Staff Profile - David Clark
Professor of Medical Sociology
Director of the International Observatory on End of Life Care
David Clark
David Clark joined Lancaster University in September 2003. He is Professor of Medical Sociology and Director of the International Observatory on End of Life Care.
David was educated at the Universities of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Aberdeen. Following early postgraduate studies in the sociology of religion, his subsequent research interests centred upon sociological aspects of family life, with a particular interest in aspects of marriage, divorce and re-marriage. Whilst working at the MRC Medical Sociology Unit in Aberdeen in the early 1980s, he began to develop an interest in the sociological aspects of health and illness, which has now become his major research focus.
He was appointed Professor of Sociology at Sheffield Hallam University in 1993 and in 1995 became Professor of Medical Sociology at the University of Sheffield, and Associate Director of Trent Palliative Care Centre.
He is currently engaged in a number of studies concerned with service evaluation relating to the provision of palliative care and with issues of policy development, the international growth of palliative care and related ethical issues. He has a particular interest in the historical development of the modern end of life care movement and is writng a book about the history of the Project on Death in America. He is the author of numerous volumes and papers and has recently edited a selection of the letters of Cicely Saunders, published by Oxford University Press. He is an elected member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, a trustee of the UK charity Help the Hospices and a member of the board of the European Association for Palliative Care.
Projects
Evaluation of Preferred Place of Care (PPC): Towards quality improvement
Pilot Study for an Evaluation Research Programme of "Preferred Place of Care" (PPC)
Journal Articles
Wright M, Wood J, Lynch T, Clark D(2008) Mapping Levels of Palliative Care Development: A global view Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 35(5): 469-485
Wood J, Clark D(2008) The Historical Development of Inpatient Services Within United Kingdom and Ireland Adult Voluntary Hospices Palliative Medicine 22(): 1-2
Callaway M, Foley KM, DeLima L, Connor SR, Dix O, Lynch T, Wright M, Clark D(2007) Funding for Palliative Care Programs in Developing Countries Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 33(5): 509-513
Clark D, Wright M, Hunt J, Lynch T(2007) Hospice and Palliative Care Development in Africa: A multi-method review of services and experiences Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 33(6): 698-710
Wood J, Storey L, Clark D(2007) Preferred Place of Care: An analysis of the 'first 100' patient assessments Palliative Medicine 21(5): 449-450
Clark D, Wright M(2007) The International Observatory on End of Life Care: A global view of palliative care development Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 33(5): 542-546
Storey L, Wood J, Clark D(2006) Developing an evaluation strategy for "Preferred Place of Care" Progress in Palliative Care 14(3): 120-123
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Winslow M, Clark D(2006) St Joseph's Hospice, Hackney: documenting a centenary history Progress in Palliative Care 14(2): 68-74
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Centeno C, Clark D, Lynch T, Rocafort J, Praill D, de Lima L, Greenwood A, Flores LA, Brasch S, Giordano A(2006) Tények és indikátorok a palliative ellátás fejlödésében a WHO Európai Régiójának ötvenkét országában (Az EAPC munkacsoportjának eredményei) Kharón Thanatológiai Szemele 3(4): 07-31
McDermott E, Bingley AF, Thomas C, Payne S, Seymour J, Clark D(2006) Viewing patient need through professional writings: a systematic 'ethnographic' review of palliative care professionals' experiences of caring for people with cancer at the end of life Progress in Palliative Care 14(1): 9-18
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Graham F, Clark D(2005) Addressing the basics of palliative care International Journal of Palliative Nursing 11(1): 36-39
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Paz S, Clark D(2005) Palliative care in Colombia Progress in Palliative Care 13(2): 75-83
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Winslow M, Clark D, Seymour J, Graham F, Paz S, ten Have H, Meldrum M, Noble B(2004) Changing technologies of cancer pain relief: case studies of innovation Progress in Palliative Care 12(3): 123-133
