Prof David Currow

Position/s:Professor
Palliative and Supportive Services
Phone: +61 8 72218235
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Location: RGH Health Sciences (-)
Postal address: GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Biography

I am currently the Professor of Palliative and Supportive Services. Funded projects include NIH funding for an international multi-site randomised controlled trial on the use of oxygen versus medical air in people who do not qualify for long term home oxygen. I am a current fund holder of National Health and Medical Research Council grants in Australia and have lead a national palliative care clinical trials program funded for more than $10million by the Australian government over the last four years. I was part of a team who received the Flinders University Vice Chancellors Teaching Award. Previous roles include national presidencies of two peak bodies, Palliative Care Australia and the Clinical Oncological Society of Australia.

To date I have published more than 140 peer reviewed articles and author or editor of four books. I am also on the executive of the Area of Strategic Research Investment - Flinders Centre for Clinical Change.

Qualifications

B Med, MPH, FRACP

Key responsibilities

Research leader, Discipline Palliative and Supportive Services

Research and consultancy

Publications

Book chapters

Currow, D.C. & Abernethy, A.P., 2011. Management of respiratory symptoms in people with cancer. In The MASCC Textbook of Cancer Supportive Care and Survivorship. USA: Springer, pp. 107-114.

Hegarty, M.M. & Currow, D.C., 2010. Postgraduate education in palliative medicine. In Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine Fourth Edition. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, pp. 1576-1585.

Currow, D.C. & Sanderson, C.R., 2008. Lung Secondaries. In Prognosis in Advanced Cancer. Great Clarendon Street, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 311-317.

Refereed journal articles

Johnson, M.J., Abernethy, A.P., & Currow, D.C., 2012. Gaps in the EvidenceBase of Opioids for RefractoryBreathlessness. A Future Work Plan?. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 43(3), 614-624.

Waller, A., Girgis, A., Johnson, C., Lecathelinais, C., Sibbritt, D., Forstner, D., Liauw, W., & Currow, D.C., 2012. Improving Outcomes for People With Progressive Cancer: Interrupted Time Series Trial of a Needs Assessment Intervention. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 43(3), 569-581.

Zafar, S., Currow, D.C., Cherny, N., Strasser, F., Fowler, R., & Abernethy, A.P., 2012. Consensus-based standards for best supportive care in clinical trials in advanced cancer. Lancet Oncology, 13(2), e77-e82.

Currow, D.C., Spruyt, O., & Hardy, J., 2012. Defining Refractory Pain in Cancer for Clinicians and Researchers. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 15(1), 5-6.

Currow, D.C., Rowett, D.S., Doogue, M.P., To, T., & Abernethy, A.P., 2012. An international initiative to create a collaborative for pharmacovigilance in hospice and palliative care clinical practice. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 15(3), 282-286.

Abernethy, A.P. & Currow, D.C., 2012. Time-limited trials. JAMA-Journal of The American Medical Association, 307(1), 33-34.

Tracey, E., Roder, D., & Currow, D.C., 2012. What factors affect the odds of NSW cancer patients presenting with localized as opposed to more advanced cancer?. CANCER CAUSES & CONTROL, 23, 255-262.

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Books

Abernethy, A.P., Wheeler, J.L., & Currow, D.C., 2011. Palliative Care and dyspnoea management in patients with hematological malignancies and acute respiratory failure, Berlin: Springer.

Currow, D.C. & Clark, K., 2006. Palliative and Supportive Care, Oxford, UK: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS.

Book chapters

Currow, D.C. & Abernethy, A.P., 2011. Management of respiratory symptoms in people with cancer. In The MASCC Textbook of Cancer Supportive Care and Survivorship. USA: Springer, pp. 107-114.

Hegarty, M.M. & Currow, D.C., 2010. Postgraduate education in palliative medicine. In Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine Fourth Edition. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, pp. 1576-1585.

