Research

The objective of the Hospice New Zealand Research Collaborative is in the name ‘collaborative' - to play a lead role in facilitating discussions and agreement around the key areas and topics for research in palliative care.

We aim to develop research in hospice and palliative care through:

• Coordinating and facilitating the development of a palliative care research register.
• Facilitating a national network (a developmental group of new Zealand researchers) which the ‘interest' groups (those groups ‘doing' the research) will feed into. Existing research groups in Auckland, Dunedin, Wellington etc will all link in with HNZ Collaborative and be represented by a nominated person.
• Membership of the group is representative of a nominated region, academic group or government department - all whom will have close links with researchers in their particular community specific to palliative care.
• Establish a register of NZ researchers (biographies included) in palliative care with nominated topics, interest groups and contact details.

Research Register 

We have compiled a register for Palliative Care Research involving New Zealand researchers for the period 2000-2009.  You can view this register as a PDF by clicking here.  

New Zealand Palliative Care Researchers

Roderick MacLeod MB, ChB, PhD, DRCOG, FRCGP, MMedEd, FAChPM , Medical Director, Hibiscus Coast Hospice, Whangaparaoa, New Zealand, Honorary Clinical Professor in General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Auckland (Senior Lecturer, Goodfellow Unit), Adjunct Professor in Departments of General Practice and Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin School of Medicine.

Elizabeth Johnston Taylor, PhD, RN; Research Director, Mary Potter Hospice, Wellington, NZ, and Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, USA.

Jean Beardsley Clark RN, BN, BA (Hons) PhD, Clinical Nurse Specialist - Lead, Palmerston North Hospital, MidCentral Health and Education and Research Unit , Arohanui Hospice, Palmerston North.

Richard Egan PhD Candidate, Teaching Fellow, Departments of General Practice and Preventive & Social Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Cancer Society of New Zealand Social and Behavioural Research Unit,

Eileen McKinlay RN MA (App)

Dr Sinéad Donnelly, MBBch BAO, MD, MRCPI, FRCPI,Higher Diploma Intergrative Psychotherapy, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Hospital Palliative Care Service, Wellington Regional Hospital

Clare Randall, NZRegPharm, MClinPharm, FNZCP, Director of Clinical Services, Palliative Care Clinical Pharmacist, Arohanui Hospice, Palmerston North

Jill Wilkinson, RN PhD, Senior Lecturer, School of Health and Social Services, Massey University, Wellington