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Wood J, Clark D and Gatrell AC(2004) Equity of access to adult inpatient hospice care within North West England. Palliative Medicine 18(6): 543-549
Wright M, Clark D(2004) Hospice care in Russia Progress in Palliative Care 12(1): 27-29
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Paz S, Clark D(2004) Palliative care in Argentina: barriers, opportunities and recommendations for future developments Progress in Palliative Care 12(6): 303-311
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Paz S, Clark D(2004) Palliative care in Argentina: barriers, opportunities and recommendations for future developments Progress in Palliative Care 12(6): 303-311
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Hughes N, Clark D(2004) ‘An experienced and thoughtful physician:’ William Munk and the care of the dying in late Victorian England’ Journal of Palliative Care 7(5): 703-710
Wright M, Clark D(2003) A New Research Initiative in Africa Progress in Palliative Care 11(4): 191-192
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Winslow M, Clark D, Seymour J et al(2003) Changing technologies of cancer pain relief: themes from the twentieth century Progress in Palliative Care 11(5): 256-260
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Wright M, Clark D(2003) The development of paediatric palliative care in Warsaw, Poland European Journal of Palliative Care 10(3): 120-123
Wright M, Clark D(2003) The development of palliative care in Poznan, Poland European Journal of Palliative Care 10(1): 26-29
Wright M, Clark D(2003) The development of palliative care in St Petersburg, Russian Federation European Journal of Palliative Care 10(2): 72-75
Clark D, Wright M(2003) The International Observatory on End of Life Care Hospice Information Bulletin 2(2):
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Clark D, Wright M, Bath P, Gatrell A(2003) The International Observatory on End of Life Care: a new research and development initiative in end of life care Progress in Palliative Care 11(2): 136-138
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Books
Centeno C, Clark D, Lynch T, Rocafort J, Flores LA, Greenwood A, Brasch S, Praill D, Giordano A, DeLima L(2007) EAPC Atlas of Palliative Care in Europe Milan: IAHPCPress
... Published
Centeno C, Clark D, Lynch T, Rocafort J, Flores LA, Greenwood A, Brasch S, Praill D, Giordano A, DeLima L(2007) EAPC Atlas of Palliative Care in Europe (Data CD version) Milan: IAHPCPress
... Published
Wright M, Clark D, (in association with Hunt J and Lynch T)(2006) Hospice and Palliative Care in Africa: A review of developments and challenges. Oxford: Oxford University Press
... Published
Clark D, Small N, Wright M, Winslow M, Hughes N(2005) A Bit of Heaven for the Few?: An oral history of the modern hospice movement in the United Kingdom. Lancaster: Observatory Publications
... Published
Winslow M, Clark D(2005) St Joseph's Hospice, Hackney: A century of caring in the East End of London. Lancaster: Observatory Publications
... Published
Clark D, Wright M(2003) Transitions in End of Life Care: hospice and related developments in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Buckingham: Open University Press
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Book Chapters
Clark D(2004) History, gender and culture in the rise of palliative care.. In S Payne, J Seymour, C Ingleton (eds) Palliative Care Nursing. Principles and Evidence for Practice. Maidenhead: Open University Press: pp39-54
Stjernswärd J, Clark D(2003) Palliative medicine: a global perspective. D Doyle, GWC Hanks N Cherny, KC Calman (eds) Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine, Third edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press: 1199-1224
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Reports
McDermott L, Clark D(2006) Evaluation of World Hospice and Palliative Care Day - 2005 Prepared for Help the Hospices. ../../global/pdf/evaluation.pdf
(Grateful thanks to Hospice Information)
Wright M, Wood J, Lynch T, Clark D(2006) Mapping levels of palliative care development: a global view.
Link to report in PDF format: here.
Clark D(2003) A cloak around the world. A report of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Associations Seminar, 30 March - 01 April 2003 in The Hague. Prepared for Help the Hospices. pdf/cloak.pdf
(Grateful thanks to Hospice Information)
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