Staff Profile - Sheila Payne
Help the Hospices Professor of Hospice Studies
Sheila Payne
Sheila Payne's post, which is the first full time position of its kind in the UK, will be supported over five years by the national charity Help the Hospices. Based in the Observatory, Sheila will lead on important new research to help improve the lives of the many thousands of patients and families who depend on hospice care every year.
Having recently joined us from the University of Sheffield, Sheila specialises in bereavement, palliative care in cancer and chronic illness. She is a former nurse and health psychologist and worked clinically before going into academia 20 years ago. She has been researching into palliative care since the early 1990's setting up research groups in the UK. She is also a trustee of St Luke's Hospice in Sheffield.
Sheila is Co-Director of the Cancer Experiences Collaborative (CECo).
Current Projects
Cancer Experiences Collaborative (CECo)
Independent Evaluation of the Marie Curie ‘Delivering Choice Programme’
Ethnicity and Cancer: examining psychosocial transitions for older people
Identification of the problems and needs after stroke
Journal Articles
Payne S, Hawker S, Kerr C, Seamark D, Jarrett N, Roberts H, Smith H(2007) Healthcare workers’ skills: perceived competence and experiences of end-of-life care in community hospitals Progress in Palliative Care 15(3): 118-125
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Sargeant A, Payne S, Gott M, Small N, Oliviere D(2007) User involvement in palliative care: motivational factors for service users and professionals Progress in Palliative Care 15(3): 126-132
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Hawker S, Kerr C, Payne S et al(2006) End-of-life Care in Community Hospitals: The perceptions of bereaved family members Palliative Medicine 20(5): 541-547
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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Books
Payne S, Seymour J, Ingleton C(2007) Palliative Care Nursing: principles and evidence for practice (second edition) London: Open University Press
... In Press
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