Currow, D.C. & Sanderson, C.R., 2008. Lung Secondaries. In Prognosis in Advanced Cancer. Great Clarendon Street, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 311-317.

Refereed journal articles

Currow, D.C., Rowett, D.S., Doogue, M.P., To, T., & Abernethy, A.P., 2012. An international initiative to create a collaborative for pharmacovigilance in hospice and palliative care clinical practice. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 15(3), 282-286.

Currow, D.C., Rowett, D.S., Doogue, M.P., To, T., & Abernethy, A.P., 2012. An international initiative to create a collaborative for pharmacovigilance in hospice and palliative care clinical practice. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 15(3), 282-286.

Zafar, S., Currow, D.C., Cherny, N., Strasser, F., Fowler, R., & Abernethy, A.P., 2012. Consensus-based standards for best supportive care in clinical trials in advanced cancer. Lancet Oncology, 13(2), e77-e82.

Waller, A., Girgis, A., Johnson, C., Lecathelinais, C., Sibbritt, D., Seldon, M., Bonaventura, T., & Currow, D.C., 2012. Implications of a needs assessment intervention for people with progressive cancer: Impact on clinical assessment response and service utilisation. Psycho-Oncology, 31, 550-557.

Waller, A., Girgis, A., Johnson, C., Lecathelinais, C., Sibbritt, D., Forstner, D., Liauw, W., & Currow, D.C., 2012. Improving Outcomes for People With Progressive Cancer: Interrupted Time Series Trial of a Needs Assessment Intervention. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 43(3), 569-581.

Tracey, E., Roder, D., & Currow, D.C., 2012. What factors affect the odds of NSW cancer patients presenting with localized as opposed to more advanced cancer?. CANCER CAUSES & CONTROL, 23, 255-262.

To, T., Ong, W.y., Rawlings, D.A., Greene, A., & Currow, D.C., 2012. The disparity between patient and nurse symptom rating in a hospice population. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 15(5).

To, T., Ong, W.y., Rawlings, D.A., Greene, A., & Currow, D.C., 2012. The Disparity between Patient and Nurse Symptom Rating in a Hospice Population. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 15(5), 542-547.

Kamal, A.H., Miriovsky, B.J., Currow, D.C., & Abernethy, A.P., 2012. Improving the management of dyspnea in the community using rapid learning approaches. Chronic Respiratory Disease, 9(1), 51-61.

Kamal, A.H., Maguire, J.M., Wheeler, J.L., Currow, D.C., & Abernethy, A.P., 2012. Dyspnea review for the palliative care professional: assessment, burdens and aetiologies. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 14(10), 1167-1172.

Johnson, M.J., Abernethy, A.P., & Currow, D.C., 2012. Gaps in the EvidenceBase of Opioids for RefractoryBreathlessness. A Future Work Plan?. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 43(3), 614-624.

Disler, R., Currow, D.C., Phillips, J., Smith, T., Johnson, M., & Davidson, P., 2012. Interventions to support a palliative care approach in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an integrative review. International Journal of Nursing Studies.

Currow, D.C., Tieman, J., Greene, A., Zafar, S., Wheeler, J.L., & Abernethy, A.P., 2012. Refining a checklist for reporting patient populations and service characteristics in hospice and palliative care research. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 43(5), 902-910.

Currow, D.C., Spruyt, O., & Hardy, J., 2012. Defining Refractory Pain in Cancer for Clinicians and Researchers. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 15(1), 5-6.

Abernethy, A.P. & Currow, D.C., 2012. Time-limited trials. JAMA-Journal of The American Medical Association, 307(1), 33-34.

Currow, D.C., Wheeler, J.L., & Abernethy, A.P., 2011. International Perspective: Outcomes of palliative oncology. SEMINARS IN ONCOLOGY, 38(3), 343-350.

