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Communication as care at end of life : An emerging issue from an exploratory action research study of renal end-of-life care for ethnic minorities in the UK
Wilkinson, Emma K.; Randhawa, Gurch; Brown, Edwina Anne; Da Silva Gane, Maria; Stoves, John; Warwick, Graham L.; Akhtar, Tahira; Magee, Regina; Sharman, Sue; Farrington, Ken (2014-09)South Asian people have a higher risk of developing kidney disease, are disproportionately represented in the patient population requiring renal replacement therapy and wait longer to receive a kidney transplant, compared ... -
Exploring access to end of life care for ethnic minorities with end stage kidney disease through recruitment in action research
Wilkinson, Emma; Randhawa, Gurch; Brown, Edwina; Da Silva Gane, Maria; Stoves, John; Warwick, Graham; Akhtar, Tahira; Magee, Regina; Sharman, Sue; Farrington, Ken (2016-07-11)BACKGROUND: Variation in provision of palliative care in kidney services and practitioner concerns to provide equitable access led to the development of this study which focussed on the perspectives of South Asian patients ... -
The impact of national chronic kidney disease management guidelines in the United Kingdom on referral patterns for South Asian and european patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Wilkinson, Emma; Randhawa, Gurch; Hall, Matt; Lightstone, Liz; Farrington, Ken; Greenwood, Roger; Roderick, Paul; Feehally, John (Nova Science Publishers Inc., USA., 2013-12-01)Background: South Asian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in the United Kingdom are over 10 times more likely to progress to end-stage renal disease than European patients. It is unclear whether this is due to late ... -
Output from culturally adapted and translated depression screening questionnaires with South Asian haemodialysis patients in England
Sharma, Shivani; Norton, Sam; Kamaldeep, Bhui; Mooney, Roisin; Caton, Emma; Bansal, Tarun; Day, Clara; Davenport, Andrew; Duncan, Neill; Kalra, Philip A; Da Silva-Gane, Maria; Randhawa, Gurch; Warwick, Graham; Wellsted, David; Yaqoob, Magdi; Farrington, Ken (2023-02-22)Patients completed three depression screening tools which had been culturally-adapted and translated in the four most common South Asian languages spoken amongst haemodialysis patients in England: Gujarati, Punjabi, Urdu ... -
Time, timing, talking and training : findings from an exploratory action research study to improve quality of end of life care for minority ethnic kidney patients
Wilkinson, Emma; Randhawa, Gurch; Brown, Edwina; Da Silva Gane, Maria; Stoves, John; Warwick, Graham; Mir, Tahira; Magee, Regina; Sharman, Sue; Farrington, Ken (2017-02-16)Background. With an ageing and increasingly diverse population at risk from rising levels of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, including kidney complications, there is a need to provide quality care at all ... -
The use of culturally adapted and translated depression screening questionnaires with South Asian haemodialysis patients in England
Sharma, Shivani; Norton, Sam; Bhui, Kamaldeep; Mooney, Roisin; Caton, Emma; Bansal, Tarun; Day, Clara; Davenport, Andrew; Duncan, Neill; Kalra, Philip A; Da Silva-Gane, Maria; Randhawa, Gurch; Warwick, Graham; Wellsted, David; Yaqoob, Magdi; Farrington, Ken (2023-04-07)Background: Depression is common amongst patients receiving haemodialysis (HD). Assessment and intervention when faced with language and cultural barriers is challenging. To support clinician decisions, we conducted a ...