Outputs (65)

Palliative care – what’s the evidence? (2025)
Journal Article
Pask, S., Murtagh, F. E., & Boland, J. W. (2025). Palliative care – what’s the evidence?. Clinical Medicine, 25(4), Article 100320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinme.2025.100320

Palliative care is essential for people with an advanced life-limiting illness. Most palliative care is delivered by healthcare professionals who do not specialise in palliative care (‘non-specialists’). Multidisciplinary specialist palliative care s... Read More about Palliative care – what’s the evidence?.

Correspondence on “Implementing palliative care in the intensive care unit: a systematic review and mapping of knowledge to the implementation research logic model” Authors’ reply (2025)
Journal Article
Meddick-Dyson, S. A., Pattison, N. A., Boland, J. W., Pearson, M., & Murtagh, F. E. (2025). Correspondence on “Implementing palliative care in the intensive care unit: a systematic review and mapping of knowledge to the implementation research logic model” Authors’ reply. Intensive care medicine, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-025-07849-6

Implementing palliative care in the intensive care unit: a systematic review and mapping of knowledge to the implementation research logic model (2024)
Journal Article
Meddick‐Dyson, S. A., Boland, J. W., Pearson, M., Greenley, S., Gambe, R., Budding, J. R., & Murtagh, F. E. (online). Implementing palliative care in the intensive care unit: a systematic review and mapping of knowledge to the implementation research logic model. Intensive care medicine, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-024-07623-0

Purpose: The importance and effectiveness of palliative care (PC) in intensive care units (ICU) are known. Less is known about the implementation and integration of ICU-based PC interventions. This systematic review aims to use a modified implementat... Read More about Implementing palliative care in the intensive care unit: a systematic review and mapping of knowledge to the implementation research logic model.

Exploring pathways to optimise care in malignant bowel obstruction (EPOC): Protocol for a three-phase critical realist approach to theory-led intervention development for shared decision-making (2024)
Journal Article
Bravington, A., Boland, J. W., Greenley, S., Lind, M., Murtagh, F. E., Patterson, M., Pearson, M., & Johnson, M. J. (2024). Exploring pathways to optimise care in malignant bowel obstruction (EPOC): Protocol for a three-phase critical realist approach to theory-led intervention development for shared decision-making. PLoS ONE, 19(1 January), Article e0294218. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0294218

Introduction Malignant bowel obstruction is a distressing complication of cancer, causing pain, nausea and vomiting, and often has a poor prognosis. Severe and rapidly developing symptoms, a lack of robust clinical guidelines and the need for multidi... Read More about Exploring pathways to optimise care in malignant bowel obstruction (EPOC): Protocol for a three-phase critical realist approach to theory-led intervention development for shared decision-making.

Implementation lessons learnt when evaluating palliative care interventions in the intensive care unit: relationships between implementation determinants, strategies, and models of delivery (2023)
Thesis
Meddick-Dyson, S. Implementation lessons learnt when evaluating palliative care interventions in the intensive care unit: relationships between implementation determinants, strategies, and models of delivery. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4587991

Background
Palliative and end-of-life care have important roles in intensive care units (ICUs) given symptom burden and rate of mortality in ICUs. However, we do not know how ICU-based palliative care interventions should be implemented. This system... Read More about Implementation lessons learnt when evaluating palliative care interventions in the intensive care unit: relationships between implementation determinants, strategies, and models of delivery.

Development of a Core Outcome Set for the research and assessment of malignant bowel obstruction (2023)
Journal Article
Bravington, A., Obita, G., Baddeley, E., Johnson, M., Murtagh, F., Currow, D., Boland, E., Nelson, A., Seddon, K., Oliver, A., Noble, S., & Boland, J. (2023). Development of a Core Outcome Set for the research and assessment of malignant bowel obstruction. PLoS ONE, 18(8), Article e0289501. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289501

Background: Malignant bowel obstruction is experienced by 15% of people with advanced cancer, preventing them from eating and drinking and causing pain, nausea and vomiting. Surgery is not always appropriate. Management options include tube or stent... Read More about Development of a Core Outcome Set for the research and assessment of malignant bowel obstruction.

Non-pharmacological interventions to manage psychological distress in patients living with cancer: a systematic review (2023)
Journal Article
Paley, C. A., Boland, J. W., Santarelli, M., Murtagh, F. E., Ziegler, L., & Chapman, E. J. (2023). Non-pharmacological interventions to manage psychological distress in patients living with cancer: a systematic review. BMC Palliative Care, 22(1), Article 88. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-023-01202-8

BACKGROUND: Psychological distress is common in patients with cancer; interfering with physical and psychological wellbeing, and hindering management of physical symptoms. Our aim was to systematically review published evidence on non-pharmacological... Read More about Non-pharmacological interventions to manage psychological distress in patients living with cancer: a systematic review.

Tapentadol for the management of cancer pain in adults: an update (2023)
Journal Article
Boland, J. W. (2023). Tapentadol for the management of cancer pain in adults: an update. Current opinion in supportive and palliative care, 17(2), 90-97. https://doi.org/10.1097/SPC.0000000000000641

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Tapentadol is the first of a new class of analgesics, having synergistic µ-opioid receptor agonist and noradrenaline reuptake inhibitory actions. It has been widely researched in many areas of pain, often in noninferiority studies... Read More about Tapentadol for the management of cancer pain in adults: an update.

Effects of Opioids on Immune and Endocrine Function in Patients with Cancer Pain (2023)
Journal Article
Bradley, A., & Boland, J. W. (2023). Effects of Opioids on Immune and Endocrine Function in Patients with Cancer Pain. Current Treatment Options in Oncology, 24(7), 867-879. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11864-023-01091-2

Opioids are an important treatment in managing cancer pain. Uncontrolled pain can be detrimental to function and quality of life. Common adverse effects of opioids such as sedation, constipation and nausea are well recognised, but opioid effects on t... Read More about Effects of Opioids on Immune and Endocrine Function in Patients with Cancer Pain.

Exploring the experiences of support with parentally bereaved children and their surviving parents using constructivist grounded theory (2023)
Thesis
Wray, A. Exploring the experiences of support with parentally bereaved children and their surviving parents using constructivist grounded theory. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4609487

Background: In the UK, 46,300 children are bereaved of a parent each year. We understand bereaved people need a supportive response from those around them. However, there is limited evidence to inform our understanding of this.
Aim: To explore how c... Read More about Exploring the experiences of support with parentally bereaved children and their surviving parents using constructivist grounded theory.