Dr Heather Tan - Researcher Profile

Biography

Heather works in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences at Monash University as a Research Fellow.

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Institution: University of Adelaide

Year awarded: 2008

MASTER OF GRIEF & PALLIATIVE CARE COUNSELLING

Institution: University of Adelaide

Year awarded: 2003

CLINICAL PASTORAL EDUCATION - BASIC UNIT

Institution: South Australian Norther Territory Associati

Year awarded: 2000

GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL

Institution: South Australian College of Advanced Educati

Year awarded: 1984

GRADUATE DIPLOMA OF EDUCATION

Institution: Adelaide College of Arts and Education

Year awarded: 1980

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

Institution: University of Adelaide

Year awarded: 1969

Publications

Journal Articles

Tan, H., Digby, R., Bloomer, M., Wang, Y., O'Connor, M.M., 2013, Brief Report. End-of-life care in rehabilitation centre for older people in Australia, Australasian Journal on Ageing [P], vol E, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd., Australia, pp. 1-4.

Tan, H., Lee, S.F., O'Connor, M.M., Peters, L.A., Komesaroff, P.A., 2012, A case study approach to investigating end-of-life decition making in an acute health service, Australian Health Review [P], vol E, CSIRO Publishing, Australia, pp. 1-5.

O'Connor, M.M., Tan, H., 2012, Addressing grief following patient death in aged-care facilities: the views of patients with mild dementia and staff, Grief Matters: The Australian Journal of Grief and Bereavement [P], vol 15, issue 2, Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement, Australia, pp. 36-39.

Tan, H., O'Connor, M.M., Peters, L.A., 2012, Evaluation of community palliative care settings: a discussion of the issues, Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management [P], vol 7, issue 1, Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management, Australian College of Health Service Executives, pp. 43-48.

O'Connor, M.M., Tan, H., O'Connor, D.W., Workman, B., 2012, Is the frequent death of residents in aged care facilities a significant cause of grief for residents with mild dementia?, Progress in Palliative Care [P], vol E, Maney Publishing, United Kingdom, pp. 1-6.

Bloomer, M., Tan, H., O'Connor, M., Digby, R., 2012, Managing terminal dementia, Australian Nursing Journal [P], vol 19, issue 9, Australian Nursing Federation, Silverwater NSW, pp. 36-37.

Tan, H., O'Connor, M.M., Wearne, H., Howard, T., 2012, The evaluation of a triage tool for a community palliative care service provider, Journal of Palliative Care [P], vol 28, issue 3, Centre for Bioethics - Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, Canada, pp. 141-148.

Tan, H., Wutthilert, W., O'Connor, M., 2011, Spirituality and quality of life in older people with chronic illness in Thailand, Progress in Palliative Care [P], vol 19, issue 4, Maney Publishing, UK, pp. 177-184.

Tan, H., Wilson, A., Olver, I., Barton, C., 2011, The experience of palliative patients and their families of a family meeting utilised as an instrument for spiritual and psychosocial care: A qualitative study, BMC Palliative Care [P], vol 10, issue 7, BioMed Central Ltd, UK, pp. 1-12.

Tan, H., Wilson, A., Olver, I., Barton, C.A., 2011, The family meeting addressing spiritual and psychosocial needs in a palliative care setting: Usefulness and challenges to implementation, Progress in Palliative Care [P], vol 19, issue 2, Maney Publishing, UK, pp. 66-72.

Bloomer, M., Lee, S.F., Tan, H., 2010, End of life care: The importance of advance care planning., Australian Family Physician [P], vol 39, issue 10, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Australia, pp. 734-737.

Tan, H., Wilson, A., Olver, I., Barton, C.A., 2010, Recruiting palliative patients for a large qualitative study: some ethical considerations and staff dilemmas., Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing [P], vol 6, issue 3, Elsevier Inc., USA, pp. 159-165.

Ciechomski, L.D., Tan, H., O'Connor, M.M., Miles, G., Klein, B., Schattner, P., 2009, After hours palliative care provision in rural and urban Victoria, Australia, Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management [P], vol 4, issue 1, Australian College of Health Service Executives, Australia, pp. 57-63.

Zeitz, K.M., Tan, H.M., Grief, M., Couns, P.C., Zeitz, C.J., 2009, Crowd behaviour at mass gatherings: a literature review., Prehospital and Disaster Medicine [P], vol 24, issue 1, World Accociation for Disaster and Emergency Medicine, US, pp. 32-38.

Tan, H., O'Connor, M.M., Miles, G., Klein, B., Schattner, P., 2009, GP and nurses' perceptions of how after hours care for people receiving palliative care at home could be improved: A mixed methods study, BMC Palliative Care [P], vol 8, issue 13, BioMed Central Ltd, UK, pp. 1-5.

Tan, H., Wilson, A., Olver, I.N., 2009, Ricoeur's theory of interpretation: An instrument for data interpretation in hermeneutic phenomenology, International Journal of Qualitative Methods [P], vol 8, issue 4, University of Alberta, Canada, pp. 1-15.

Tan, H., Grief, M., Couns, P.C., Braunack-Mayer, A., Beilby, J., 2005, The impact of the hospice environment on patient spiritual expression, Oncology Nursing Forum [P], vol 32, issue 5, Oncology Nursing Society, USA, pp. 1049-1055.

Conference Proceedings

Tan, H., 2008, The family meeting as an instrument of pysch-social & spiritual care, Palliative care beyond the boundaries - Conference Handbook, 23-24/10/08, Palliative Care Victoria, Melbourne, p. 57.

Tan, H., O'Connor, M.M., 2008, What happens after dark?, Palliative Care Beyond the Boundaries - Conference handbook, 23-24/10/08, Palliative Care Victoria, Melbourne, p. 92.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Completed Supervision

Student:

Ghazi, S.

Program of Study:

Factors That Influence Spiritual Nursing Care Of Muslim Oncology Patients in Riyadh - Saudi Arabia. 2012.

Supervisors:

Lyneham, J (Joint-Co), Tan, H (Joint).

Student:

Wutthilert, C.

Program of Study:

Spirituality and quality of life in older people with chronic illness. 2009.

Supervisors:

O''Connor, M (Main), Tan, H (Associate).