Dr Marian Krawczyk
- Lecturer in Health and Social Policy (End of Life) (Social & Environmental Sustainability)
- Associate (School of Health & Wellbeing)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236Biography
I obtained my PhD in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Simon Fraser University (Canada, 2015). My research was an ethnographic study of hospital palliative care specialists and patients, and how they collectively negotiated the dying process within increasingly complex health systems.
Before joining the University of Glasgow I held several post-doctoral positions in partnership with Trinity Western University (Langley, B.C.), The Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences (Providence Health, Vancouver, B.C.), and The Canadian Frailty Network.
My previous degrees are in Communication (Masters, Simon Fraser University) and Anthropology (Bachelor, University of British Columbia).
In conjunction with my academic career, I have also worked as an independent research consultant, holding a number of coordinator positions on large multi-year health research initiatives.
Research interests
Palliative and end of life care
- Prognostic uncertainty
- Hospital - Organizational culture and systems modeling
- The history of palliative care
- Total pain
- End of life/Death doulas
- Patient-reported outcome and experience measures
Ethnographic, qualitative and non-traditional methods
Affective labour and affect theory
The human microbiome
Publications
2025
Krawczyk, Marian 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236, Solbrække, Kari Nyheim and Thoresen, Lisbeth
(2025)
Extending the concept of total pain to cancer survivorship.
Frontiers in Sociology, 9,
1387096.
(doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2024.1387096)
2024
Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236
(2024)
Death doulas could lead end-of-life care.
British Medical Journal, 387,
q2853.
(doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2853)
(PMID:39715640)
Krawczyk, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236, Rigal, J., Mallon, A., Farr, S., Clare, E., Mallmes, J. and Oberle, K.
(2024)
Summary Report: Discussion Forum and Recommendations from the 3rd Annual End-of-Life Doula International Research Symposium.
Project Report.
University of Glasgow.
(doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.340172).
2023
Leomo, Kevin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4419-9360 and Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236
(2023)
Envisioning 'the End': Death Across Medical, Social & Musical Perspectives.
Bio-LIt Talks, Advanced Research Centre, Glasgow, 7 November 2023.
(Unpublished)
Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236, Clare, Emma, Collins, Erin, Farr, Sarah, Johnson, Elizabeth, Mallmes, Jennifer, Mallon, Annetta, Oberle, Kelly and Rigal, Jennifer
(2023)
End-of-life doulas: international reflections on a transnational movement.
Palliative Care and Social Practice, 17,
p. 26323524231186826.
(doi: 10.1177/26323524231186826)
Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236, Wood, Joe ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8133-9660 and Calanzani, Natalia
(2023)
A New Approach to Suffering in Life-Limiting Illness: Total Pain and the Human Microbiome.
Documentation.
University of Glasgow, Glasgow.
(doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.302028).
Funk, Laura, Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236, Cherba, Maria, Cohen, S. Robin, Dujela, Carren, Nichols, Camille and Stajduhar, Kelli
(2023)
‘The beauty and the less beautiful’: exploring the meanings of dying at ‘home’ among community and practitioner representatives and advocates across Canada.
Palliative Care and Social Practice, 17,
p. 26323524231156944.
(doi: 10.1177/26323524231156944)
Krawczyk, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236, Clare, E., Collins, A., Farr, S., Johnston, E., Mallmes, J., Mallon, A., Oberle, K. and Rigal, J.
(2023)
End-of-Life Doulas.
Other.
University of Glasgow, Glasgow.
(doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.303788).
2022
Funk, Laura M., Mackenzie, Corey S., Cherba, Maria, Del Rosario, Nicole, Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236, Rounce, Andrea, Stajduhar, Kelli and Cohen, S. Robin
(2022)
Where would Canadians prefer to die? Variation by situational severity, support for family obligations, and age in a national study.
BMC Palliative Care, 21,
139.
(doi: 10.1186/s12904-022-01023-1)
(PMID:35909120)
(PMCID:PMC9340714)
Richards, Naomi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3029-5132 and Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236
(2022)
Classic anthropological theories to help understand caregiving and dying during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Anthropology Now, 14(1-2),
pp. 102-111.
