BMC Family Practice.
  20. JIWA, M., DEAS, K. N., ROSS, J., SHAW, T., WILCOX, H. & SPILSBURY, K. (2009) An inclusive approach to raising standards in general practice: working with a 'community of practice' in Western Australia. BMC Medical Research Methodology.
  21. JIWA, M., HALKETT, G. K., ARNET, H., SMITH, M., MCCONIGLEY, R., LIM, D., BULSARA, M. & ISLAM, A. (2009) Advice to consult a general medical practitioner in Western Australia: could it be cancer? Quality in Primary Care, 23-29.
  22. JIWA, M., HALKETT, G. K., DEAS, K. N., O'CONNOR, M., WEIR, J., O'DRISCOLL, C., O'BRIEN, E., WILSON, L. & BOYLE, S. (2009) Follow-up of breast cancer patients: Preliminary findings from nurse-patient consultations and patient surveys. Australasian Medical Journal, 1, 1-10.
  23. LEE, S., KRISTJANSON, L. & WILLIAMS, A. (2009) Professional relationships in palliative care decision making. Supportive Care in Cancer, 17, 445-450.
  24. LOBB, E. A., JOSKE, D., BUTOW, P., KRISTJANSON, L., CANNELL, P., CULL, G. & AUGUSTSON, B. (2009) When the safety net of treatment has been removed: Patients' unmet needs at the completion of treatment for haematological malignancies. Patient Education and Counselling.
  25. LOBB, E. A., KRISTJANSON, L. J., AOUN, S., MONTEROSSO, L., HALKETT, G. K. & DAVIES, A. Predictors of complicated grief: a systematic review of empirical studies. Death Studies, 34, 673-698.
  26. MCCONIGLEY, R., HALKETT, G. K., LOBB, E. A. & NOWAK, A. Caring for someone with high-grade glioma: a time of rapid change for caregivers. Palliative Medicine, ?, ?-?
  27. MELVIN, C. S. & OLDHAM, M. C. (2009) When to refer patients to Palliative Care. Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, 11, 291-301.
  28. MONTEROSSO, L., KRISTJANSON, L. & PHILLIPS, M. (2009) The supportive and palliative care needs of Australian families of children who die from cancer. Palliative Medicine, 23, 526-536.
  29. O'CONNOR, M. & HALKETT, G. K. Designing surveys for radiography and radiation therapy. The Radiographer, 57, 8-11.
  30. O'CONNOR, M., WHITE, K., KRISTJANSON, L. J., COUSINS, K. & WILKES, L. The prevalence of anxiety and depression in palliative care patients with cancer in Western Australia and New South Wales. Medical Journal of Australia, 5, S44-S47.
  31. ROSENWALD, T., GARTON, A. & O'CONNOR, M. (2009) Well-being and identity of adolescent and adult intercountry adoptees and non-adopted migrants in Western Australia. Other people's children: Adoption in Australia. North Melbourne, Victoria, Australian Scholarly Publishing.
  32. SPRY, N., HALKETT, G. K. & AOUN, S. (2009) International Cross-Cultural Field Validation of an EORTC Questionnaire Moduel for patients who may be experiencing radiation proctitis. Brussels, EORTC.
  33. SUN, Z. & HALKETT, G. K. (2009) Computed Tomography and Radiaiton Dose: Is the technique appropriately used for imaging in children? Australasian Medical Journal, 1, 33-35.
  34. WALLER, A., GIRGIS, A., JOHNSON, C., MITCHELL, G., YATES, P., KRISTJANSON, L. J., TATTERSALL, M., LECATHELINAIS, C., SIBBRITT, D., KELLY, B., GORTON, E. & CURROW, D. Facilitating needs based cancer care for people with chronic disease: Evaluation of an intervention using a multi-centre interrupted time series design. BMC Palliative Care, 9, 1-6.
  35. WILLIAMS, A., COLEFAX, L., O'DRISCOLL, C. & DAWSON, S. S. (2009) An exploration of the experiences of living renal donors following donation. Nephrology Nursing Journal, 36, 423-427.
