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The role of the advanced clinical practitioner in breast diagnosis: a systematic review of the literature (2021)
Journal Article
Spacey, A., Hipperson, V., Gloster, A., & Mercer, C. (2021). The role of the advanced clinical practitioner in breast diagnosis: a systematic review of the literature. Radiography, 27(2), 654-662. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2020.08.005

Introduction Increasing prevalence in breast cancers, workforce shortages and technological advancements have increased the need to further develop advanced practice in breast diagnosis. The Advanced Clinical Practitioner training programme has been... Read More about The role of the advanced clinical practitioner in breast diagnosis: a systematic review of the literature.

A critical realist evaluation of advance care planning in care homes (2021)
Journal Article
Spacey, A., Scammell, J., Board, M., & Porter, S. (2021). A critical realist evaluation of advance care planning in care homes. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 77(6), 2774-2784. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14822

Aims To evaluate care planning in advance of end‐of‐life care in care homes. Design A qualitative study. Methods Qualitative data were collected from January 2018–July 2019 (using focus groups and semi‐structured interviews) from three care... Read More about A critical realist evaluation of advance care planning in care homes.

The role of the advanced clinical practitioner in breast diagnosis : a systematic review of the literature (2020)
Journal Article
Spacey, A., Hipperson, V., Gloster, A., & Mercer, C. (2021). The role of the advanced clinical practitioner in breast diagnosis : a systematic review of the literature. Radiography, 27(2), 654-662. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2020.08.005

Increasing prevalence in breast cancers, workforce shortages and technological advancements have increased the need to further develop advanced practice in breast diagnosis. The Advanced Clinical Practitioner training programme has been introduced to... Read More about The role of the advanced clinical practitioner in breast diagnosis : a systematic review of the literature.

Systematic critical realist review of interventions designed to improve end-of-life care in care homes (2019)
Journal Article
Spacey, A., Scammell, J., Board, M., & Porter, S. (2020). Systematic critical realist review of interventions designed to improve end-of-life care in care homes. Nursing and Health Sciences, 22(2), 343-354. https://doi.org/10.1111/nhs.12665

The demand for high-quality end-of-life care is rising. Frequently evidenced concerns about the provision of end-of-life in care homes relate to inter-disciplinary communication and engagement in advance care planning. A number of interventions emplo... Read More about Systematic critical realist review of interventions designed to improve end-of-life care in care homes.

End-of-life care in UK care homes: a systematic review of the literature (2018)
Journal Article
Spacey, A., Scammell, J., Board, M., & Porter, S. (2018). End-of-life care in UK care homes: a systematic review of the literature. Journal of Research in Nursing, 23(2-3), https://doi.org/10.1177/1744987118757839

Background The number of people requiring end-of-life care provision in care homes has grown significantly. There is a need for a systematic examination of individual studies to provide more comprehensive information about contemporary care provisio... Read More about End-of-life care in UK care homes: a systematic review of the literature.

Dementia and Clinical Interaction in Frontline Radiography: Mapping the Practical Experiences of Junior Clinicians in the UK (2017)
Journal Article
Miller, P. K., Booth, L., & Spacey, A. (2019). Dementia and Clinical Interaction in Frontline Radiography: Mapping the Practical Experiences of Junior Clinicians in the UK. Dementia, 18(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301217700742

This paper reports findings from a study of the practical experiences of junior diagnostic radiographers in the UK when managing patients with dementia. Extended semi-structured interviews with six participants (mean experience in diagnostic radiogra... Read More about Dementia and Clinical Interaction in Frontline Radiography: Mapping the Practical Experiences of Junior Clinicians in the UK.