David Clark, Division of Health Research, Lancaster University

David Clark worked in Division of Health Research until September 2009.
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Research Interests

David Clark is Chair of Medical Sociology and Director of the International Observatory on End of Life Care which is based at the Institute for Health Research, Lancaster University [www.eolc-observatory.net]. In October 2005 he was appopinted as Visiting Professor of Hospice Studies at Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin. David was educated at the Universities of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Aberdeen. Following early postgraduate studies in the sociology of religion, his subsequent research interests centred upon sociological aspects of family life, with a particular interest in aspects of marriage, divorce and re-marriage. Whilst working at the MRC Medical Sociology Unit in Aberdeen in the early 1980s, he began to develop an interest in the sociological aspects of health and illness, which has now become his major research focus.

He was appointed Professor of Sociology at Sheffield Hallam University in 1993 and in 1995 became Professor of Medical Sociology at the University of Sheffield, and Associate Director of Trent Palliative Care Centre.

He is currently engaged in a number of studies concerned with service evaluation relating to the provision of palliative care and with issues of policy development, the international growth of palliative care and related ethical issues. He has a particular interest in the historical development of the modern end of life care movement and is writng a book about the history of the Project on Death in America. He is the author of numerous volumes and papers and has recently edited a selection of the letters of Cicely Saunders, published by Oxford University Press. He is an elected member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, a trustee of the UK charity Help the Hospices and a member of the board of the European Association of Palliative Care.

Recent Publications

Clark D, Hockley J and Ahmedzai S (eds) (1997) New Themes in Palliative Care. Buckingham: Open University Press, pp 306

Clark D and Seymour J (1999) Reflections on Palliative Care: Sociological and policy perspectives. Buckingham: Open University Press, pp 223

Field D, Clark D, Corner J and Davis C (eds) (2001) Researching Palliative Care, Buckingham: Open University Press, pp 198

ten Have, H and Clark D (eds) (2002) The Ethics of Palliative Care: European Perspectives. Buckingham: Open University Press, pp 257.

Clark D, Hockley J (eds) (2002) Palliative Care for Older People in Care Homes. Buckingham: Open University Press, pp 191.

Clark D (2002) Cicely Saunders. Founder of the Hospice Movement: Selected Letters 1959-1999. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp 397.

Clark D Wright M (2003) Transitions in End of Life Care: Hospice and related developments in Eastern Europe and Central Asia Buckingham: Open University Press, pp 299.

Clark, D Small, N Wright, M Winslow, M Hughes, N (2005) A Bit of Heaven for the Few? An oral history of the hospice movement in the United Kingdom. Lancaster: Observatory Publications, pp240.

Winslow, M and Clark, D (2005) St Joseph's Hospice, Hackney. A century of caring in the East End of London. Lancaster: Observatory Publications, pp 152.

Wright M, Clark D (2006) Hospice and Palliative Care in Africa: A Review of Developments and Challenges Oxford; Oxford University Press, pp516 .

Bingley, A.F. and Clark, D. (forthcoming) Palliative Care Developments in the region represented by the Middle East Cancer Consortium: A review and comparative analysis. National Cancer Institute: Bethesda, MD

Clark D (2000) Publicaciones de Cicely Saunders. Parte I de 1958 a 1967: bibliografía comentada. Medicina Paliativa 7(1): 31-40

Clark D and Seymour J (2000) Changing times for the independent hospices. British Journal of Health Care Management 6(2): 53-56

Clark D, Ferguson C and Nelson C. (2000) Macmillan carers schemes in England: results of a multicentre evaluation, Palliative Medicine 14: 129-39

Clark D and Merckens J (2000) L'histoire des soins palliatifs: un processus rituel? Infokara 57: 34-40

Clark D (2000) Palliative care history: a ritual process. European Journal of Palliative Care 7(2): 50-55

King G, Mackenzie J, Smith H and Clark D (2000) Dying at home: evaluation of a hospice rapid response service, International Journal of Palliative Nursing 6(6): 280-87

Clark D (2000) Total pain: The work of Cicely Saunders and the hospice movement. American Pain Society Bulletin 10(4) July-August 2000: 13-15

Clark D, Ingleton C and Seymour J (2000) Support and supervision in palliative care research, Palliative Medicine 14(5): 441-46

Clark D, ten Have HAMJ and Janssens RJPA (2000) Common threads? palliative care service developments in seven European countries, Palliative Medicine 14(6): 479-90

Clark D (2000) Series editor's preface. In G Riches and P Dawson, An Intimate Loneliness. Buckingham: Open University Press, xi-xii

Clark D (2001) A special relationship: Cicely Saunders, the United States, and the early foundations of the modern hospice movement, Illness, Crisis and Loss 9(1): 15-30

Janssens R, ten Have H, Clark D, Broeckaert B, Gracia D, Illhardt FJ, Lantz G, Privatera S, Schotsmans P (2001) Palliative care in Europe: towards a more comprehensive understanding. European Journal of Palliative Care 8(1): 20-23

Clark D (2001) Series editor's preface. In M Cobb, The Dying Soul. Buckingham: Open University Press, vii-viii

Clark D (2001) Series editor's preface. In J Hockey, J Katz, and N Small (eds) Grief, Mourning and Death Ritual. Buckingham: Open University Press, xi-xii

Clark D (2001) Series editor's preface in D Field, D Clark, J Corner, and C Davis (eds) Researching Palliative Care. Buckingham: Open University Press, vii-ix

Woods S, Webb P and Clark D (2001) Palliative care in the United Kingdom. In H ten Have and R Janssens Palliative Care in Europe: Concepts and Policies. Amsterdam: IOS Press, 85-95

Clark D (2001) European palliative care in the longue durée. (Editorial) European Journal of Palliative Care 8(3): 92-93

Seymour J, Clark D and Philp I (2001) Palliative care and geriatric medicine: shared concerns, shared challenges (Editorial) Palliative Medicine 15: 269-70

Woods S, Webb P and Clark D (2001) Palliative care in the United Kingdom. In H ten Have and R Janssens (eds) Palliative Care in Europe. Amsterdam: IOS Press, 89-98

Orchard H and Clark D (2001) Soul survivors. Health Service Journal 23 August 2001: 28-29

Clark D (2001) Religion, medicine, and community in the early origins of St Christopher's Hospice. Journal of Palliative Medicine 4(3): 353-360

Ingleton C, Skilbeck J and Clark D (2001) Needs assessment for palliative care: three projects compared, Palliative Medicine 15: 398-404

Clark D, Dickinson G, Lancaster CJ, Noble B, Ahmedzai SH, Philp I (2001) UK geriatric medicine physicians' attitudes to active voluntary euthanasia and physician assisted death. Age and Ageing 30: 395-98

Orchard H and Clark D (2001) Tending the soul as well as the body: spiritual care in nursing and residential homes. International Journal of Palliative Nursing 7(11): 541-46

Noble B, Hughes P, Ingleton C and Clark D (2001) Rural palliative care needs; a survey of primary care professionals in Powys, Wales. International Journal of Palliative Nursing 7(12): 610-15.

