All Outputs (33)

Leadership in Compassionate Care: Executive Summary- Enhancing patient care by promoting compassionate practice. (2012)
Report
Adamson, E., Cook, F., Crowther, C., Dewar, B., Donaldson, J. H., Gloag, A., …Waugh, A. (2012). Leadership in Compassionate Care: Executive Summary- Enhancing patient care by promoting compassionate practice. Edinburgh, Scotland: NHS Lothian/Edinburgh Napier University

The Leadership in Compassionate Care Programme (LCCP) commenced in 2007 as a three year programme of work. Initial funding was received from a private benefactor and the two organisations involved in the programme (NHS Lothian and Edinburgh Nap... Read More about Leadership in Compassionate Care: Executive Summary- Enhancing patient care by promoting compassionate practice..

Leadership in compassionate care: Conference Handbook. (2012)
Conference Proceeding
Adamson, E., Dewar, B., Donaldson, J. H., Gentleman, M., Gray, M., Horsburgh, D., …Waugh, A. (2012). Leadership in compassionate care: Conference Handbook.

The objectives of this conference are to: •Develop a creative forum that stimulates dialogue and learning about compassionate caring in the complex multidisciplinary world of health, social care and healthcare education. •Learn about novel and cr... Read More about Leadership in compassionate care: Conference Handbook..

Embedded kindness: education is essential in ensuring students develop the skills for compassion (2012)
Journal Article
Smith, S. (2012). Embedded kindness: education is essential in ensuring students develop the skills for compassion. Nursing Standard, 26, 24

Education is essential in ensuring students develop the skills for compassion.

Summit: Living and dying well with dementia: Report on themes and key messages. Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care Edinburgh (2011)
Report
Hazelwood, M., Henderson, J., Patterson, R., & Smith, S. (2011). Summit: Living and dying well with dementia: Report on themes and key messages. Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care Edinburgh. Edinburgh: Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care

Hazelwood, M., Henderson, J., Patterson, R., & Smith, S. (2011). Summit: Living and dying well with dementia: Report on themes and key messages. Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care Edinburgh. Edinburgh: Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care

Leadership in Compassionate Care: Conference Handbook. (2011)
Conference Proceeding
Smith, S., Gentleman, M., Tocher, R., Dewar, B., Kalorkoti, J., & Pullin, S. (2011). Leadership in Compassionate Care: Conference Handbook.

Relationship centred outcomes focused on compassionate care for older people within in-patient care settings: Relationship centred compassionate care (2010)
Journal Article
Smith, S., Dewar, B., Pullin, S., & Tocher, R. (2010). Relationship centred outcomes focused on compassionate care for older people within in-patient care settings: Relationship centred compassionate care. International Journal of Older People Nursing, 5(2), 128-136. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-3743.2010.00224.x

This paper describes outcomes from research titled Leadership in Compassionate Care. The research adopts a participatory action research approach, utilizing appreciative inquiry and relationship centred care. Outcomes of the research are based upon r... Read More about Relationship centred outcomes focused on compassionate care for older people within in-patient care settings: Relationship centred compassionate care.

Small changes, big impact (part of Symposium Measuring Compassion through a collaborative and appreciative enquiry). (2010)
Presentation / Conference
McCrossan, G., Smith, F. C., & Smith, S. (2010, May). Small changes, big impact (part of Symposium Measuring Compassion through a collaborative and appreciative enquiry). Paper presented at RCN International Nursing Research Conference, Newcastle; UK

Use of emotional touchpoints as a method of tapping into the experience of receiving compassionate care in a hospital setting (2009)
Journal Article
Dewar, B., Mackay, R., Smith, S., Pullin, S., & Tocher, R. (2010). Use of emotional touchpoints as a method of tapping into the experience of receiving compassionate care in a hospital setting. Journal of Research in Nursing, 15(1), 29-41. https://doi.org/10.1177/1744987109352932

Improving the patient and family experience in hospital and supporting people to deliver compassionate dignified care is a priority on the policy agenda in the UK. The purpose of this paper is to describe our experiences of using the method of emotio... Read More about Use of emotional touchpoints as a method of tapping into the experience of receiving compassionate care in a hospital setting.

Palliative care for people who have a dementia (2009)
Book Chapter
Smith, S. D. M. (2009). Palliative care for people who have a dementia. In S. Milligan, S. Jackson, & E. Stevens (Eds.), Palliative Nursing: Across the Spectrum of Care (142-155). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444322705.ch10

No abstract available.

Symposium: Compassionate Care in Action: Meeting the Challenge of Complexity- Embedding leadership in compassionate care into undergraduate nursing and midwifery curricula: initial findings from an action research study. (2009)
Presentation / Conference
King, L., Donaldson, J. H., Adamson, E., Moody, J., Waugh, A., & Smith, S. (2009, March). Symposium: Compassionate Care in Action: Meeting the Challenge of Complexity- Embedding leadership in compassionate care into undergraduate nursing and midwifery curricula: initial findings from an action research study. Paper presented at RCN Research Conference

Dementia Palliative Care Needs Assessment: A Focus On Spiritual Care (2005)
Journal Article
Smith, S. (2005). Dementia Palliative Care Needs Assessment: A Focus On Spiritual Care. Health and Social Care Chaplaincy, 8(1), 13-19. https://doi.org/10.1558/hscc.v8i1.13

Palliative and dementia care have a focus on holism and follow a person centred approach. Although these values could be described as core, they have arisen from differing perspectives of health and social care and as a result have different foci and... Read More about Dementia Palliative Care Needs Assessment: A Focus On Spiritual Care.

Screening for psychiatric illness in the palliative care inpatient setting: a comparison between the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and the General Health Questionnaire-12 (1999)
Journal Article
Le Fevre, P., Devereux, J., Smith, S., Lawrie, S. M., & Cornbleet, M. (1999). Screening for psychiatric illness in the palliative care inpatient setting: a comparison between the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and the General Health Questionnaire-12. Palliative Medicine, 13(5), 399-407. https://doi.org/10.1191/026921699671260095

The objective of this study was to compare the performance of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) with the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) as a screening instrument for the detection of psychiatric disorders in a palliative... Read More about Screening for psychiatric illness in the palliative care inpatient setting: a comparison between the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and the General Health Questionnaire-12.

Encounters with doctors: quantity and quality (1999)
Journal Article
Smith, S. D. M., Nicol, K. M., Devereux, J., & Cornbleet, M. A. (1999). Encounters with doctors: quantity and quality. Palliative Medicine, 13(3), 217-223. https://doi.org/10.1191/026921699668267830

Continuity of care and the large numbers of health care professionals who deliver that care are issues that frequently concern patients and their families. This study examined the number of doctors encountered by 50 patients, during the period of the... Read More about Encounters with doctors: quantity and quality.