Project Information
- Project title
- Palliative Care practices in high intensive transplant care units.
- Researcher(s)
- Cecelia Boyd
- Postal address
- PO Box 287, Kallangur, 4503
- Project dates
- Commenced 2002
- Anticipated completion 2006
- Nature of the project
- PhD research thesis research
- NHMRC student Scholarship
- Brief description
The purpose of this study is to examine the experiences of the person and the adequacy of current models of care for the person awaiting transplantation and identify service care needs.
More specifically the objectives are to
- describe the physical, spiritual and psychological and social needs for people during the time of waiting for a transplant and how these change over time;
- identify predictors of physical and psychological wellbeing using the variables of patient demographics, personal and professional resources, length of time on the waiting list and transplant type; and
- explore the experiences of people waiting for a transplant within the health care service system.
- References to the Personal Wellbeing Index
- Cummins, R.A., Eckersley, R. Pallant, J. Van Vugt, J, & Misajon, R. (2003). Developing a national index of subjective wellbeing: The Australian Unity Wellbeing Index. Social Indicators Research, 64, 159-190.
- Cummins, R. A., Hunter, B, Davern, M., Eckersley, R., Lo, S. K., and Okerstrom.,E (2003). The Australian Unity Wellbeing Index: An Overview. Social Indicators Network News, 76, 1-4.