Davidson, P., Jiwa, M., Goldsmith, A.J., McGrath, S.J., DiGiacomo, M., Phillips, J., Agar, M.R., Newton, P.J., & Currow, D.C., 2011. Decisions for lung cancer chemotherapy: the influence of physician and patient factors. Supportive Care in Cancer, 19, 1261-1266.

Dear, R., Barratt, A., Askie, L., McGeechan, K., Arora, S., Crossing, S., Currow, D.C., & Tattersall, M., 2011. Adding value to clinical trial registries: insights from Australian Cancer Trials Online, a website for consumers. Clinical Trials, 8, 70-76.

Greene, M.A., Aranda, S., Tieman, J., Fazekas, B.S., & Currow, D.C., 2011. Can assessing caregiver needs and activating community networks improve caregiver-defined outcomes? A single-blind, quasi-experimental pilot study: Community facilitator pilot. Palliative Medicine.

Hegarty, M.M., Abernethy, A.P., Olver, I.N., & Currow, D.C., 2011. Former palliative caregivers who identify that additional spiritual support would have been helpful in a population survey. Palliative Medicine, 25(3), 266-277.

Johnson, C., Girgis, A., Paul, C., Currow, D.C., Adams, J., & Aranda, S., 2011. Australian palliative care providers' perceptions and experiences of the barriers and facilitators to palliative care provision. Supportive Care in Cancer, 19, 343-351.

Johnson, C., Girgis, A., Paul, C.L., & Currow, D.C., 2011. Palliative care referral practices and perceptions: The divide between metropolitian and non-metropolitan general practitioners. Palliative and Supportive Care, 9, 181-189.

Johnson, C., Paul, C., Girgis, A., Adams, J., & Currow, D.C., 2011. Australian general practitioners' and oncology specialists' perceptions of barriers andfacilitators of access to specialist palliative care services. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 14(4), 429-435.

Kamal, A.H., Currow, D.C., Ritchie, C., Bull, J., Wheeler, J.L., & Abernethy, A.P., 2011. The value of data collection within a palliative care program. Current Oncology Reports, 13, 308-315.

Kamal, A.H., Maguire, J.M., Currow, D.C., Wheeler, J.L., & Abernethy, A.P., 2011. Dyspnea review for the palliative care professional: assessment, burdens and aetiologies. Journal of Palliative Medicine.

Lewis, J., DiGiacomo, M., & Currow, D.C., 2011. Dying in the margins: Understanding palliative care and socioeconomic deprivation in the developed world. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 42(1), 105-118.

Lobb, L., Swetenham, K., Agar, M.R., & Currow, D.C., 2011. A collateral benefit of research in palliative. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 14(9), 986-987.

McConigley, R., Aoun, S.M., Kristjanson, L.J., Colyer, S., Deas, K., O'Connor, M., Harris, R., Currow, D.C., & Yates, P., 2011. Implementation and evaluation of an education program to guide palliative care for people with motor neurone disease. Palliative Medicine.

Nadimi, F. & Currow, D.C., 2011. As death approaches: a retrospective survey of the care of adults dying in Alice Springs Hospital. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 19, 4-8.

Nikles, J., Mitchell, G.K., Schluter, P., Good, P., Hardy, J., Rowett, D.S., Shelby-James, T.M., Vohra, S., & Currow, D.C., 2011. Aggregating single patient (n-of-1) trials in populations where recruitment and retention was difficult: The case of palliative care. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 64, 471-480.

Rosenwax, L., McNamara, B., Murray, K., McCabe, R.J., Aoun, S.M., & Currow, D.C., 2011. Hospital and emergency department use in the last year of life: a baseline for future modifications to end-of-life care. Medical Journal of Australia, 194(11), 570-573.

Shelby-James, T.M., Hardy, J., Agar, M.R., Yates, P., Mitchell, G.K., Sanderson, C.R., Luckett, T., Abernethy, A.P., & Currow, D.C., 2011. Designing and conducting randomised controlled trials in palliative care: a summary of discussions from the 2010 clinical research forum of the Australian Palliative Care Clinical Studies Collaborative (PaCCSC). Palliative Medicine.

