Dr Kate Lillie
- Title
- Lecturer in Adult Nursing
- Location
- SF42, CEC
- Phone
- 01782 679703
- a.k.lillie@keele.ac.uk
Biography
PhD, MA (Distinction) in Death and Society, Post Graduate Certificate in Higher and Professional Education (Distinction), RGN
Kate undertook her RGN training at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington in 1988. She rapidly developed an interest in end of life care and worked in a variety of hospices and tertiary care settings providing palliative care to both adults and children. Prior to joining the School of Nursing and Midwifery she work as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Palliative Care for Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust.
Kate was employed at Keele University School of Nursing and Midwifery in 2009. She is the Lead Lecturer for Palliative Care and a member of the Royal College of Nursing, Pain and Palliative Care Steering Committee. Kate is the School Director of Internationalisation and is committed to ensuring that the education we provide not only helps develop the knowledge and skills required to function effectively in an internationalised and inter-cultural environment, but also prepares students to have a positive impact across the globe
Research and scholarship
Kate’s research is primarily focused around supporting patients and families affected by advancing incurable disease. She is an active member of the Palliative and End of Life Care Research Group. In collaboration with other members of this group she has been successful in gaining funding to consider issues surrounding grief and loss in the criminal justice system. She is also actively involved in researching palliative care context in a palliative international. Kate’s PhD consideredthe care needs of hospice patients and families with a family history of cancer in the context of genetic predisposition. She was awarded the RCN Marjorie Simpson New Researcher Award in 2007 for work undertaken as part of her PhD.
Kate is currently a member of a Keele University Ethical Review Panel and a member of the Royal College of Nursing, Pain and Palliative Care Steering Committee.
Teaching
My main teaching focus is palliative and end of life care but I am also actively involved in teaching evidence based practice.
I am also the International Champion, committed to building and growing an international perspective within the School.
Selected Publications
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2020. Metasynthesis: dying adults' transition process from cure-focused to comfort-focused care. Evid Based Nurs, vol. 23(3), 86. link> doi> full text>
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2019. A review of end of life care for people with dementia in UK care homes: staff and family carer perceptions. Journal of Community Nursing, vol. 33(2), 60-65. full text>
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2019. Abdominal radiograph preliminary clinical evaluation image test bank project. Radiography (Lond), vol. 25(3), 250-254. link> doi> full text>
Full Publications List show
Journal Articles
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2020. Metasynthesis: dying adults' transition process from cure-focused to comfort-focused care. Evid Based Nurs, vol. 23(3), 86. link> doi> full text>
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2019. A review of end of life care for people with dementia in UK care homes: staff and family carer perceptions. Journal of Community Nursing, vol. 33(2), 60-65. full text>
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2019. Abdominal radiograph preliminary clinical evaluation image test bank project. Radiography (Lond), vol. 25(3), 250-254. link> doi> full text>
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2017. Law, ethics and end-of-life care: the policy and practice interface in England. Int J Palliat Nurs, vol. 23(5), 213-218. link> doi> full text>
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2013. 'What I want clinicians to know' - experiences of people with arthritis. British Journal of Nursing, vol. 22(14), 808-812. doi>
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2011. Caring for families with a family history of cancer: Why concerns about genetic predisposition are missing from the palliative agenda. Palliat Med (2011), vol. 25(2), 117-124. doi>
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Exploring Cancer Genetics and Care of the Family: An evolving challenge for palliative care. International Journal of Palliative Nursing (2006), vol. 2(12), 70-74.
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Maggots and their role in wound care. British Journal of Nursing (2011), vol. 3 Supplement(16), 24-33.
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The Practice of Pilgrimage in Palliative Care: A case study of Lourdes. International Journal of Palliative Nursing (2005), vol. 4(11), 170-176.
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Understanding Drain Management. Nursing Standard. full text>
Chapters
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2018. Loss at the end of life. In Loss Dying and Bereavement in the Criminal Justice System. Routledge.
Other
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Dying with a family history of cancer: A phenomenological study. European Journal of Human Genetics (vol. Supplement 2, p. 426).
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End-of-life care required by patients and families affected by an inherited genetic cancer In Symposium 9: Building a programme of genetic research to inform practice. The RCN International Nursing Research Conference Book of Abstracts (p. 117).
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Initiation, running, evaluation and improvement of an international nursing summer school. Nurse Education Today. Elsevier.
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International Nursing Summer School. full text>
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The absent health professional. link>
