Selected Publications

Gao W, Bennett MI, Stark D, Murray SA, Higginson IJ. Psychological distress in cancer from survivorship to end of life care: Prevalence, associated factors and clinical implications. European Journal of Cancer 2010
Haraldsdottir E, Clark P, Murray SA. Health-promoting palliative care arrives in Scotland. European Journal of Palliative Care, 2010;17(3)
Mitchell G, Murray SA, Schneider N. Out-patient palliative care: The family doctor as a first point of contact. Ambulante Palliativversorgung 2010.
Evaluation of the Maua Hospital Community Based Palliative Care Programme in Meru, Kenya
Evaluation of the Malawi Home Based Palliative Care Charitable Trust in Blantyre
Evaluation of the Kitovu Mobile Palliative Care Service in Masaka, Uganda
Summary report: Evaluation of three funded programmes in Africa
Kendall M, Murray S, Carduff E, Worth A, Harris F, Lloyd A, Cavers D, Grant L, Boyd K and Sheikh A. Use of multiperspective qualitative interviews to understand patients' and carers' beliefs, experiences and needs. BMJ 2009;339:b4122
Murray SA, Kendall M, Carduff E, Worth A, Harris FM, Lloyd A, Cavers D, Grant L and Sheikh A. Use of serial qualitative interviews to understand patients' evolving experiences and needs. BMJ 2009;339:b3702
Worth A, Irshad T, Bhopal R, Usher B, Usher J, Brown D, Lawton J, Grant E, Murray S, Kendall M, Adam J, Gardee R, Sheikh A. Vulnerability and access to care for South Asian Sikh and Muslim patients with life limiting illness in Scotland: prospective longitudinal qualitative study. BMJ 2009;338:b183
Boyd K, Worth A, Kendall M, Pratt R, Hockley J, Denvir M, Murray SA. Making sure services deliver for people with advanced heart failure: a longitudinal qualitative study of patients, family carers and health professionals. Palliative Medicine. 2009;23(8):767-776
Fergus CJY, Chinn DJ, Murray SA. Assessing and improving out-of-hours palliative care in a deprived community: a rapid appraisal study. Palliative Medicine. doi:10.1177\0269216309356030.
Shipman C, Hotopf M, Richardson A, Murray S, Koffman J, Harding R, Speck P, Higginson I J. The views of patients with advanced cancer regarding participation in serial questionnaire studies. Palliative Medicine 2008;22:913-920
Shipman C, Gysels M, White P, Worth A, Murray SA, Barclay S, Forrest S, Shepherd J, Dale J, Dewar S, Peters M, White S, Richardson A, Lorenz K, Koffman J, Higginson I. Improving generalist end of life care: a national consultation with practitioners, commissioners, academics and service user groups. BMJ 2008;337:848-862
Grant E, Logie D, Masura M, Gorman D, Murray SA. Factors facilitating and challenging access and adherence to antiretroviral therapy in a township in the Zambian Copperbelt: a qualitative study. AIDS Care 2008;20(10):1155-1160
Harris F, Kendall M, Bentley A, Macguire R, Worth A, Murray S, Boyd K, Brown D, Kierney N, Sheikh A. Researching experiences of terminal cancer: a systematic review of methodological issues and approaches. European Journal of Cancer Care 2008;17:377-386
Murray SA. Meeting the challenge of palliation beyond cancer. European Journal of Palliative Care. 2008;15:213
Murray SA, Barclay S, Bennett M, Kendall M, Amir Z, Lloyd-Williams M. Palliative care research in the community: it is time to progress this emerging field. Pall Med 2008;22(5):609-611
Murray SA, Boyd K, Hockley J, Sheikh A. End-of-life care in the UK: a wider picture of service provision and initiatives. European Journal of Palliative Care. 2008;15:272-275
Murray SA. Illness trajectories and stages in palliative care. In Palliative Medicine, 1st Edition, Edited by Drs Walsh et al. 2008, New York, Elsevier
Murray SA, Kok JY. Internationally, it is Time to Bridge the Gap between Primary and Secondary Healthcare Services for the Dying. Annals Academy of Medicine Singapore 2008; 37:142-4
Murray SA, Sheikh A. Palliative Care Beyond Cancer: Care for all at the end of life. BMJ 2008
Murray SA, Boyd K, Campbell C, Cormie P, Thomas K, Weller D, Lendall M. Implementing a service users' framework for cancer care in primary care: an action research study. Family Practice 2008; 1-8
Continuous deep sedation in patients nearing death: imprecise taxonomy makes interpreting trends difficult. (editorial)
Murray SA. Illness trajectories: planning care in the last year of life. Scottish Primary Care 2007;66:17-19
Murray SA, Kendall M, Grant E, Boyd K, Barclay S, Sheikh A. Patterns of social, psychological and spiritual decline towards the end of life in lung cancer and heart failure. Journal of Pain & Symptom Management. JPSM 2007; 34: 393-402
Munday D, Dale J, Murray S. Choice and place of death: individual preferences, uncertainty, and the availability of care. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2007;100:211-215
Kendall M, Harris FM, Boyd K, Sheikh A, Murray SA, Brown D, Mallinson I, Kearney N, Worth A. Key challenges and ways forward in researching the "good death": qualitative in-depth interview and focus group study. BMJ, doi:10.1136/bmj.39097.582639.55 (published 28 February 2007)
Murray SA, Sheikh A. Serial interviews for patients with progressive diseases. Lancet 2006; 368: 901-902
Murray SA, Sheikh A, Thomas K. Advance care planning in primary care. Editorial. BMJ 2006;333: 868-869