Currow, D.C., McDonald, C.F., Oaten, S., Kenny, B., Allcroft, P.D., Frith, P.A., Briffa, M., Johnson, M.J., & Abernethy, A.P., 2011. Once-daily opioids for chronic dyspnoea: a dose increment and pharmacovigilance study. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 42(3), 388-399.

Currow, D.C., Farquhar, M., Ward, A.M., Crawford, G.B., & Abernethy, A.P., 2011. Caregivers' perceived adequacy of support in end-stage lung disease: results of a population survey. BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 11(55).

Currow, D.C., Burns, C.M., Agar, M.R., Phillips, J., McCaffrey, N.M., & Abernethy, A.P., 2011. Palliative caregivers who would not take on the caring role again. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 41(4), 661-672.

Currow, D.C., Agar, M.R., To, T., Rowett, D.S., Greene, M.A., & Abernethy, A.P., 2011. Adverse events in hospice and palliative care: A pilot study to determine feasibility of collection and baseline rates. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 14(3), 309-314.

Currow, D.C., Agar, M.R., To, T., Rowett, D.S., Greene, M.A., & Abernethy, A.P., 2011. Adverse Events in Hospice and Palliative Care: A Pilot Study to Determine Feasibility of Collection and Baseline Rates. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 14(3), 309-314.

Currow, D.C., Agar, M.R., & Abernethy, A.P., 2011. Tackling the challenges of clinical trials in palliative care. Pharmaceutical Medicine, 7-15.

To, T., Greene, M.A., Agar, M.R., & Currow, D.C., 2011. A point prevalence survey of hospital inpatients to define the proportion with palliation as the primary goal of care and the need for specialist palliative care. Internal Medicine Journal, 41(5), 430-433.

Clark, K., Lam, L.T., & Currow, D.C., 2011. Exploring the relationship between the frequency of documented bowel movements and prescribed laxatives in hospitalized palliative care patients. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 28(4), 258-263.

Clark, K. & Currow, D.C., 2011. Assessing constipation in palliative care within a gastroenterology framework. Palliative Medicine.

Burns, C.M., Currow, D.C., Agar, M.R., Phillips, J., McCaffrey, N.M., & Abernethy, A.P., 2011. Palliative Caregivers Who Would Not Take on the Caring Role Again. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 41(4), 661-672.

Burns, C.M., Abernethy, A.P., LeBlanc, T., & Currow, D.C., 2011. What is the role of friends when contributing care at the end of life? Findings from an Australian population study. Psycho-Oncology, 20(2), 203-212.

Burns, C.M., Abernethy, A.P., LeBlanc, T., & Currow, D.C., 2011. What is the role of friends when contributing care at the end of life? Findings from an Australian population study. Psycho-Oncology, 20(2), 203-212.

Bowden, J.A., To, T., Abernethy, A.P., & Currow, D.C., 2011. Predictors of chronic breathlessness: a large population study. BMC Public Health, 11, 33-33.

Bowden, J.A., To, T., Abernethy, A.P., & Currow, D.C., 2011. Predictors of chronic breathlessness: a large population study. BMC Public Health, 11(1).

Agar, M.R., Draper, B., Phillips, P.A., Phillips, J.L., Collier, A., Harlum, J., & Currow, D.C., 2011. Making decisions about delirium: A qualitative comparison of decision making between nurses working in palliative care, aged care, aged care psychiatry and oncology. Palliative Medicine.

Currow, D.C., 2011. Cancer survival in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the UK, 1995-2007: an analysis of population-based cancer registry data. Lancet, 377(9760), 127-138.

Horton, R., Rocker, G., & Currow, D.C., 2010. The dyspnea target can we zero in on opioid responsiveness in advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?. Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care, 4(2), 92-96.

