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Why do health professionals refer individual patients to specialist day hospice care? (2011)
Journal Article
Bradley, S. E., Frizelle, D., & Johnson, M. (2011). Why do health professionals refer individual patients to specialist day hospice care?. Journal of palliative medicine, 14(2), 133-138. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2010.0372

Background: There are no nationally agreed criteria for admission to specialist palliative day care (SPDC). Previous work has called for future research to qualitatively examine why health and social professionals make referrals to day care. Therefor... Read More about Why do health professionals refer individual patients to specialist day hospice care?.

Patients' psychosocial experiences of attending specialist palliative day care: a systematic review (2011)
Journal Article
Bradley, S. E., Frizelle, D., & Johnson, M. (2011). Patients' psychosocial experiences of attending specialist palliative day care: a systematic review. Palliative medicine, 25(3), 210-228. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216310389222

Recent reviews conclude that the benefits of attending Specialist Palliative Day Care (SPDC) are likely to be in social, psychological and spiritual domains. However, these areas are not easily identified, leaving researchers and practitioners unclea... Read More about Patients' psychosocial experiences of attending specialist palliative day care: a systematic review.

Coping with terminal illness: The experience of attending specialist palliative day care (2010)
Journal Article
Bradley, S. E., Frizelle, D., & Johnson, M. (2010). Coping with terminal illness: The experience of attending specialist palliative day care. Journal of palliative medicine, 13(10), 1211-1218. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2010.0131

Background: The provision of supportive and palliative care for people with life-shortening illness has been emphasized throughout Department of Health and National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) cancer guidance. However, the question of whe... Read More about Coping with terminal illness: The experience of attending specialist palliative day care.

A brief cognitive behavioural preimplantation and rehabilitation programme for patients receiving an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator improves physical health and reduces psychological morbidity and unplanned readmissions (2008)
Journal Article
Lewin, R. J., Coulton, S., Frizelle, D. J., Kaye, G., & Cox, H. (2009). A brief cognitive behavioural preimplantation and rehabilitation programme for patients receiving an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator improves physical health and reduces psychological morbidity and unplanned readmissions. Heart, 95(1), 63-69. https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.2007.129890

Objective: To assess the clinical and cost effectiveness of a brief home-based cognitive behavioural rehabilitation programme (the ICD Plan) for patients undergoing implantation of a cardiac defibrillator. Design: A prospective multicentred, intentio... Read More about A brief cognitive behavioural preimplantation and rehabilitation programme for patients receiving an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator improves physical health and reduces psychological morbidity and unplanned readmissions.