Research
A ten-year research project focused on Interpreting the Meaning of Existence for the Person with Motor Neurone Disease, and their Family Carer(s)
Peer reviewed published papers:
Harris, D. (2021) Interpreting end-of-life experiences of the person with motor neurone disease. Palliative and Supportive Care, 1–2.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1478951521000699
Harris, D.A. Jack, K. and Wibberley, C. (2023) The need to consider ‘temporality’ in person-centred care of people with motor neurone disease. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 29. In Press.
Harris, D.A. Jack, K. and Wibberley, C. (2019) Making her end of life her own: further reflections on supporting a loved one with motor neurone disease. International Journal of Palliative Care Nursing, Vol 25, No.6, 284-292
https://doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2019.25.6.284
Harris, D.A. Jack, K. and Wibberley, C. (2018) The meaning of living with uncertainty for people with motor neurone disease. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 27, 2062-2071.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.14350
Harris, D.A. (2017) Doing research drawing on the philosophy of existential hermeneutic phenomenology. Palliative and Supportive Care 15, 267–269.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1478951516000377
Harris, D.A. (2017a) Supporting a loved one living with motor neurone disease. Palliative and Supportive Care 15, 141–142.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1478951516000134
Harris, D.A. (2015) Lived-through past, experienced present, anticipated future: Understanding “existential loss” in the context of life-limiting illness. Palliative and Supportive Care 13, 1579–1594
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1478951515000620
The findings of the research are collated and integrated to develop a person-centred model of care that emphasises the need for MND professionals to acknowledge the temporal aspects of caring for a person with MND, and for their family carers.
This body of work has been cited in 77 published papers:
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