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Here you can find publications from the CDCD team:
Collins, E. F., Galloway-Salazar, Q., Johnson, E., Blechman, J., Rush, M., Clare, E., ... & Izumi, S. (2025). Top ten tips palliative care clinicians should know about end-of-life doulas. Journal of palliative medicine, 28(6), 808-814.
Krawczyk, M., Clare, E., Collins, E., Farr, S., Johnson, E., Mallmes, J., ... & Rigal, J. (2023). End-of-life doulas: international reflections on a transnational movement. Palliative Care and Social Practice, 17, 26323524231186826.
Clare, E., Elander, J., & Baraniak, A. (2022). How healthcare providers’ own death anxiety influences their communication with patients in end-of-life care: A thematic analysis. Death Studies, 46(7), 1773-1780.
Krawczyk, M., Clare, E., Collins, E., Johnson, E., Mallmes, J., Mallon, A., ... & Rigal, J. (2022). The International End-of-Life Doula Symposium Report.
2025 - Beyond Metrics: Evaluating End of Life Doulas Without Losing Ourselves in the System. Presented at the 4th Annual End of Life Doula International Research Symposium (online)
2024 - Reciprocal benefits of including end of life doulas in community palliative care. Presented at the 8th Public Health Palliative Care International Conference (Bern, Switzerland)
2024 - Integrating End of Life Doulas into the UK National Health Service. Presented at the 3rd Annual End of Life Doula International Research Symposium (Glasgow, UK)
2024 - Death, Dying and Bereavement Support and Training for Care Providers. Presented at Care Managers Show (Birmingham, UK)
2023 - Rethinking End of Life Doula Impact Evaluation: Early Pilot Findings. Presented at the 2nd Annual End of Life Doula International Research Symposium (Vancouver, Canada)
2022 - Integrating End of Life Doulas within Existing Health and Social Care Systems. Presented at the 1st Annual End of Life Doula International Research Symposium (online)
2021 - The Changing Face of Death and Dying in the UK: The Role of Death Competency Development. Presented at East Midlands Doctoral Network (EMDOC)
2019 - The Role of Death Anxiety in Practitioner-Patient End of Life Care Communication: A Thematic Analysis. Presented at Midlands Health Psychology Network Annual Conference