Seymour J, Clark D and Marples R (2002) Palliative care and policy in England: a review of health improvement plans for 1999-2003. Palliative Medicine 16:

Clark D (2002) Foreword. In J Hearn and K Myers, Palliative Day Care in Practice. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Clark D (2002) Between hope and acceptance: the medicalisation of dying. British Medical Journal 324: 905-07.

Skilbeck J, Corner J, Bath P, Beech N, Clark D, Hughes P, Douglas H-R, Halliday D, Haviland J, Marples R, Normand C, Seymour J, Webb T (2002) Clinical nurse specialists in palliative care: a description of the Macmillan Nurse caseload (1), Palliative Medicine 16: 285-96

Clark D (2002) A palliative gondozás története: rituális folyamat? (Palliative care history: a ritual process) and Merre tartanak a hospice-ok? (Whither the Hospices?) In C Péter (ed) Segítségnyújtás a végeken. Budapest: British Know-How Alap. [In Hungarian]

Dickinson G, Lancaster C, Clark D, Ahmedzai SH and Noble W (2002) UK physicians' attitudes toward active voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. Death Studies 26: 479-90

Clark D (2002) Beacons in Eastern Europe (Comment) European Journal of Palliative Care 9(5): 180

Wright M, Clark D (2002) Palliative care in Brasov, Romania. European Journal of Palliative Care 9(5): 202-205

Seymour J, Bellamy G, Gott M, Ahmedzai SH and Clark D (2002) Using focus groups to explore older people's attitudes to end of life care. Ageing and Society 22: 517-526

Clark D, Seymour J, Douglas H-R, Bath P, Beech N, Corner J, Halliday D, Hughes P Haviland J, Normand C, Marples R, Skilbeck J, Webb T (2002) Clinical nurse specialists in palliative care (2): explaining diversity in the organisation and costs of Macmillan nursing services, Palliative Medicine 16: 375-85

Seymour J, Clark D, Hughes P, Bath P, Beech N, Corner J, Douglas H-R, Halliday D, Haviland J, Marples R, Normand C, Skilbeck J and Webb T (2002) Clinical nurse specialists in palliative care (3): issues for the Macmillan Nurse role, Palliative Medicine 16: 386-94

Clark D, Seymour J and Wright M (2002) Utjecaj politickih cimbenika na razvoj palijativne skrbi u Velikoj Britaniji. Revija za Socijalnu Politiku, UDK 304(36): 359-70. [In Croatian]

Wright M, Clark D (2002) The development of terminal care in Budapest, Hungary. European Journal of Palliative Care 9(6): 245-48

Clark D, Dickinson G, Lancaster CJ, Noble B, Seymour J and Ahmedzai SH (2002) UK intensive care physicians' attitudes to active voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted death. British Journal of Intensive Care 11(4): 102-107

Seymour JE, Bellamy G, Gott M, Ahmedzai SH and Clark D (2002) Good deaths, bad deaths: older people's assessments of the risk and benefits of morphine and terminal sedation in end-of-life care, Health Risk and Society 4(3): 287-303

Clark D and Wright M (2002) Átmenetek az élet végi gondozásban. A hospice fejlodése Kelet-Európában és Közép-Ázsiában. (Jelentés az Open :Society Institute számára). Kharón, VI(3): 7:22. [In Hungarian]

Clark D. (2002) Why study hospice history? Contact (RCN Palliative Nursing Group Newsletter) Autumn 2002: 4-5

Wright M, Clark D (2003) Palliative care in Poznan, Poland. European Journal of Palliative Care 10(1): 29-29.

Clark D (2003) (Foreword) In S Grant. Standing on His Own Two Feet. Felixstowe, UK: Braiswick.

Ingleton C, Hughes P, Noble B, Gray HM and Clark D (2003) An evaluation of the Macmillan GP clinical facilitator project: the post-holders' perspective. Primary Health Care Research and Development 4: 177-86

Corner,J Halliday,D Haviland,J Douglas,H-R Bath,P Clark,D Normand,C Beech,N Hughes,P Marples,R Seymour,J Skilbeck,J Webb,T (2003) Exploring nursing outcomes for patients with advanced cancer following intervention by Macmillan specialist palliative care nurses. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 41(6):561-574.

Wright M, Clark D (2003) The development of palliative care in St Petersburg, Russia. European Journal of Palliative Care 10(2): 72-75

Wright M, Clark D (2003) The development of paediatric palliative care in Warsaw, Poland. European Journal of Palliative Care 10(3): 120-123

Clark, D (2003) Shaken and stirred: Robert Twycross and the Brompton Cocktail. In Twenty Five Years in Palliaitve Medicine at Sir Michael Sobell House. A festschrift for Robert Twycross. Oxford: Radcliffe Medical Press, 7-11.

Matersvedt, L J Clark, D Ellershaw, J Forde, R Boeck Gravgaard, AM Muller-Busch, C Porta I (2003) Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide: a view from an EAPC Ethics Task Force. European Journal of Palliative Care 10(2): 63-656

Materstvedt LJ, Clark D, Ellershaw J, Førde R, Boeck Gravgaard A-M, Müller-Busch HC, Porta i Sales J, Rapin C-H (2003) Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide: a view from an EAPC Ethics Task Force. Palliative Medicine 17:97-101

Clark, D Wright, M Bath, P Gatrell, A (2003) The International Observatory on End of Life Care: a new research and development initiative in end of life care. Progress in Palliative Care 11(3):137-138.

Clark D (2003) The rise and demise of the ";Brompton Cocktail" In ML Meldrum (ed) Opioids and Pain Relief: a Historical perspective. Progress in Pain Research and Management, Vol 25. Seattle: IASP Press, 85-98.

Douglas, H-R Halliday, D Normand, C Corner, J Bath, P Beech, N Clark, D Hughes, P Marples, R Seymour, J Skilbeck, J Webb, T (2003) Economic evaluation of specialist cancer and palliative nursing: a literature review, International Journal of Palliative Nursing 9(10): 424-28.

Douglas, H-R Halliday, D Normand, C Corner, J Bath, P Beech, N Clark, D Hughes, P Marples, R Seymour, J Skilbeck, J Webb, T (2003) Economic evaluation of specialist cancer and palliative nursing: Macmillan Evaluation Study findings, International Journal of Palliative Nursing 9(10): 429-38.