(doi: 10.1080/19428200.2022.2119753)
Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236, Clare, Emma, Collins, Erin, Johnson, Elizabeth, Mallmes, Jennifer, Mallon, Annetta, Farr, Sarah, Oberle, Kelly and Rigal, Jennifer
(2022)
The International End-of-Life Doula Symposium Report.
Documentation.
University of Glasgow, Dumfries.
(doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.281490).
2021
Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236
(2021)
Organizing end of life in hospital palliative care: a Canadian example.
Social Science and Medicine, 291,
112493.
(doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112493)
(PMID:31495608)
Richards, Naomi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3029-5132 and Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236
(2021)
What is the cultural value of dying in an era of assisted dying?
Medical Humanities, 47(1),
pp. 61-67.
(doi: 10.1136/medhum-2018-011621)
(PMID:31350304)
Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236 and Richards, Naomi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3029-5132
(2021)
A critical rejoinder to "Life’s end: Ethnographic Perspectives".
Death Studies, 45(5),
pp. 405-412.
(doi: 10.1080/07481187.2019.1639903)
2020
Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236 and Rush, Merilynne
(2020)
Describing the end-of-life doula role and practices of care: perspectives from four countries.
Palliative Care and Social Practice, 14,
pp. 1-15.
(doi: 10.1177/2632352420973226)
(PMID:33336188)
(PMCID:PMC7724419)
2019
Balen, Erna C., Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236, Gue, Deborah, Jackson, Shannon, Gouw, Samantha C., Bom, Johanna G. and Sawatzky, Richard
(2019)
Patient‐centred care in haemophilia: patient perspectives on visualization and participation in decision‐making.
Haemophilia, 25(6),
pp. 938-945.
(doi: 10.1111/hae.13830)
(PMID:31531924)
Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236 and Sawatzky, Richard
(2019)
Relational use of an electronic quality of life and practice support system in hospital palliative consult care: a pilot study.
Palliative and Supportive Care, 17(2),
pp. 208-213.
(doi: 10.1017/S1478951518000020)
(PMID:29516852)
Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236, Sawatzky, Richard, Schick-Makaroff, Kara, Stajduhar, Kelli, Öhlen, Joakim, Reimer-Kirkham, Sheryl, Mercedes Laforest, Esther and Cohen, Robin
(2019)
Micro-meso-macro practice tensions in using patient-reported outcome and experience measures in hospital palliative care.
Qualitative Health Research, 29(4),
pp. 510-521.
(doi: 10.1177/1049732318761366)
(PMID:29542400)
Derrick, Gemma Elizabeth, Carrasco, José Miguel, Gómez-Baceiredo, Beatriz, Navas, Alejandro, Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236, García, Miriam and Centeno, Carlos
(2019)
Social representation of palliative care in the Spanish printed media: A qualitative analysis.
PLoS ONE, 14(1),
e0211106.
(doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211106)
(PMID:30682109)
(PMCID:PMC6347435)
2018
Sawatzky, R. et al. (2018) Design and introduction of a quality of life assessment and practice support system: perspectives from palliative care settings. Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes, 2(1), 36. (doi: 10.1186/s41687-018-0065-2)
Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236 and Richards, Naomi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3029-5132
(2018)
The relevance of ‘total pain’ in palliative care practice and policy.
European Journal of Palliative Care, 25(3),
pp. 128-130.
Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236
(2018)
"I'm here to help with pain": diagnosing and resolving total pain in hospital palliative care.
In: Nissen, Nina and Risør, Mette Bech (eds.)
Diagnostic Fluidity: Working with Uncertainty and Mutability.
Universidad de Tarragona: Tarragona, Spain, pp. 149-169.
ISBN 9788484246633
Krawczyk, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236, Wood, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8133-9660 and Clark, D.
(2018)
Total pain: origins, current practice, and future directions.
Omsorg: The Norwegian Journal of Palliative Care, 2018(2),
2017
Eamer, Gilgamesh, Gibson, Jennifer A., Gillis, Chelsea, Hsu, Amy T., Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236, MacDonald, Emily, Whitlock, Reid and Khadaroo, Rachel G.