Newall E, Dewar B, Balaam M, Porter M, Baggaley S, Murray S, Gilloran A. Cumulative trivia: a holistic conceptualization of the minor problems of ageing. Primary Health Care Research and Development 2006: 7:331-340
Brown C, Lloyd S, Murray S. Using consecutive Rapid Participatory Appraisal studies to assess, facilitate and evaluate health and social change in community settings. BMC Public Health 2006, 6:68
Murray SA, Chinn DJ, Sheikh A Access to psychological and psychiatric services needs to be improved for the dying JRSM 2006;99(12):601
Ross M, Murray SA. Prayer. In: An illustrated guide to complementary therapies. Ed London, Elsevier 2006
Murray SA and Kendall M. Living with heart failure: in Palliative Care for Heart Failure: Ed Johnston M and Lehman R. London, Radcliffe Medical Press, 2006
Murray SA, Mitchell GK, Burge F, Barnard A, Nowels D, Charlton R. It's time to develop primary care services for dying. Journal of Palliative Care 2006;22:
Hockley J, Froggatt K. The development of palliative care knowledge in care homes for older people: the place of action research. Pall Med 2006; 20: 835-843
Kendall, M., Boyd, K., Campbell, C., Fife, S., Cormie, P., Thomas, K., Weller, D., and Murray, SA, How do people with cancer wish to be cared for in primary care? Serial discussions groups of patients and carers. Family Practice 2006; doi:10.1093/fampra/cm1035
Worth A, Boyd K, Kendall M, Heaney D, Macleod U, Cormie P, Hockley J, Murray SA. Out-of-hours palliative care: a qualitative study of cancer patients, carers and professionals BJGP 2006;56:6-13
Watson J. Hockley J. Dewar B. Barriers to implementing an integrated care pathway for the last days of life in nursing homes. International Journal of Palliative Nursing. 12(5):234-40, 2006 May.
Murray SA, Grant E. Dying from cancer in developed and developing countries. In: Ly A and Khayat D. About Cancer in Africa 477-488: from epidemiology to biomedical research applications and perspectives. Paris, Springer, 2006
Murray SA, Grant E, Mwangi-Powell F. Health in Africa - Time to wake up to cancer's toll. BMJ 2005:331:904
Murray IR, Murray SA, MacKenzie K, Coleman, S. How evidence based is the treatment of two common sports injuries in a sports injuries clinic? Br J Sports Med. 2005;39:912-16
Clausen H, Kendall M, Murray SA, Worth A, Boyd K, Benton F. Would palliative care patients benefit from social workers retaining the traditional 'casework' role rather than working as care managers? A prospective serial qualitative interview study. B J Soc Work. 2005; 35:277-85
Kendall M, Murray SA. Tales of the unexpected: patients' poetic accounts of the journey to a diagnosis of lung cancer. A prospective serial qualitative interview study. Qual Inq 2005;11:733-751
Murray SA, Kendall M, Boyd K, Sheikh A. Illness trajectories and palliative care. BMJ. 2005; 330:1007-1011.
Murray SA, Boyd K, and Sheikh A. Palliative care in chronic illness. We need to move from prognostic paralysis to active total care. BMJ. 2005; 330:611-612
Grant E, Murray SA, Kendall M, Boyd K, Tilley S, Ryan D. Spiritual issues and needs: perspectives from patients with advanced cancer and non-malignant disease. A qualitative study. Pall Supp Care 2004;2:371-78
Lerzynski G, Allan A, Murray SA. An assessment of the Palliative Care Outcome Scale to measure outcomes in different settings. Zeitschrift fur Palliativmedizin. 2004;5:19-27
Kendall M and Murray SA. Narratives of heart failure. In: Narrative Research in Health and Illness, London, BMJ Books/Radcliffe, 2004
Murray SA, Boyd K, Sheikh A, Thomas K, Higginson I. Developing primary palliative care: People with terminal conditions should be able to die at home with dignity. BMJ 2004;329:1056-7
Kendall M. and Murray SA, Narratives of Heart Failure: in Narrative Research in Health and Illness. London, Blackwell BMJ Books, 2004
Boyd K, Murray SA, Kendall M, Worth A, Benton TF, Clausen H. Living with advanced heart failure: a prospective interview study of patients and their carers. European Journal of Heart Failure. 2004;6:585-591
Murray SA, Kendall M, Worth A, Boyd K, Benton TF, Clausen H. Exploring the spiritual needs of people dying of lung cancer or heart failure: prospective qualitative interview study. Palliative Medicine. 2004;18:39-45
Murray SA, Grant E, Grant A, Kendall M. Dying from cancer in developed and developing countries: lessons from two qualitative interview studies of patients and their carers. British Medical Journal 2003;326:368-372.
Grant E, Murray SA, Grant A, Brown J. A good death in rural Africa? Listening to patients and their families talk about care needs at the end of life. Journal of Palliative Care. 2003;19:3159-67
Murray SA, Kendall M, Worth A, Boyd K, Benton TF Patient and carer perspectives: a man with inoperable lung cancer. Progress in Palliative Care 2003;11:321-26
Murray SA, Kendall M, Boyd K, Worth A, Benton TF. General practitioners and their possible role in providing spiritual care: a qualitative study." British Journal of General Practice 2003:53:957-59
Murray SA, Boyd K, Kendall M, Worth A, Benton TF, Clausen H. Dying of lung cancer or cardiac failure: prospective qualitative interview study of patients and their carers in the community. British Medical Journal 2002; 325: 929-932.
Cornbleet M, Campbell P, Murray SA, Stevenson M, Bond S. Patient-held records in cancer and palliative care: a randomized, prospective trial. Palliative Medicine 2002 16: 205-212