Wright, M Clark, D (2003) A new research initiative in Africa Progress in Palliative Care 11(4): 191-92.

Wright M, Clark D (2003) Palliative care in Poznan, Poland. European Journal of Palliative Care 10(1): 26-29.

Clark D (2003) (Foreword) In S Grant. Standing on His Own Two Feet. Felixstowe, UK: Braiswick.

Corner, J Halliday, D Haviland, J Douglas, H-R Bath, P Clark, D Normand, C Beech, N Hughes, P Marples, R Seymour, J Skilbeck, J Webb, T (2003) Exploring nursing outcomes for patients with advanced cancer following intervention by Macmillan specialist palliative care nurses. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 41(6):561-574.

Wright M, Clark D (2003) The development of palliative care in St Petersburg, Russia. European Journal of Palliative Care 10(2): 72-75

Wright M, Clark D (2003) The development of paediatric palliative care in Warsaw, Poland. European Journal of Palliative Care 10(3): 120-123

Clark, D (2003) Shaken and stirred: Robert Twycross and the Brompton Cocktail. In Twenty Five Years in Palliative Medicine at Sir Michael Sobell House. A festschrift for Robert Twycross. Oxford: Radcliffe Medical Press, 7-11.

Materstvedt, L J Clark, D Ellershaw, J Forde, R Boeck Gravgaard, AM Muller-Busch, C Porta I (2003) Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide: a view from an EAPC Ethics Task Force. European Journal of Palliative Care 10(2): 63-656

Clark D (2003) The rise and demise of the "Brompton Cocktail" In ML Meldrum (ed) Opioids and Pain Relief: a Historical perspective. Progress in Pain Research and Management, Vol 25. Seattle: IASP Press, 85-98.

Douglas, H-R Halliday, D Normand, C Corner, J Bath, P Beech, N Clark, D Hughes, P Marples, R Seymour, J Skilbeck, J Webb, T (2003) Economic evaluation of specialist cancer and palliative nursing: Macmillan Evaluation Study findings, International Journal of Palliative Nursing 9(10): 429-38.

Wright, M Clark, D (2003) A new research initiative in Africa Progress in Palliative Care 11(4): 191-92.

Stjernsward, J Clark, D (2003) Palliative medicine - a global perspective. In D Doyle, GWC Hanks N Cherny, KC Calman (eds) Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine Third edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003, pp1199-1224.

Clark, D (2003) Foreword. In C Saunders Watch with Me. Inspiration for a life in hospice care. Sheffield: Mortal Press

Noble, B Hughes, P Ingleton, C Berg, J Clark, D (2003) Impact of the Powys Macmillan GP clinical facilitator project: views of health-care professionals. International Journal of Palliative Nursing 9(12): 528-33.

Winslow, M Clark, D Seymour, J Noble, B ten Have, H Meldrum, M Paz, S (2003) Changing technologies of cancer pain relief: themes from the twentieth century. Progress in Palliative Care, 11 (5): 256-260.

Clark, D (2003) The International Observatory on End of Life Care: a new initiative to support palliative care development around the world. Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy 17:3/4: 231-238.

Ingleton, C Morgan, J Hughes, P Noble, B Evans, A Clark, D (2004) Carer satisfaction with end-of-life care in Powys, Wales: a cross-sectional survey. Health and Social Care in the Community 12(1): 43-52.

Clark, D (2004) History, gender and culture in the rise of palliative care. In S Payne, J Seymour, C Ingleton (eds) Palliative Care Nursing. Principles and Evidence for Practice. Maidenhead: Open University Press, pp39-54.

Materstvedt, LJ Clark, D Ellershaw, J Førde, R Gravgaard, A-MMüller-Busch, HC Porta i Sales, J Rapin, C-H (2004) Eutanasia e suicidio assistito dal medico: il punto di vista di una Task Force sull'etica dell'EAPC. Rivista Italiana di Cure Palliative. 6(1):42-6.

Thomas, C Morris, S Clark, D (2004) Place of death: preferences among cancer patients and their carers Social Science and Medicine 58(12): 2431-2444

Seymour, J Gott, M Bellamy, G Ahmedzai, SH Clark, D (2004) Planning for the end of life: the views of older people about advance care statements. Social Science and Medicine 59(1):57-68.

Hughes, PH Ingleton, MC Noble, B Clark, D (2004) Providing cancer and palliative care in rural areas: a review of patient and carer needs. Journal of Palliative Care 20(1): 44-9.

Wright M, Clark D (2004) Hospice care in Russia. Progress in Palliative Care 12(1):27-29

Bath, PA Clark, D Wright, M (2004) The International Observatory on End of Life Care (IOELC): an information resource for palliative care. Health Informatics Journal 10(2): 121-126.

Gott, M Seymour, J Bellamy, G Clark, D Ahmedzai, S (2004) Older people's views about home as a place of care at the end of life. Palliative Medicine 18: 460-467.

Wright, M Clark, J Greenwood, A Callaway, M Clark, D (2004) Palliative care policy development in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia: an Open Society Institute initiative. Progress in Palliative Care 12(2): 71-75.

Bestall, JC Ahmed, N Ahmedzai, SH Payne, SA Noble, B Clark, D (2004) Access and referral to specialist palliative care: patients' and professionals' experiences. International Journal of Palliative Nursing 10(8):381-89.

Ahmed, N Bestall, JC Ahemedzai, SH Payne, SA Clark, D Noble, B (2004) Systematic review of the problems and issues of accessing specialist palliative care by patients, carers and health and social care professionals. Palliative Medicine 18:525-542.

Clark, D (2004) Foreword. In D Oliviere and B Monroe Death, Dying and Social Differences Oxford: Oxford University Press, vii-ix.

Clark, D (2004) Series Editor's Preface. In L Sandman A Good Death. On the value of death and dying. Maidenhead: Open University Press, vii-ix.

Defilippi, K Downing, J Merriman, A Clark, D (2004) Editorial: A palliative care association for the whole of Africa. Palliative Medicine 18: 583-584.

Clark, D Ingleton, C Hughes, P Yap, T Noble, B (2004) Evaluation of a scheme to advance palliative care in rural Wales. Supportive Care in Cancer 12: 683-691.

Corner, J Clark, D (2004) Palliative care and public health: tackling the problem of lung cancer. Polska Medycyna Paliatywna 3(3): 193-201. ( In Polish and English).

Hughes, N Clark, D (2004) "A thoughful and experienced physician": William Munk and the care of the dying in late Victorian England. Journal of Palliative Medicine 7(5): 703-710.