(2017)
Is current preoperative frailty assessment adequate?
Canadian Journal of Surgery, 60(6),
1417.
(doi: 10.1503/cjs.001417)
(PMID:28930048)
MacCourt, Penny, McLennan, Marianne, Somers, Sandie and Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236
(2017)
Effectiveness of a grief intervention for caregivers of people with dementia.
Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 75(3),
pp. 230-247.
(doi: 10.1177/0030222816652802)
(PMID:28701116)
Eamer, Gilgamesh, Gibson, Jennifer A., Gillis, Chelsia, Hsu, Amy T., Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236, MacDonald, Emily, Whitlock, Reid and Khadaroo, Rachel G.
(2017)
Surgical frailty assessment: a missed opportunity.
BMC Anesthesiology, 17,
99.
(doi: 10.1186/s12871-017-0390-7)
(PMID:28738809)
(PMCID:PMC5525360)
Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236
(2017)
Approaching death: Informed consent and research relationships at the end of life.
Medicine, Anthropology and Theory,
7096.
2016
Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236 and Gallagher, Romayne
(2016)
Communicating prognostic uncertainty in potential end-of-life contexts: experiences of family members.
BMC Palliative Care, 15,
59.
(doi: 10.1186/s12904-016-0133-4)
(PMID:27405352)
(PMCID:PMC4941030)
2015
Elliot, Denielle, Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236, Gurney, Corrina, Myran, Archie, Rockethunder, Rod and Storm, Lyanna
(2015)
Reimagining aboriginality, addictions, and collaborative research in inner city Vancouver, Canada.
Creative Approaches to Research, 8(1),
pp. 22-40.
2013
Gallagher, Romayne and Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236
(2013)
Family members’ perceptions of end-of-life care across diverse locations of care.
BMC Palliative Care, 12,
25.
(doi: 10.1186/1472-684X-12-25)
(PMID:23870101)
(PMCID:PMC3750390)
2011
Moore, Dawn, Freeman, Lisa and Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236
(2011)
Spatio-therapeutics: drug treatment courts and urban space.
Social and Legal Studies, 20(2),
pp. 157-172.
(doi: 10.1177/0964663910391521)
Articles
Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236, Solbrække, Kari Nyheim and Thoresen, Lisbeth
(2025)
Extending the concept of total pain to cancer survivorship.
Frontiers in Sociology, 9,
1387096.
(doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2024.1387096)
Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236
(2024)
Death doulas could lead end-of-life care.
British Medical Journal, 387,
q2853.
(doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2853)
(PMID:39715640)
Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236, Clare, Emma, Collins, Erin, Farr, Sarah, Johnson, Elizabeth, Mallmes, Jennifer, Mallon, Annetta, Oberle, Kelly and Rigal, Jennifer
(2023)
End-of-life doulas: international reflections on a transnational movement.
Palliative Care and Social Practice, 17,
p. 26323524231186826.
(doi: 10.1177/26323524231186826)
Funk, Laura, Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236, Cherba, Maria, Cohen, S. Robin, Dujela, Carren, Nichols, Camille and Stajduhar, Kelli
(2023)
‘The beauty and the less beautiful’: exploring the meanings of dying at ‘home’ among community and practitioner representatives and advocates across Canada.
Palliative Care and Social Practice, 17,
p. 26323524231156944.
(doi: 10.1177/26323524231156944)
Funk, Laura M., Mackenzie, Corey S., Cherba, Maria, Del Rosario, Nicole, Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236, Rounce, Andrea, Stajduhar, Kelli and Cohen, S. Robin
(2022)
Where would Canadians prefer to die? Variation by situational severity, support for family obligations, and age in a national study.
BMC Palliative Care, 21,
139.
(doi: 10.1186/s12904-022-01023-1)
(PMID:35909120)
(PMCID:PMC9340714)
Richards, Naomi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3029-5132 and Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236
(2022)
Classic anthropological theories to help understand caregiving and dying during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Anthropology Now, 14(1-2),
pp. 102-111.
(doi: 10.1080/19428200.2022.2119753)
Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236
(2021)
Organizing end of life in hospital palliative care: a Canadian example.