Phillips, J.L. & Currow, D.C., 2010. Cancer as a chronic disease. Collegian, 17, 47-50.

Tieman, J., Abernethy, A.P., & Currow, D.C., 2010. Not published, not indexed: issues in generating and finding hospice and palliative care literature. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 13(6), 669-675.

Waller, A., Girgis, A., Johnson, C., Mitchell, G., Yates, P., Kristjanson, L.J., Tattersall, M.H., Lecathelinais, C., Sibbritt, D., Kelly, B., et al., 2010. Facilitating needs based cancer care for people with a chronic disease: Evaluation of an intervention using a multi-centre interrupted time series design. BMC Palliative Care, 9, 1-6.

Waller, A., Girgis, A., Lecathelinais, C., Scott, W., Foot, L., Sibbritt, D., & Currow, D.C., 2010. Validity, reliability and clinical feasibility of a Needs Assessment Tool for people with progressive cancer. Psycho-Oncology, 19(7), 726-733.

Zafar, S., Currow, D.C., Daugherty, C.K., & Abernethy, A.P., 2010. Standards for palliative care delivery in oncology settings. CANCER JOURNAL, 16(5), 436-443.

Abernethy, A.P., Aziz, N.M., Basch, E., Bull, J., Cleeland, C.S., Currow, D.C., Fairclough, D., Hanson, L., Hauser, J., Ko, D., et al., 2010. A strategy to advance the evidence base in palliative medicine: Formation of a Palliative Care Research Collaborative. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 13(12), 1407-1412.

Abernethy, A.P., Currow, D.C., Wurzelmann, J., Janning, S.W., Bull, J., Norris, J.F., Baringtang, D.C., Pierce, A., & Snidow, J., 2010. Enhancing enrollment in palliative care trials: Key insights from a randomised, placebo-controlled study. The Journal of Supportive Oncology, 8(3), 139-144.

Abernethy, A.P., McDonald, C.F., Frith, P.A., Clark, K., Herndon II, J.E., Marcello, J.E., Young, I., Bull, J., Wilcock, A., Booth, S., et al., 2010. Effect of palliative oxygen versus room air in relief of breathlessness in patients with refractory dyspnoea: a double-blind, randomised controlled trial. Lancet, 376, 784-793.

Abernethy, A.P., Wheeler, J.L., & Currow, D.C., 2010. Utility and use of palliative care screening tools in routine oncology practice. CANCER JOURNAL, 16(5), 444-460.

Agar, M.R., To, T., Plummer, J.L., Abernethy, A.P., & Currow, D.C., 2010. Anti-cholinergic load, health care utilization, and survival in people with advanced cancer: a pilot study. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 13(6), 745-752.

Aoun, S.M., Bird, S., Kristjanson, L.J., & Currow, D.C., 2010. Reliability testing of the FAMCARE-2 scale: measuring family carer satisfaction with palliative care. Palliative Medicine, 24(7), 674-681.

Aoun, S.M., McConigley, R., Abernethy, A.P., & Currow, D.C., 2010. Caregivers of people with neurodegenerative diseases: profile and unmet needs from a population survey in South Australia. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 13(6), 653-661.

Burns, C.M., LeBlanc, T., Abernethy, A.P., & Currow, D.C., 2010. Young caregivers in the end-of-life setting: a population-based profile of an emerging group. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 13(10), 1225-1235.

Clark, K., Lam, L.T., Agar, M.R., Chye, R., & Currow, D.C., 2010. The impact of opioids, anticholinergic medications and disease progression on the prescription of laxatives in hospitalized palliative care patients: a retrospective analysis. Palliative Medicine, 24(4), 410-418.

Currow, D.C., Agar, M.R., Plummer, J.L., Blyth, F.M., & Abernethy, A.P., 2010. Chronic pain in South Australia - population levels that interfere extremely with activities of daily living. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 34(3), 232-239.