Winslow, M Clark, D Symour, J Graham, F Paz, S ten Have, H Meldrum, M Noble, B (2004) Changing technologies of cancer pain relief: case studies of innovation. Progress in Palliative Care 12(3): 23-33.

Materstvedt, LJ Clark, D Ellershaw, J Førde, R Gravgaard, A-MMüller-Busch, HC Porta i Sales, J Rapin, C-H (2004) Euthanasie und artztlich unterstutzter Suizid: eine Stellungnamhe der Ethics Task Force der European Association for Palliative Care Zeitschrift fur Palliativmedizin. 5:102-106.

Centeno, C Clark, D Rocafort, J Florez Perez, L A (2004) EAPC task force on the development of palliative care in Europe. European Journal of Palliative Care 11(6); 257-59.

Paz, S and Clark, D (2004) Palliative care in Argentina: barriers, opportunities and recommendations for future developments. Progress in Palliative Care 12(6): 303-311.

Clark, D (2005) Series Editor's Preface. In P Firth G Luff D Oliviere Loss, Change and Bereavement in Palliative Care. Maidenhead: Open University Press, vi-iix.

Graham, F Clark, D (2005) Addressing the basics of palliative care. International Journal of Palliative Nursing 11(1): 36-39.Clark, D (2005) The history of cancer pain relief. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 29(1): 1.

Winslow, M Seymour, J Clark, D (2005) Stories of cancer pain: a historical perspective. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 29(1): 22-31.Seymour, J Clark, D Winslow, M (2005) Pain and palliative care: the emergence of new specialties. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 29(1): 2-13

Noble, B Clark, D Meldrum, M ten Have, H Seymour, J Winslow, M Paz, S (2005) The measurement of pain, 1945-2000. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 29(1): 14-21

Graham, F and Clark, D (2005) The syringe driver and the subcutaneous route in palliative care: the inventor, the history and the implications. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 29(1): 32-40.

Dickinson, GE Clark, D Winslow, M Marples, R (2005) US physicians' attitudes concerning euthanasia and physician-assisted death: A systematic literature review. Mortality 10(1):43-52.

Clark, D (2005) Series Editor's Preface. In J Ling and L O'Siorain (eds) Palliative Care in Ireland.. Maidenhead: Open University Press, vi-vii.

O'Brien, T and Clark, D (2005) A national plan for palliative care - the Irish experience. In J Ling and L O'Siorain (eds) Palliative Care in Ireland. Maidenhead: Open University Press, 3-18.

Paz, S Clark, D (2005) Palliative care in Colombia. Progress in Palliative Care 13(2): 75-83.

Clark, D (2005) Series Editor's Preface. In D Waller and C Sibbett (eds) Art Therapy and Cancer Care.. Maidenhead: Open University Press, xv-xvi.

Clark, D (2005) Series Editor's Preface. In H ten Have and J Welie Death and Medical Power. Maidenhead: Open University Press, ix-x.Seymour, J and Clark, D The modern history of morphine use in cancer pain. European Journal of Palliative Care 12(4): 152-55.

Graham, F and Clark, D Definition and evaluation: developing the debate on community participation in palliative care. Indian Journal of Palliative Care. 11(1): 2-5.

Clark, D (2005) The International Observatory on End of Life Care: a 'community of effort' for global improvement. Medicina Paliativa. Vol 12. No. extraordinario: 13-14.

Clark, D (2005) An interview with Cicely Saunders: da Oxford alla cura dei morenti, un viaggio professionale e spirituale. La Rivista Italian di Cure Palliative 3 (Autumn): 10-20.

Materstvedt, LJ Clark, D Ellershaw, J Førde, R Gravgaard, A-MMüller-Busch, HC Porta i Sales, J Rapin, C-H (2005) Eutanasia ja lääkäriavusteinen itsemurha: EAPC:n eettisten kysymysten työryhmän näkemys. Suomen Lääkärilehti 40/2005, vsk 60: 4027-31.

McDermott, E Bingley, A F Thomas, C Payne, S Seymour, J and 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.

Clark, D (2006) Introduction. In Saunders, C Selected Writings 1958-2004. Oxford: Oxford University Press, ppxiii-xxvii.

Clark, D Centeno, C (2006) Palliative care in Europe: an emerging approach to comparative analysis. Clinical Medicine 6(2): 197-201.

Winslow, M Clark, D (2006) St Joseph's Hospice, Hackney: documenting a centenary history. Progress in Palliative Care, 14(2) 68-74.

Bingley, AF McDermott, E Thomas, C Payne, S Seymour, J Clark, D (2006) Making sense of dying: a review of narratives written since 1950 by people facing death from cancer and other diseases. Palliative Medicine 20:183-195.

Clark , D (2006) The development of palliative medicine in the UK and Ireland. In E Bruera, I Higginson, C Ripamonti, C von Gunten, Textbook of Palliative Medicine. London: Hodder Arnold, pp3-9.

Storey, L., Wood, J. and Clark, D. (2006) Developing an evaluation strategy for ' Preferred Place of Care'. Progress in Palliative Care 14(3) 120-123.

O'Brien, M Clark, D (2006) Online illness narratives about living with motor neurone disease: a quantitative analysis. British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing 2(8): 410-414.

Winslow, M Paz, S Clark, D Seymour, J Noble, B (2007) Pharmacogenetics and the relief of cancer pain. International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society 2:

Clark, D Wright, M Hunt, J Lynch, T (2007) Hospice and palliative care development in Africa: a multi-method review of services and experiences. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management June 33(6):698-710.

Callaway, M Foley, KM de Lima, L Connor, SR Dix, O, Lynch, T Wright, M Clark, D (2007) Funding for palliative care programs in developing countries. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Clark, D Wright, M (2007) The International Observatory on End of Life Care: a global view of palliative care development. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 33(5):542-546.

