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Open AccessParental perspectives on the grief and support needs of children and young people bereaved during the COVID-19 pandemic: qualitative findings from a national survey
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many children and young people have experienced the death of close family members, whilst also facing unprecedented disruption to their lives. This study aimed to investigate the ...
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Open AccessDo palliative care patients and relatives think it would be acceptable to use Bispectral index (BIS) technology to monitor palliative care patients’ levels of consciousness? A qualitative exploration with interviews and focus groups for the I-CAN-CARE research programme
Bispectral index (BIS) monitoring uses electroencephalographic data as an indicator of patients’ consciousness level. This technology might be a useful adjunct to clinical observation when titrating sedative m...
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Open AccessDevelopment and user-testing of a brief decision aid for aspirin as a preventive approach alongside colorectal cancer screening
Several epidemiological and cohort studies suggest that regular low-dose aspirin use independently reduces the long-term incidence and risk of colorectal cancer deaths by approximately 20%. However, there are ...
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Open AccessUsing the United Kingdom standards for public involvement to evaluate the impact of public involvement in a multinational clinical study
The publication of the United Kingdom (UK) Standards for Public Involvement (PI) (UK Standards) in research drew a clear line in the sand regarding the importance of utilising the unique experience, skills and...
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Open AccessCo** and wellbeing in bereavement: two core outcomes for evaluating bereavement support in palliative care
Bereavement support is a core part of palliative care. However, the evidence base is limited by a lack of consistency in the outcomes used to evaluate services and models of support, which makes it difficult t...
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Towards an understanding of the learning processes that occur in synchronous online seminars for the professional development of experienced educators
The National College for School Leadership (now the National College) exists to serve the development needs of school leaders in England. The College has begun to use web conferencing in several areas of its w...
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Understanding the experience of non contributory online participants (readers) in National College for School Leadership online communities
This study explored the range of participation taking place in the National College for School Leadership (NCSL) online communities and focussed on participants who defined themselves as not actively contribut...
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Creating a model to examine motivation for sustained engagement in online communities
This paper considers factors that influenced long-term engagement in an online community. It draws on a case study of a 6 year online collaboration amongst a group of European teachers. The email interchange b...