Social Science and Medicine, 291,
112493.
(doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112493)
(PMID:31495608)
Richards, Naomi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3029-5132 and Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236
(2021)
What is the cultural value of dying in an era of assisted dying?
Medical Humanities, 47(1),
pp. 61-67.
(doi: 10.1136/medhum-2018-011621)
(PMID:31350304)
Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236 and Richards, Naomi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3029-5132
(2021)
A critical rejoinder to "Life’s end: Ethnographic Perspectives".
Death Studies, 45(5),
pp. 405-412.
(doi: 10.1080/07481187.2019.1639903)
Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236 and Rush, Merilynne
(2020)
Describing the end-of-life doula role and practices of care: perspectives from four countries.
Palliative Care and Social Practice, 14,
pp. 1-15.
(doi: 10.1177/2632352420973226)
(PMID:33336188)
(PMCID:PMC7724419)
Balen, Erna C., Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236, Gue, Deborah, Jackson, Shannon, Gouw, Samantha C., Bom, Johanna G. and Sawatzky, Richard
(2019)
Patient‐centred care in haemophilia: patient perspectives on visualization and participation in decision‐making.
Haemophilia, 25(6),
pp. 938-945.
(doi: 10.1111/hae.13830)
(PMID:31531924)
Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236 and Sawatzky, Richard
(2019)
Relational use of an electronic quality of life and practice support system in hospital palliative consult care: a pilot study.
Palliative and Supportive Care, 17(2),
pp. 208-213.
(doi: 10.1017/S1478951518000020)
(PMID:29516852)
Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236, Sawatzky, Richard, Schick-Makaroff, Kara, Stajduhar, Kelli, Öhlen, Joakim, Reimer-Kirkham, Sheryl, Mercedes Laforest, Esther and Cohen, Robin
(2019)
Micro-meso-macro practice tensions in using patient-reported outcome and experience measures in hospital palliative care.
Qualitative Health Research, 29(4),
pp. 510-521.
(doi: 10.1177/1049732318761366)
(PMID:29542400)
Derrick, Gemma Elizabeth, Carrasco, José Miguel, Gómez-Baceiredo, Beatriz, Navas, Alejandro, Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236, García, Miriam and Centeno, Carlos
(2019)
Social representation of palliative care in the Spanish printed media: A qualitative analysis.
PLoS ONE, 14(1),
e0211106.
(doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211106)
(PMID:30682109)
(PMCID:PMC6347435)
Sawatzky, R. et al. (2018) Design and introduction of a quality of life assessment and practice support system: perspectives from palliative care settings. Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes, 2(1), 36. (doi: 10.1186/s41687-018-0065-2)
Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236 and Richards, Naomi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3029-5132
(2018)
The relevance of ‘total pain’ in palliative care practice and policy.
European Journal of Palliative Care, 25(3),
pp. 128-130.
Krawczyk, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236, Wood, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8133-9660 and Clark, D.
(2018)
Total pain: origins, current practice, and future directions.
Omsorg: The Norwegian Journal of Palliative Care, 2018(2),
Eamer, Gilgamesh, Gibson, Jennifer A., Gillis, Chelsea, Hsu, Amy T., Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236, MacDonald, Emily, Whitlock, Reid and Khadaroo, Rachel G.
(2017)
Is current preoperative frailty assessment adequate?
Canadian Journal of Surgery, 60(6),
1417.
(doi: 10.1503/cjs.001417)
(PMID:28930048)
MacCourt, Penny, McLennan, Marianne, Somers, Sandie and Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236
(2017)
Effectiveness of a grief intervention for caregivers of people with dementia.
Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 75(3),
pp. 230-247.
(doi: 10.1177/0030222816652802)
(PMID:28701116)
Eamer, Gilgamesh, Gibson, Jennifer A., Gillis, Chelsia, Hsu, Amy T., Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236, MacDonald, Emily, Whitlock, Reid and Khadaroo, Rachel G.
(2017)
Surgical frailty assessment: a missed opportunity.
BMC Anesthesiology, 17,
99.
(doi: 10.1186/s12871-017-0390-7)
(PMID:28738809)
(PMCID:PMC5525360)
Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236
(2017)
Approaching death: Informed consent and research relationships at the end of life.