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> Home The Division Postgraduate Studies Research News and Events Staff Publications Links Contact Us SEARCH using keywords/tags or full text search.	Professor David Clark David Clark worked in Division of Health Research until September 2009. This page is displayed as a record, please note that the information may be out of date. Professor of Medical Sociology Associated research centres and groups: International Observatory on End of Life Care Personal website Research Interests David Clark is Chair of Medical Sociology and Director of the International Observatory on End of Life Care which is based at the Institute for Health Research, Lancaster University [www.eolc-observatory.net]. In October 2005 he was appopinted as Visiting Professor of Hospice Studies at Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin. David was educated at the Universities of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Aberdeen. Following early postgraduate studies in the sociology of religion, his subsequent research interests centred upon sociological aspects of family life, with a particular interest in aspects of marriage, divorce and re-marriage. Whilst working at the MRC Medical Sociology Unit in Aberdeen in the early 1980s, he began to develop an interest in the sociological aspects of health and illness, which has now become his major research focus. He was appointed Professor of Sociology at Sheffield Hallam University in 1993 and in 1995 became Professor of Medical Sociology at the University of Sheffield, and Associate Director of Trent Palliative Care Centre. He is currently engaged in a number of studies concerned with service evaluation relating to the provision of palliative care and with issues of policy development, the international growth of palliative care and related ethical issues. He has a particular interest in the historical development of the modern end of life care movement and is writng a book about the history of the Project on Death in America. He is the author of numerous volumes and papers and has recently edited a selection of the letters of Cicely Saunders, published by Oxford University Press. He is an elected member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, a trustee of the UK charity Help the Hospices and a member of the board of the European Association of Palliative Care. Recent Publications Books Clark D, Hockley J and Ahmedzai S (eds) (1997) New Themes in Palliative Care. Buckingham: Open University Press, pp 306 Clark D and Seymour J (1999) Reflections on Palliative Care: Sociological and policy perspectives. Buckingham: Open University Press, pp 223 Field D, Clark D, Corner J and Davis C (eds) (2001) Researching Palliative Care, Buckingham: Open University Press, pp 198 ten Have, H and Clark D (eds) (2002) The Ethics of Palliative Care: European Perspectives. Buckingham: Open University Press, pp 257. Clark D, Hockley J (eds) (2002) Palliative Care for Older People in Care Homes. Buckingham: Open University Press, pp 191. Clark D (2002) Cicely Saunders. Founder of the Hospice Movement: Selected Letters 1959-1999. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp 397. Clark D Wright M (2003) Transitions in End of Life Care: Hospice and related developments in Eastern Europe and Central Asia Buckingham: Open University Press, pp 299. Clark, D Small, N Wright, M Winslow, M Hughes, N (2005) A Bit of Heaven for the Few? An oral history of the hospice movement in the United Kingdom. Lancaster: Observatory Publications, pp240. Winslow, M and Clark, D (2005) St Joseph's Hospice, Hackney. A century of caring in the East End of London. Lancaster: Observatory Publications, pp 152. Wright M, Clark D (2006) Hospice and Palliative Care in Africa: A Review of Developments and Challenges Oxford; Oxford University Press, pp516 . Bingley, A.F. and Clark, D. (forthcoming) Palliative Care Developments in the region represented by the Middle East Cancer Consortium: A review and comparative analysis. National Cancer Institute: Bethesda, MD Chapters/articles Clark D (2000) Publicaciones de Cicely Saunders. Parte I de 1958 a 1967: bibliografía comentada. Medicina Paliativa 7(1): 31-40 Clark D and Seymour J (2000) Changing times for the independent hospices. British Journal of Health Care Management 6(2): 53-56 Clark D, Ferguson C and Nelson C. (2000) Macmillan carers schemes in England: results of a multicentre evaluation, Palliative Medicine 14: 129-39 Clark D and Merckens J (2000) L'histoire des soins palliatifs: un processus rituel? Infokara 57: 34-40 Clark D (2000) Palliative care history: a ritual process. European Journal of Palliative Care 7(2): 50-55 King G, Mackenzie J, Smith H and Clark D (2000) Dying at home: evaluation of a hospice rapid response service, International Journal of Palliative Nursing 6(6): 280-87 Clark D (2000) Total pain: The work of Cicely Saunders and the hospice movement. American Pain Society Bulletin 10(4) July-August 2000: 13-15 Clark D, Ingleton C and Seymour J (2000) Support and supervision in palliative care research, Palliative Medicine 14(5): 441-46 Clark D, ten Have HAMJ and Janssens RJPA (2000) Common threads? palliative care service developments in seven European countries, Palliative Medicine 14(6): 479-90 Clark D (2000) Series editor's preface. In G Riches and P Dawson, An Intimate Loneliness. Buckingham: Open University Press, xi-xii Clark D (2001) A special relationship: Cicely Saunders, the United States, and the early foundations of the modern hospice movement, Illness, Crisis and Loss 9(1): 15-30 Janssens R, ten Have H, Clark D, Broeckaert B, Gracia D, Illhardt FJ, Lantz G, Privatera S, Schotsmans P (2001) Palliative care in Europe: towards a more comprehensive understanding. European Journal of Palliative Care 8(1): 20-23 Clark D (2001) Series editor's preface. In M Cobb, The Dying Soul. Buckingham: Open University Press, vii-viii Clark D (2001) Series editor's preface. In J Hockey, J Katz, and N Small (eds) Grief, Mourning and Death Ritual. Buckingham: Open University Press, xi-xii Clark D (2001) Series editor's preface in D Field, D Clark, J Corner, and C Davis (eds) Researching Palliative Care. Buckingham: Open University Press, vii-ix Woods S, Webb P and Clark D (2001) Palliative care in the United Kingdom. In H ten Have and R Janssens Palliative Care in Europe: Concepts and Policies. Amsterdam: IOS Press, 85-95 Clark D (2001) European palliative care in the longue durée. (Editorial) European Journal of Palliative Care 8(3): 92-93 Seymour J, Clark D and Philp I (2001) Palliative care and geriatric medicine: shared concerns, shared challenges (Editorial) Palliative Medicine 15: 269-70 Woods S, Webb P and Clark D (2001) Palliative care in the