Currow, D.C., Shelby-James, T.M., Agar, M.R., Plummer, J.L., Rowett, D.S., Glare, P., Spruyt, O., & Hardy, J., 2010. Planning phase III multi-site clinical trials in palliative care: the role of consecutive cohort audits to identify potential participant populations. Supportive Care in Cancer, 18, 1571-1579.

Currow, D.C., Smith, J., Davidson, P., Newton, P.J., Agar, M.R., & Abernethy, A.P., 2010. Do the trajectories of dyspnea differ in prevalence and intensity by diagnosis at the end of life? A consecutive cohort study. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 39(4), 680-690.

Davidson, P. & Currow, D.C., 2010. Management of refractory dyspnoea evidence-based interventions. Cancer Forum, 34(2), 86-90.

Davidson, P., MacDonald, P., Newton, P.J., & Currow, D.C., 2010. End stage heart failure patients. Palliative care in general practice. Australian Family Physician, 39(12), 916-920.

Eagar, K., Watters, P., Currow, D.C., Aoun, S.M., & Yates, P., 2010. The Australian Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC) - measuring the quality and outcomes of palliative care on a routine basis. Australian Health Review, 34, 186-192.

Hegarty, M.M., Currow, D.C., Parker, D., Turnbull, B., Devery, K.E., Canning, D., Nash, R., Mitchell, G.K., Grbich, C.F., & Yates, P., 2010. Palliative care in undergraduate curricula: Results of a national scoping study. Focus on Health Professional Education: A Multi Discipline Journal, 12(2), 97-109.

Abernethy, A.P., Burns, C.M., Wheeler, J.L., & Currow, D.C., 2009. Defining distinct caregiver subpopulations by intensity of end-of-life care provided. Palliative Medicine, 23, 66-79.

Tieman, J., Sladek, R., & Currow, D.C., 2009. Multiple sources: mapping the literature of palliative care. Palliative Medicine, 23(5), 425-431.

Cherny, N., Abernethy, A.P., Strasser, F., Sapir, R., Currow, D.C., & Zafar, S., 2009. Improving the methodologic and ethical validity of best supportive care studies in oncology: lessons from a systematic review. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 27(32), 5476-5486.

Clark, K., Lam, L.T., & Currow, D.C., 2009. Reducing gastric secretions-a role for histamine 2 antagonists or proton pump inhibitors in malignant bowel obstruction?. Supportive Care in Cancer, 17(12), 1463-1468.

Clark, K., Lam, L.T., Gibson, S., & Currow, D.C., 2009. The effect of ranitidine versus proton pump inhibitors on gastric secretions: a meta-analysis of randomised control trials. Anaesthesia, 64(6), 652-657.

Currow, D.C., Agar, M.R., Smith, J., & Abernethy, A.P., 2009. Does palliative home oxygen imporve dyspnoea? A consecutive cohort study. Palliative Medicine, 23(4), 309-316.

Currow, D.C., Plummer, J.L., Crockett, A.J., & Abernethy, A.P., 2009. A community population survey of prevalence and severity of dyspnea in adults. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 38(4), 533-545.

Currow, D.C., To, T., & Abernethy, A.P., 2009. Prescribing at times of clinical transition in chronic or progressive diseases. International Journal of Gerontology, 3(1), 1-8.

Currow, D.C., Ward, A.M., & Abernethy, A.P., 2009. Advances in the pharmacological management of breathlessness. Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care, 3(2), 103-106.

Currow, D.C., Wheeler, J.L., Glare, P., Kaasa, S., & Abernethy, A.P., 2009. A framework for generalizability in palliative care. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 37(3), 373-386.

Dorman, S., Jolley, C., Abernethy, A.P., Currow, D.C., Johnson, M., Farquhar, M., Griffiths, G., Peel, T., Moosavi, S., Byrne, A., et al., 2009. Researching breathlessness in palliative care: consensus statement of the National Cancer Research Institute Palliative Care Breathlessness Subgroup. Palliative Medicine, 23(3), 213-227.

