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Karen Francis
Researcher at University of Tasmania
Publications - 216
Citations - 8881
Karen Francis is an academic researcher from University of Tasmania. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Grounded theory. The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 212 publications receiving 7482 citations. Previous affiliations of Karen Francis include University of Adelaide & Australian Catholic University.
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The evolution of palliative care and the relevance to residential aged care: understanding the past to inform the future.
TL;DR: The global history of palliative care is traced and how historical factors influenced its development in Australia is traced, explaining how with the shifting emphasis on care of the dying accordingly has been the focus on palliatives care specialists.
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Australian rural maternity services: Creating a future or putting the last nail in the coffin
TL;DR: Nursing and midwives are the largest group of health providers in Australia, and with increasing remoteness, this proportion increases substantially, and the recruitment and retention of nurses, and more specifically midwives in rural health services, is at crisis point.
All in the same boat: an investigation into the effects of a carers' support group
TL;DR: The Carer's Support Group was found to be beneficial for the carers and six major themes were identified.
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Does Interpersonal Psychotherapy improve clinical care for adolescents with depression attending a rural child and adolescent mental health service? Study protocol for a cluster randomised feasibility trial
Catherine Anastasia Bearsley-Smith,Catherine Anastasia Bearsley-Smith,Mark Anthony Oakley Browne,Kenneth John Sellick,Elmer Virgil Villanueva,Janice Evelyn Chesters,Karen Francis,Prasuna Reddy +7 more
TL;DR: This paper outlines the study rationale and design, and aims to investigate the impact on clinical care of implementing Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Adolescents for the treatment of adolescent depression within a rural mental health service compared with Treatment as Usual (TAU).
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Strengthening nursing and midwifery capacity in rural New South Wales, Australia.
TL;DR: A small rural health service and two university schools of nursing joined forces to establish a rural clinical school to advance clinical education and research to strength the capacity of nursing and midwifery services in the community.