United Kingdom. In H ten Have and R Janssens (eds) Palliative Care in Europe. Amsterdam: IOS Press, 89-98 Orchard H and Clark D (2001) Soul survivors. Health Service Journal 23 August 2001: 28-29 Clark D (2001) Religion, medicine, and community in the early origins of St Christopher's Hospice. Journal of Palliative Medicine 4(3): 353-360 Ingleton C, Skilbeck J and Clark D (2001) Needs assessment for palliative care: three projects compared, Palliative Medicine 15: 398-404 Clark D, Dickinson G, Lancaster CJ, Noble B, Ahmedzai SH, Philp I (2001) UK geriatric medicine physicians' attitudes to active voluntary euthanasia and physician assisted death. Age and Ageing 30: 395-98 Orchard H and Clark D (2001) Tending the soul as well as the body: spiritual care in nursing and residential homes. International Journal of Palliative Nursing 7(11): 541-46 Noble B, Hughes P, Ingleton C and Clark D (2001) Rural palliative care needs; a survey of primary care professionals in Powys, Wales. International Journal of Palliative Nursing 7(12): 610-15. Seymour J, Clark D and Marples R (2002) Palliative care and policy in England: a review of health improvement plans for 1999-2003. Palliative Medicine 16: Clark D (2002) Foreword. In J Hearn and K Myers, Palliative Day Care in Practice. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Clark D (2002) Between hope and acceptance: the medicalisation of dying. British Medical Journal 324: 905-07. Skilbeck J, Corner J, Bath P, Beech N, Clark D, Hughes P, Douglas H-R, Halliday D, Haviland J, Marples R, Normand C, Seymour J, Webb T (2002) Clinical nurse specialists in palliative care: a description of the Macmillan Nurse caseload (1), Palliative Medicine 16: 285-96 Clark D (2002) A palliative gondozás története: rituális folyamat? (Palliative care history: a ritual process) and Merre tartanak a hospice-ok? (Whither the Hospices?) In C Péter (ed) Segítségnyújtás a végeken. Budapest: British Know-How Alap. [In Hungarian] Dickinson G, Lancaster C, Clark D, Ahmedzai SH and Noble W (2002) UK physicians' attitudes toward active voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. Death Studies 26: 479-90 Clark D (2002) Beacons in Eastern Europe (Comment) European Journal of Palliative Care 9(5): 180 Wright M, Clark D (2002) Palliative care in Brasov, Romania. European Journal of Palliative Care 9(5): 202-205 Seymour J, Bellamy G, Gott M, Ahmedzai SH and Clark D (2002) Using focus groups to explore older people's attitudes to end of life care. Ageing and Society 22: 517-526 Clark D, Seymour J, Douglas H-R, Bath P, Beech N, Corner J, Halliday D, Hughes P Haviland J, Normand C, Marples R, Skilbeck J, Webb T (2002) Clinical nurse specialists in palliative care (2): explaining diversity in the organisation and costs of Macmillan nursing services, Palliative Medicine 16: 375-85 Seymour J, Clark D, Hughes P, Bath P, Beech N, Corner J, Douglas H-R, Halliday D, Haviland J, Marples R, Normand C, Skilbeck J and Webb T (2002) Clinical nurse specialists in palliative care (3): issues for the Macmillan Nurse role, Palliative Medicine 16: 386-94 Clark D, Seymour J and Wright M (2002) Utjecaj politickih cimbenika na razvoj palijativne skrbi u Velikoj Britaniji. Revija za Socijalnu Politiku, UDK 304(36): 359-70. [In Croatian] Wright M, Clark D (2002) The development of terminal care in Budapest, Hungary. European Journal of Palliative Care 9(6): 245-48 Clark D, Dickinson G, Lancaster CJ, Noble B, Seymour J and Ahmedzai SH (2002) UK intensive care physicians' attitudes to active voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted death. British Journal of Intensive Care 11(4): 102-107 Seymour JE, Bellamy G, Gott M, Ahmedzai SH and Clark D (2002) Good deaths, bad deaths: older people's assessments of the risk and benefits of morphine and terminal sedation in end-of-life care, Health Risk and Society 4(3): 287-303 Clark D and Wright M (2002) Átmenetek az élet végi gondozásban. A hospice fejlodése Kelet-Európában és Közép-Ázsiában. (Jelentés az Open :Society Institute számára). Kharón, VI(3): 7:22. [In Hungarian] Clark D. (2002) Why study hospice history? Contact (RCN Palliative Nursing Group Newsletter) Autumn 2002: 4-5 Wright M, Clark D (2003) Palliative care in Poznan, Poland. European Journal of Palliative Care 10(1): 29-29. Clark D (2003) (Foreword) In S Grant. Standing on His Own Two Feet. Felixstowe, UK: Braiswick. Ingleton C, Hughes P, Noble B, Gray HM and Clark D (2003) An evaluation of the Macmillan GP clinical facilitator project: the post-holders' perspective. Primary Health Care Research and Development 4: 177-86 Corner,J Halliday,D Haviland,J Douglas,H-R Bath,P Clark,D Normand,C Beech,N Hughes,P Marples,R Seymour,J Skilbeck,J Webb,T (2003) Exploring nursing outcomes for patients with advanced cancer following intervention by Macmillan specialist palliative care nurses. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 41(6):561-574. Wright M, Clark D (2003) The development of palliative care in St Petersburg, Russia. European Journal of Palliative Care 10(2): 72-75 Wright M, Clark D (2003) The development of paediatric palliative care in Warsaw, Poland. European Journal of Palliative Care 10(3): 120-123 Clark, D (2003) Shaken and stirred: Robert Twycross and the Brompton Cocktail. In Twenty Five Years in Palliaitve Medicine at Sir Michael Sobell House. A festschrift for Robert Twycross. Oxford: Radcliffe Medical Press, 7-11. Matersvedt, L J Clark, D Ellershaw, J Forde, R Boeck Gravgaard, AM Muller-Busch, C Porta I (2003) Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide: a view from an EAPC Ethics Task Force. European Journal of Palliative Care 10(2): 63-656 Materstvedt LJ, Clark D, Ellershaw J, Førde R, Boeck Gravgaard A-M, Müller-Busch HC, Porta i Sales J, Rapin C-H (2003) Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide: a view from an EAPC Ethics Task Force. Palliative Medicine 17:97-101 Clark, D Wright, M Bath, P Gatrell, A (2003) The International Observatory on End of Life Care: a new research and development initiative in end of life care. Progress in Palliative Care 11(3):137-138. Clark D (2003) The rise and demise of the ";Brompton Cocktail" In ML Meldrum (ed) Opioids and Pain Relief: a Historical perspective. Progress in Pain Research and Management, Vol 25. Seattle: IASP Press, 85-98. Clark, D Dame Cicely Saunders. Pharos Summer, 8-9. Douglas, H-R Halliday, D Normand, C Corner, J Bath, P Beech, N Clark, D Hughes, P Marples, R Seymour, J Skilbeck, J Webb, T (2003) Economic evaluation of specialist cancer and palliative nursing: a literature review, International Journal of Palliative Nursing 9(10): 424-28. Douglas, H-R Halliday, D Normand, C Corner, J Bath, P Beech, N Clark, D Hughes, P Marples, R Seymour, J Skilbeck, J Webb, T (2003) Economic evaluation of specialist cancer and palliative nursing: Macmillan Evaluation Study findings, International Journal of Palliative Nursing 9(10): 429-38. Wright, M Clark, D (2003) A new research initiative in Africa Progress in Palliative Care 11(4): 191-92. Wright M, Clark D (2003) Palliative care in Poznan, Poland. European Journal of Palliative Care 10(1): 26-29. Clark D (2003) (Foreword) In S Grant. Standing on His Own Two Feet. Felixstowe, UK: Braiswick. Ingleton C, Hughes P, Noble B, Gray HM and Clark D (2003) An evaluation of the Macmillan GP clinical facilitator project: the post-holders' perspective. Primary Health Care Research and Development 4: 177-86 Corner, J Halliday, D Haviland, J Douglas, H-R Bath, P Clark, D Normand, C Beech, N Hughes, P Marples, R Seymour, J Skilbeck, J Webb, T (2003) Exploring nursing outcomes for patients with advanced cancer following intervention by Macmillan specialist palliative care nurses. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 41(6):561-574. Wright M, Clark D (2003) The development of palliative care in St Petersburg, Russia. European Journal of Palliative Care 10(2): 72-75 Wright M, Clark D (2003) The development of paediatric palliative care in Warsaw, Poland. European Journal of Palliative Care 10(3): 120-123 Clark, D (2003) Shaken and stirred: Robert Twycross and the Brompton Cocktail. In Twenty Five Years in Palliative Medicine at Sir Michael Sobell House. A festschrift for Robert Twycross. Oxford: Radcliffe Medical Press, 7-11. Materstvedt, L J Clark, D Ellershaw, J Forde, R Boeck Gravgaard, AM Muller-Busch, C Porta I (2003) Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide: a view from an EAPC Ethics Task Force. European Journal of Palliative Care 10(2): 63-656 Materstvedt LJ, Clark D, Ellershaw J, Førde R, Boeck Gravgaard A-M, Müller-Busch HC, Porta i Sales J, Rapin C-H (2003) Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide: a view from an EAPC Ethics Task Force. Palliative Medicine 17:97-101 Clark, D Wright, M Bath, P Gatrell, A (2003) The International Observatory on End of Life Care: a new research and development initiative in end of life care. Progress in Palliative Care 11(3):137-138. Clark D (2003) The rise and demise of the "Brompton Cocktail" In ML Meldrum (ed) Opioids and Pain Relief: a Historical perspective. Progress in Pain Research and Management, Vol 25. Seattle: IASP Press, 85-98. Clark, D (2003) Dame Cicely Saunders. Pharos Summer, 8-9. Douglas, H-R Halliday, D Normand, C Corner, J Bath, P Beech, N Clark, D Hughes, P Marples, R Seymour, J Skilbeck, J Webb, T (2003) Economic evaluation of specialist cancer and palliative nursing: a literature review, International Journal of Palliative Nursing 9(10): 424-28. Douglas, H-R Halliday, D Normand, C Corner, J Bath, P Beech, N Clark, D Hughes, P Marples, R Seymour, J Skilbeck, J Webb, T (2003) Economic evaluation of specialist cancer and palliative nursing: Macmillan Evaluation Study findings, International Journal of Palliative Nursing 9(10): 429-38. Wright, M Clark, D (2003) A new research initiative in Africa Progress in Palliative Care 11(4): 191-92. Stjernsward, J Clark, D (2003) Palliative medicine - a global perspective. In D Doyle, GWC Hanks N Cherny, KC Calman (eds) Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine Third edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003, pp1199-1224. Clark, D (2003) Foreword. In C Saunders Watch with Me. Inspiration for a life in hospice care. Sheffield: Mortal Press Noble, B Hughes, P Ingleton, C Berg, J Clark, D (2003) Impact of the Powys Macmillan GP clinical facilitator project: views of health-care professionals. International Journal of Palliative Nursing 9(12): 528-33. Winslow, M Clark, D Seymour, J Noble, B ten Have, H Meldrum, M Paz, S (2003) Changing technologies of cancer pain relief: themes from the twentieth century. Progress in Palliative Care, 11 (5): 256-260. Clark, D (2003) Editorial. Indian Journal of Palliative Care 9(2): 40-46. Clark, D (2003) The International Observatory on End of Life Care: a new initiative to support palliative care development around the world. Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy 17:3/4: 231-238. Ingleton, C Morgan, J Hughes, P Noble, B Evans, A Clark, D (2004) Carer satisfaction with end-of-life care in Powys, Wales: a cross-sectional survey. Health and Social Care in the Community 12(1): 43-52. Clark, D (2004) History, gender and culture in the rise of palliative care. In S Payne, J Seymour, C Ingleton (eds) Palliative Care Nursing. Principles and Evidence for Practice. Maidenhead: Open University Press, pp39-54. Materstvedt, LJ Clark, D Ellershaw, J Førde, R Gravgaard, A-MMüller-Busch, HC Porta i Sales, J Rapin, C-H (2004) Eutanasia e suicidio assistito dal medico: il punto di vista di una Task Force sull'etica dell'EAPC. Rivista Italiana di Cure Palliative. 6(1):42-6. Thomas, C Morris, S Clark, D (2004) Place of death: preferences among cancer patients and their carers Social Science and Medicine 58(12): 2431-2444 Seymour, J Gott, M Bellamy, G Ahmedzai, SH Clark, D (2004) Planning for the end of life: the views of older people about advance care statements. Social Science and Medicine 59(1):57-68. Hughes, PH Ingleton, MC Noble, B Clark, D (2004) Providing cancer and palliative care in rural areas: a review of patient and carer needs. Journal of Palliative Care 20(1): 44-9. Wright M, Clark D (2004) Hospice care in Russia. Progress in Palliative Care 12(1):27-29 Bath, PA Clark, D Wright, M (2004) The International Observatory on End of Life Care (IOELC): an information resource for palliative care. Health Informatics Journal 10(2): 121-126. Gott, M Seymour, J Bellamy, G Clark, D Ahmedzai, S (2004) Older people's views about home as a place of care at the end of life. Palliative Medicine 18: 460-467. Wright, M Clark, J Greenwood, A Callaway, M Clark, D (2004) Palliative care policy development in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia: an Open Society Institute initiative. Progress in Palliative Care 12(2): 71-75. Bestall, JC Ahmed, N Ahmedzai, SH Payne, SA Noble, B Clark, D (2004) Access and referral to specialist palliative care: patients' and professionals' experiences. International Journal of Palliative Nursing 10(8):381-89. Ahmed, N Bestall, JC Ahemedzai, SH Payne, SA Clark, D Noble, B (2004) Systematic review of the problems and issues of accessing specialist palliative care by patients, carers and health and social care professionals. Palliative Medicine 18:525-542. Clark, D (2004) Foreword. In D Oliviere and B Monroe Death, Dying and Social Differences Oxford: Oxford University Press, vii-ix. Clark, D (2004) Series Editor's Preface. In L Sandman A Good Death. On the value of death and