Ferris, F.D., Bruera, E., Cherny, N., Cummings, C., Currow, D.C., Dudgeon, D., JanJan, N., Strasser, F., von Gunten, C.F., & Von Roenn, J.H., 2009. Palliative Cancer Care a Decade Later: Accomplishments, the Need, Next Steps - From the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 27(18), 3052-3058.

Gordon, R., Eagar, K., Currow, D.C., & Green, J., 2009. Current funding and financing issues in the Australian hospice and palliative care sector. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 38(1), 68-74.

Nikles, J., Mitchell, G., Walters, J., Hardy, J., Good, P.D., Rowett, D.S., Shelby-James, T.M., & Currow, D.C., 2009. Prioritising drugs for single patient (n-of-1) trials in palliative care. Palliative Medicine, 23(7), 623-634.

Rocker, G., Horton, R., Currow, D.C., Goodridge, D., Young, J., & Booth, S., 2009. Palliation of dyspnoea in advanced COPD: revisiting a role for opioids. Thorax, 64(10), 910-915.

Rose, M. & Currow, D.C., 2009. The need for chemical compatibility studies of subcutaneous medication combinations used in palliative care. Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy, 23(3), 223-230.

Rowett, D.S., Ravenscroft, P.J., Hardy, J., & Currow, D.C., 2009. Using National Health Policies to Improve Access to Palliative Care Medications in the Community. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 37(3), 395-402.

Agar, M.R., Currow, D.C., Plummer, J.L., Seidel, R., Carnahan, R., & Abernethy, A.P., 2009. Changes in anticholinergic load from regular prescribed medications in palliative care as death approaches. Palliative Medicine, 23(3), 257-265.

Abernethy, A.P., Currow, D.C., Fazekas, B.S., Luszcz, M.A., Wheeler, J.L., & Kuchibhatla, M., 2008. Specialized palliative care services are associated with improved short- and long-term caregiver outcomes. Supportive Care in Cancer, 16(6), 585-597.

Abernethy, A.P., Uronis, H.E., Wheeler, J.L., & Currow, D.C., 2008. Pharmacological management of breathlessness in advanced disease. Progress in Palliative Care, 16(1), 15-20.

Agar, M.R., Currow, D.C., Plummer, J.L., Chye, R., & Draper, B., 2008. Differing management of people with advanced cancer and delirium by four sub-specialties. Palliative Medicine, 22(5), 633-640.

Agar, M.R., Currow, D.C., Shelby-James, T.M., Plummer, J.L., Sanderson, C.R., & Abernethy, A.P., 2008. Preference for place of care and place of death in palliative care: are these different questions?. Palliative Medicine, 22(7), 787-795.

Aoun, S.M., Kristjanson, L.J., Oldham, L., & Currow, D.C., 2008. A qualitative investigation of the palliative care needs of terminally ill people who live alone. Collegian, 15(1), 3-9.

Clark, K., Currow, D.C., Agar, M.R., Fazekas, B.S., & Abernethy, A.P., 2008. A pilot phase II randomized, cross-over, double-blinded, controlled efficacy study of ocreatide versus hyoscine hydrobromide for control of noisy breathing at the end-of-life. Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy, 22(2), 131-138.

Clayton, J.M., Hancock, K., Parker, S.M., Butow, P.N., Walder, S., Carrick, S., Currow, D.C., Ghersi, D., Glare, P., Hagerty, R., et al., 2008. Sustaining hope when communicating with terminally ill patients and their families: a systematic review. Psycho-Oncology, 17(7), 641-659.

Cranston, J.M., Crockett, A.J., & Currow, D.C., 2008. Oxygen therapy for dyspnoea in adults (review). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (3).

Currow, D.C., Agar, M.R., Sanderson, C.R., & Abernethy, A.P., 2008. Populations who die without specialist palliative care: does lower uptake equate with unmet need?. Palliative Medicine, 22(1), 43-50.

