PhD
Ba Social Work
Master Palliative Care
GradCert Grief & Palliative Care Counselling
I am a qualified social worker and have a background in nursing. I specialise in palliative and end of life care, grief and bereavement.
Experience
–present
Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Griffith University / Bereavement Coordinator, Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District, NSW Health , Griffith University
Education
2017
Notre Dame University, Perth, WA, PhD
2012
Edith Cowan University, WA, Master of Palliative Care
2008
University of Adelaide, SA, GradCert Grief & Palliative Care Counselling
2002
Edith Cowan University, WA, Bachelor Social Work
Publications
2018
Use of point of care outcomes data facilitates quality improvement. , Australian Nursing & Midwifery Journal
2018
“You either need help…you feel you don't need help…or you don't feel worthy of asking for it.” Receptivity to bereavement support, Journal of Palliative & Supportive Care.
2018
“I’m tired of having to prove my husband is dead and I’m not.” Dealing with practical matters in bereavement., Death Studies.
2016
A bereavement common assessment framework (B-CAF) in palliative care: Informing practice, transforming care. , American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine
2015
Looking through the lens of Receptivity and its role in bereavement support: A Review of the Literature. , American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine