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IDENTIFICATION AND CONTACT INFORMATION
Last name:Stajduhar First name:Kelli I
Address:Centre on Aging
University of Victoria
Room A104
3800 Finnerty Road
Victoria (British Columbia)
V8P  5C2
Fax:(250) 721-6499
BC academic affiliation:University of Victoria
Department:School of Nursing and Centre on Aging
E-mail address: kis@uvic.ca BC research location(s): University of Victoria
Web Page: http://www.coag.uvic.ca/eolcare
MSFHR Research Unit(s): Centre on Aging, University of Victoria
Status:Researcher
Last update: 26/08/2010


TRAINING AND CREDENTIALS
Diploma / Credentials Specialty Year Institution
Postdoctorate Palliative and End of Life Care 2004   University of Victoria
Doctorate (PhD) Palliative and End of Life Care 2001   The University of British Columbia
Master's Palliative and End of Life Care 1995   The University of British Columbia
Bachelor's, Honours not applicable 1990   University of Victoria
Registered Nurse not applicable 1986   Misericordia General Hospital School of Nursing
Last update: 05/11/2007


AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Area of research: Health sciences
Disciplines trained in: Nursing
Research disciplines: Nursing
Research topics: Palliative Care (Health Services)
Health Services (Health Services)
Familial Roles (Development of Individuals, Communities and Social Life)
Health Policies (Health Services)
Fields of application: Health System Management
Last update: 26/08/2010


TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
Technological applications:
Last update: 26/08/2010


RESEARCH ACTIVITIES - Description used by investigators to specify their area of expertise.
Key words: Qualitative Methods, Multivariate Analysis, Ethnography, Health Services Research, Aging, Family Caregiving, Palliative Care, Health Policy, HIV/AIDS, Home Care; Nursing Prac.
Research interests: My research interests focus on issues related to care at the end of life including family caregiver coping, how care settings influence caregivers' perceptions of quality of care, how encounters between nurses and caregivers influence access to home care, and examining the economic costs incurred by family members providing palliative home care.
Last update: 26/08/2010


RECENT AND REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
Authors
Title (article or book chapter)
Year Volume Number Pages Journal or book Editors City and publishing house
Stajduhar, K.I., Nicol, D., Martin, W., & Funk, L.
"Situated/Being situated: Client and coworker roles of family caregivers in hospice palliative care"
2008 67 11 pp. 1789-1797 Social Science and Medicine   
Stajduhar, K., Allan, D.E., Cohen, S.R., & Heyland, D.
"Preferences for location of death of seriously ill hospitalized patients: Perspectives from Canadian patients and their family caregivers."
2008 22 pp. 85-88 Palliative Medicine   
Stajduhar, K.I.
"Examining the perspectives of family members involved in the delivery of palliative care at home."
2003 19 1 pp. 27-35 Journal of Palliative Care   
Last update: 27/05/2009


LANGUAGE COMPETENCIES
Understand: English
Read: English
Write: English
Speak: English
Last update: 26/08/2010