Currow, D.C., Allen, K., Plummer, J.L., Aoun, S.M., Hegarty, M.M., & Abernethy, A.P., 2008. Bereavement help-seeking following an 'expected' death: a cross-sectional randomised face-to-face population survey. BMC Palliative Care, 7(19).

Currow, D.C., Burns, C.M., & Abernethy, A.P., 2008. Place of death for people with noncancer and cancer illness in South Australia: a population-based survey. Journal of Palliative Care, 24(3), 144-150.

Currow, D.C., Christou, T., Smith, J., Carmody, S., Lewin, G., Aoun, S.M., & Abernethy, A.P., 2008. Do terminally ill people who live alone miss out on home oxygen treatment? An hypothesis generating study. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 11(7), 1015-1022.

Currow, D.C., Eagar, K., Aoun, S.M., Fildes, D., Yates, P., & Kristjanson, L.J., 2008. Is it feasible and desirable to collect voluntarily quality and outcome data nationally in palliative oncology care?. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 26(23), 3853-3859.

Currow, D.C., Ward, A., Clark, K., Burns, C.M., & Abernethy, A.P., 2008. Caregivers for people with end-stage lung disease: characteristics and unmet needs in the whole population. International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 3(4), 753-762.

Currow, D.C., Ward, A.M., Plummer, J.L., Bruera, E., & Abernethy, A.P., 2008. Comfort in the last 2 weeks of life: relationship to accessing palliative care services. Supportive Care in Cancer, 16(11), 1255-1263.

Grbich, C.F., Abernethy, A.P., Shelby-James, T.M., Fazekas, B.S., & Currow, D.C., 2008. Creating a research culture in a palliative care service environment: A qualitative study of the evolution of staff attitudes to research during a large longitudinal controlled trial (ISRCTN81117481). Journal of Palliative Care, 24(2), 100-109.

Jeyasingam, L., Agar, M.R., Soares, M., Plummer, J.L., & Currow, D.C., 2008. A prospective study of unmet activity of daily living needs in palliative care inpatients. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 55(4), 266-272.

Johnson, C., Girgis, A., Paul, C., & Currow, D.C., 2008. Cancer specialists' palliative care referral practices and perceptions: Results of a national survey. Palliative Medicine, 22(1), 51-57.

Nadimi, F. & Currow, D.C., 2008. Transitions in Parenting Responsibilities for Sole Parents Who Are Dying. Journal of Palliative Care, 24(3), 167-172.

Tieman, J., Sladek, R., & Currow, D.C., 2008. Changes in the quantity and level of evidence of palliative and hospice care literature: The last century. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 26(35), 5679-5683.

Uronis, H.E., Currow, D.C., McCory, D.C., Samsa, G., & Abernethy, A.P., 2008. Oxygen for relief of dyspnoea in mildly- or non-hypoxaemic patients with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. British Journal of Cancer, 98(2), 294-299.

Waller, A., Girgis, A., Currow, D.C., & Lecathelinais, C., 2008. Development of the palliative care needs assessment tool (PC-NAT) for use by multi-disciplinary health professionals. Palliative Medicine, 22(8), 956-964.

Currow, D.C., Plummer, J.L., Cooney, N.J., Gorman, D., & Glare, P., 2007. A Randomized, Double-Blind, Multi-Site, Crossover, Placebo-Controlled Equivalence Study of Morning versus Evening Once-Daily sustained-Release Morphine Sulfate in People with Pain from Advanced Cancer. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 34(1), 17-23.

Clayton, J.M., Hancock, K., Butow, P.N., Tattersall, M.H., & Currow, D.C., 2007. Clinical practice guidelines for communicating prognosis and end-of-life issues with adults in the advanced stages of a life-limiting illness, and their caregivers. Medical Journal of Australia, 186(12 Suppl.), s77-s108.

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