Editorial Board
Audrey Roulston
Lecturer in Social Work · United Kingdom
Editorial leadership for Journal of Palliative Care And Hospice
Research interests
- End Of Life Care Decision-Making Psychosocial Aspects Of Palliative
- End Of Life Care Advanced Lung Cancer Bereavement Needs Assessment
Biography
- I qualified as a social worker in 1996 and specialised in palliative and end of life care, working within the community and hospice care settings.
- I transferred into a permanent research post within Marie Curie Cancer Care in 2008 and conducted a number of palliative care and bereavement research studies regionally, nationally and internationally.
- I moved into a full-time academic post at Queen's University Belfast in 2010.
- My PhD research explored end of life care decision-making by patients with advanced lung cancer, and their professionals.
Selected publications
- Support needs and barriers to accessing support: Baseline results of a mixed-methods national survey of people bereaved during the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 cited 73×
- Exploring the impact of mindfulnesss on mental wellbeing, stress and resilience of undergraduate social work students 2017 cited 51×
- Promoting Readiness to Practice: Which Learning Activities Promote Competence and Professional Identity for Student Social Workers During Practice Learning? 2018 cited 36×
- The Mindfulness-Based Social Work and Self-Care Programme: A Mixed Methods Evaluation Study 2021 cited 35×
- Deaths in Prison Custody: A Scoping Review of the Experiences of Staff and Bereaved Relatives 2020 cited 12×
- International Collaboration in the Time of COVID-19: The World Hospice and Palliative Care Social Work Network 2021 cited 11×
Ranked by citation impact (Crossref) where available, newest otherwise · verified via ORCID.
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