  36. WILLIAMS, A., DAVIES, A. & GRIFFITHS, G. (2009) Facilitating comfort for hospitalised patients using non-pharmacological measures: Preliminary development of clinical practice guidelines. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 15, 145-155.
  37. WILLIAMS, A. & KRISTJANSON, L. (2009) Emotional care experienced by hospitalised patients: development and testing of a measurement instrument. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 18, 1069-1077.

2010

  1. BREEN, L. & O'CONNOR, M. Acts of resistance: Breaking the silence of grief following crash fatalities. Death Studies, 34, 30-53.
  2. HACK, T. F., MCCLEMENT, S., CHOCHINOV, H. M., CANN, B. J., HASSARD, T., KRISTJANSON, L. J. & HARLOS, M. Learning from dying patients during their days: life reflections gleaned from dignity therapy. Palliative Medicine, 7, 715-723.
  3. HALKETT, G. K., AOUN, S., HAYNE, D., LUND, J.-A., GRUEN, A., VILLA, J., LIVI, L., ARCANGELI, S., VELIKOVA, G. & SPRY, N. EORTC radiation proctitis - specific quality of life module - Pretesting in four European countries. Radiotherapy and Oncology, ?
  4. HALKETT, G. K., CICCARELLI, M., KEESING, S. & AOUN, S. Occupational therapy in palliative care: Is it under-utilised in Western Australia? Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 57, 301-309.
  5. HALKETT, G. K., JIWA, M., TANNER, P., FOURNIER, C. & KATRIS, P. Trialling computer touch-screen technology to assess psychological distress in patients with gynaecological cancer. Australasian Medical Journal, 3, 781-785.
  6. HALKETT, G. K., KRISTJANSON, L., LOBB, E. A., O'DRISCOLL, C., TAYLOR, M. & SPRY, N. Meeting breast cancer patients' information needs during radiotherapy: What can we do to improve the information and support that is currently provided? European Journal of Cancer Care, 19, 538-547.
  7. HALKETT, G. K., MERCHANT, S., JIWA, M., RICHARDSON, S., KEARVELL, R., CARSON, S., ARNET, H., SHORT, M., SPRY, N., TAYLOR, M. & KRISTJANSON, L. Effective communication and information provision in radiotherapy “ the role of radiation therapists. Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice, 9, 3-16.
  8. HOUMANN, L. J., RYDAHL-HANSEN, S., CHOCHINOV, H. M., KRISTJANSON, L. J. & GROENVOLD, M. Testing the feasibility of the Dignity Therapy interview: adaptation for the Danish culture. BMC Palliative Care, 9, 1-11.
  9. LOBB, E. A., KRISTJANSON, L., AOUN, S., MONTEROSSO, L., HALKETT, G. K. & DAVIES, A. Predictors of Complicated Grief: A Systematic Review of Empirical Studies. Death Studies, 34: 673–698, 2010
  10. LOBB, E. A., KRISTJANSON, L. J., AOUN, S., MONTEROSSO, L., HALKETT, G. K. & DAVIES, A. Predictors of complicated grief: a systematic review of empirical studies. Death Studies, 34, 673-698.
  11. MCCONIGLEY, R., HALKETT, G. K., LOBB, E. A. & NOWAK, A. Caring for someone with high-grade glioma: a time of rapid change for caregivers. Palliative Medicine, ?, ?-?
  12. O'CONNOR, M. & HALKETT, G. K. Designing surveys for radiography and radiation therapy. The Radiographer, 57, 8-11.
  13. O'CONNOR, M., WHITE, K., KRISTJANSON, L. J., COUSINS, K. & WILKES, L. The prevalence of anxiety and depression in palliative care patients with cancer in Western Australia and New South Wales. Medical Journal of Australia, 5, S44-S47.
  14. WALLER, A., GIRGIS, A., JOHNSON, C., MITCHELL, G., YATES, P., KRISTJANSON, L. J., TATTERSALL, M., LECATHELINAIS, C., SIBBRITT, D., KELLY, B., GORTON, E. & CURROW, D. Facilitating needs based cancer care for people with chronic disease: Evaluation of an intervention using a multi-centre interrupted time series design. BMC Palliative Care, 9, 1-6.