dying. Maidenhead: Open University Press, vii-ix. Defilippi, K Downing, J Merriman, A Clark, D (2004) Editorial: A palliative care association for the whole of Africa. Palliative Medicine 18: 583-584. Clark, D Ingleton, C Hughes, P Yap, T Noble, B (2004) Evaluation of a scheme to advance palliative care in rural Wales. Supportive Care in Cancer 12: 683-691. Corner, J Clark, D (2004) Palliative care and public health: tackling the problem of lung cancer. Polska Medycyna Paliatywna 3(3): 193-201. ( In Polish and English). Hughes, N Clark, D (2004) "A thoughful and experienced physician": William Munk and the care of the dying in late Victorian England. Journal of Palliative Medicine 7(5): 703-710. Winslow, M Clark, D Symour, J Graham, F Paz, S ten Have, H Meldrum, M Noble, B (2004) Changing technologies of cancer pain relief: case studies of innovation. Progress in Palliative Care 12(3): 23-33. Materstvedt, LJ Clark, D Ellershaw, J Førde, R Gravgaard, A-MMüller-Busch, HC Porta i Sales, J Rapin, C-H (2004) Euthanasie und artztlich unterstutzter Suizid: eine Stellungnamhe der Ethics Task Force der European Association for Palliative Care Zeitschrift fur Palliativmedizin. 5:102-106. Centeno, C Clark, D Rocafort, J Florez Perez, L A (2004) EAPC task force on the development of palliative care in Europe. European Journal of Palliative Care 11(6); 257-59. Paz, S and Clark, D (2004) Palliative care in Argentina: barriers, opportunities and recommendations for future developments. Progress in Palliative Care 12(6): 303-311. Clark, D (2005) Series Editor's Preface. In P Firth G Luff D Oliviere Loss, Change and Bereavement in Palliative Care. Maidenhead: Open University Press, vi-iix. Graham, F Clark, D (2005) Addressing the basics of palliative care. International Journal of Palliative Nursing 11(1): 36-39.Clark, D (2005) The history of cancer pain relief. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 29(1): 1. Winslow, M Seymour, J Clark, D (2005) Stories of cancer pain: a historical perspective. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 29(1): 22-31.Seymour, J Clark, D Winslow, M (2005) Pain and palliative care: the emergence of new specialties. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 29(1): 2-13 Noble, B Clark, D Meldrum, M ten Have, H Seymour, J Winslow, M Paz, S (2005) The measurement of pain, 1945-2000. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 29(1): 14-21 Graham, F and Clark, D (2005) The syringe driver and the subcutaneous route in palliative care: the inventor, the history and the implications. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 29(1): 32-40. Dickinson, GE Clark, D Winslow, M Marples, R (2005) US physicians' attitudes concerning euthanasia and physician-assisted death: A systematic literature review. Mortality 10(1):43-52. Clark, D (2005) Series Editor's Preface. In J Ling and L O'Siorain (eds) Palliative Care in Ireland.. Maidenhead: Open University Press, vi-vii. O'Brien, T and Clark, D (2005) A national plan for palliative care - the Irish experience. In J Ling and L O'Siorain (eds) Palliative Care in Ireland. Maidenhead: Open University Press, 3-18. Paz, S Clark, D (2005) Palliative care in Colombia. Progress in Palliative Care 13(2): 75-83. Clark, D (2005) Series Editor's Preface. In D Waller and C Sibbett (eds) Art Therapy and Cancer Care.. Maidenhead: Open University Press, xv-xvi. Clark, D (2005) Series Editor's Preface. In H ten Have and J Welie Death and Medical Power. Maidenhead: Open University Press, ix-x.Seymour, J and Clark, D The modern history of morphine use in cancer pain. European Journal of Palliative Care 12(4): 152-55. Graham, F and Clark, D Definition and evaluation: developing the debate on community participation in palliative care. Indian Journal of Palliative Care. 11(1): 2-5. Clark, D (2005) The International Observatory on End of Life Care: a 'community of effort' for global improvement. Medicina Paliativa. Vol 12. No. extraordinario: 13-14. Clark, D (2005) An interview with Cicely Saunders: da Oxford alla cura dei morenti, un viaggio professionale e spirituale. La Rivista Italian di Cure Palliative 3 (Autumn): 10-20. Materstvedt, LJ Clark, D Ellershaw, J Førde, R Gravgaard, A-MMüller-Busch, HC Porta i Sales, J Rapin, C-H (2005) Eutanasia ja lääkäriavusteinen itsemurha: EAPC:n eettisten kysymysten työryhmän näkemys. Suomen Lääkärilehti 40/2005, vsk 60: 4027-31. McDermott, E Bingley, A F Thomas, C Payne, S Seymour, J and 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. Clark, D (2006) Introduction. In Saunders, C Selected Writings 1958-2004. Oxford: Oxford University Press, ppxiii-xxvii. Clark, D Centeno, C (2006) Palliative care in Europe: an emerging approach to comparative analysis. Clinical Medicine 6(2): 197-201. Winslow, M Clark, D (2006) St Joseph's Hospice, Hackney: documenting a centenary history. Progress in Palliative Care, 14(2) 68-74. Bingley, AF McDermott, E Thomas, C Payne, S Seymour, J Clark, D (2006) Making sense of dying: a review of narratives written since 1950 by people facing death from cancer and other diseases. Palliative Medicine 20:183-195. Clark , D (2006) The development of palliative medicine in the UK and Ireland. In E Bruera, I Higginson, C Ripamonti, C von Gunten, Textbook of Palliative Medicine. London: Hodder Arnold, pp3-9. Storey, L., Wood, J. and Clark, D. (2006) Developing an evaluation strategy for ' Preferred Place of Care'. Progress in Palliative Care 14(3) 120-123. O'Brien, M Clark, D (2006) Online illness narratives about living with motor neurone disease: a quantitative analysis. British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing 2(8): 410-414. Winslow, M Paz, S Clark, D Seymour, J Noble, B (2007) Pharmacogenetics and the relief of cancer pain. International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society 2: Clark, D Wright, M Hunt, J Lynch, T (2007) Hospice and palliative care development in Africa: a multi-method review of services and experiences. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management June 33(6):698-710. Callaway, M Foley, KM de Lima, L Connor, SR Dix, O, Lynch, T Wright, M Clark, D (2007) Funding for palliative care programs in developing countries. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 33(5):509-513. Clark, D Wright, M (2007) The International Observatory on End of Life Care: a global view of palliative care development. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 33(5):542-546. Associated Keywords: Health, International development, Ireland, Palliative care, Public health, Research methods, Supportive care «Back	View Staff Profiles Division of Health Research Staff All Faculty Staff Search Faculty by Keyword
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