Medicine, Anthropology and Theory,
7096.
Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236 and Gallagher, Romayne
(2016)
Communicating prognostic uncertainty in potential end-of-life contexts: experiences of family members.
BMC Palliative Care, 15,
59.
(doi: 10.1186/s12904-016-0133-4)
(PMID:27405352)
(PMCID:PMC4941030)
Elliot, Denielle, Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236, Gurney, Corrina, Myran, Archie, Rockethunder, Rod and Storm, Lyanna
(2015)
Reimagining aboriginality, addictions, and collaborative research in inner city Vancouver, Canada.
Creative Approaches to Research, 8(1),
pp. 22-40.
Gallagher, Romayne and Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236
(2013)
Family members’ perceptions of end-of-life care across diverse locations of care.
BMC Palliative Care, 12,
25.
(doi: 10.1186/1472-684X-12-25)
(PMID:23870101)
(PMCID:PMC3750390)
Moore, Dawn, Freeman, Lisa and Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236
(2011)
Spatio-therapeutics: drug treatment courts and urban space.
Social and Legal Studies, 20(2),
pp. 157-172.
(doi: 10.1177/0964663910391521)
Book Sections
Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236
(2018)
"I'm here to help with pain": diagnosing and resolving total pain in hospital palliative care.
In: Nissen, Nina and Risør, Mette Bech (eds.)
Diagnostic Fluidity: Working with Uncertainty and Mutability.
Universidad de Tarragona: Tarragona, Spain, pp. 149-169.
ISBN 9788484246633
Research Reports or Papers
Krawczyk, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236, Rigal, J., Mallon, A., Farr, S., Clare, E., Mallmes, J. and Oberle, K.
(2024)
Summary Report: Discussion Forum and Recommendations from the 3rd Annual End-of-Life Doula International Research Symposium.
Project Report.
University of Glasgow.
(doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.340172).
Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236, Wood, Joe ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8133-9660 and Calanzani, Natalia
(2023)
A New Approach to Suffering in Life-Limiting Illness: Total Pain and the Human Microbiome.
Documentation.
University of Glasgow, Glasgow.
(doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.302028).
Krawczyk, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236, Clare, E., Collins, A., Farr, S., Johnston, E., Mallmes, J., Mallon, A., Oberle, K. and Rigal, J.
(2023)
End-of-Life Doulas.
Other.
University of Glasgow, Glasgow.
(doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.303788).
Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236, Clare, Emma, Collins, Erin, Johnson, Elizabeth, Mallmes, Jennifer, Mallon, Annetta, Farr, Sarah, Oberle, Kelly and Rigal, Jennifer
(2022)
The International End-of-Life Doula Symposium Report.
Documentation.
University of Glasgow, Dumfries.
(doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.281490).
Conference or Workshop Item
Leomo, Kevin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4419-9360 and Krawczyk, Marian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-6236
(2023)
Envisioning 'the End': Death Across Medical, Social & Musical Perspectives.
Bio-LIt Talks, Advanced Research Centre, Glasgow, 7 November 2023.
(Unpublished)
Grants
I was recently awarded a Carnegie Foundation Research Incentive Grant (2018) for "A new approach to suffering in life-limiting llness: Total pain, embodiment, and the human microbiome".
Supervision
I currently supervise a PhD student. The project "Examining ‘Total Pain’ in Palliative Care Practice and Policy" is a scoping study of current understanding, and operationalisation, of the concept of ‘total pain’ amongst palliative care practitioners and end of life policy-makers in a range of countries in the global north.
- St Hilaire Glenn, Andrea Bevin
To explore children's perspectives at the end of life - Wang, Hui
Developing a comprehensive critical thinking test for China.
Additional information
- I am a member of the Glasgow End of Life Studies Group
- I contribute to the End of Life Studies blog
I also recently conrbitued to the "Think: Health" series from Australian Public Radio 2ser 107.3. Entitled "Dealing with Death" (Episode #90), it centres on the fascinating story of Sophie, who recounts her experiences of touching, and being with, those she loved after she died. You can find the episode here.
