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"You can't die here": an exploration of the barriers to dying-in-place for structurally vulnerable populations in an urban centre in British Columbia, Canada by Stajduhar, Kelli I, Giesbrecht, Melissa, Mollison, Ashley, Whitlock, Kara, Burek, Piotr, Black, Fraser, Gerke, Jill, Dosani, Naheed, Colgan, Simon

“…One measure of quality in palliative care involves ensuring people approaching the end of life are able to receive care, and ultimately die, in the places they…”
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Applying the concept of structural empowerment to interactions between families and home‐care nurses by Funk, Laura M., Stajduhar, Kelli I., Giesbrecht, Melissa, Cloutier, Denise, Williams, Allison, Wolse, Faye

“…Interpretations of family carer empowerment in much nursing research, and in home‐care practice and policy, rarely attend explicitly to families’ choice or…”
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Critically examining diversity in end-of-life family caregiving: implications for equitable caregiver support and Canada's Compassionate Care Benefit by Giesbrecht, Melissa, Crooks, Valorie A, Williams, Allison, Hankivsky, Olena

“…Family (i.e., unpaid) caregiving has long been thought of as a 'woman's issue', which ultimately results not only in gendered, but also financial and health…”
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Canada's Compassionate Care Benefit: is it an adequate public health response to addressing the issue of caregiver burden in end-of-life care? by Williams, Allison M, Eby, Jeanette A, Crooks, Valorie A, Stajduhar, Kelli, Giesbrecht, Melissa, Vuksan, Mirjana, Cohen, S Robin, Brazil, Kevin, Allan, Diane

“…An increasingly significant public health issue in Canada, and elsewhere throughout the developed world, pertains to the provision of adequate…”
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Examining the language-place-healthcare intersection in the context of Canadian homecare nursing by Giesbrecht, Melissa D, Crooks, Valorie A, Stajduhar, Kelli I

“…Currently, much of the western world is experiencing a shift in the places where care is provided, namely from institutional settings like hospitals to diverse…”
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An intersectionality-based policy analysis framework: critical reflections on a methodology for advancing equity by Hankivsky, Olena, Grace, Daniel, Hunting, Gemma, Giesbrecht, Melissa, Fridkin, Alycia, Rudrum, Sarah, Ferlatte, Olivier, Clark, Natalie

“…In the field of health, numerous frameworks have emerged that advance understandings of the differential impacts of health policies to produce inclusive and…”
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“We are to be like machines…fill the bed before it gets cold”: Exploring the emotional geographies of healthcare providers caring for dying residents in long-term care facilities by Giesbrecht, Melissa, Stajduhar, Kelli I., Cloutier, Denise, Dujela, Carren

“…The end-of-life context is imbued with emotions, with death and dying transforming everyday places, like long-term care facilities, into entirely new emotional…”
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“Once you open that door, it’s a floodgate”: Exploring work-related grief among community service workers providing care for structurally vulnerable populations at the end of life through participatory action research by Giesbrecht, Melissa, Mollison, Ashley, Whitlock, Kara, Stajduhar, Kelli I

“…Background: At the end of life, people experiencing structural vulnerability (e.g. homelessness, poverty, stigmatization) rely on community service workers to…”
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Death Is a Social Justice Issue: Perspectives on Equity-Informed Palliative Care by Reimer-Kirkham, Sheryl, Stajduhar, Kelli, Pauly, Bernie, Giesbrecht, Melissa, Mollison, Ashley, McNeil, Ryan, Wallace, Bruce

“…All too often, palliative care services are not responsive to the needs of those who are doubly vulnerable, being that they are both in need of palliative care…”
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Hospitals, clinics, and palliative care units: Place-based experiences of formal healthcare settings by people experiencing structural vulnerability at the end-of-life by Giesbrecht, Melissa, Stajduhar, Kelli I., Mollison, Ashley, Pauly, Bernie, Reimer-Kirkham, Sheryl, McNeil, Ryan, Wallace, Bruce, Dosani, Naheed, Rose, Caelin

“…The process of dying pronounces inequities, particularly for structurally vulnerable populations. Extending recent health geography research, we critically…”
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Caregiving at the margins: An ethnographic exploration of family caregivers experiences providing care for structurally vulnerable populations at the end-of-life by Stajduhar, Kelli I, Giesbrecht, Melissa, Mollison, Ashley, Dosani, Naheed, McNeil, Ryan

“…Background: People experiencing structural vulnerability (e.g. homelessness, poverty, racism, criminalization of illicit drug use and mental health stigma)…”
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Palliating inside the lines: The effects of borders and boundaries on palliative care in rural Canada by Giesbrecht, Melissa, Crooks, Valorie A., Castleden, Heather, Schuurman, Nadine, Skinner, Mark, Williams, Allison

“…We draw lines to divide our world into specific places, territories, and categories. Although borders and boundaries are dynamic and socially constructed,…”
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Feelings of distance and proximity: exploring the emotional geographies of men caregiving for family members with multiple chronic conditions by Giesbrecht, Melissa, Williams, Allison, Duggleby, Wendy, Sethi, Bharthi, Ploeg, Jenny, Markle-Reid, Maureen

“…Care exchanges are imbued with emotion, yet few geography of caregiving researchers have explored how emotions shape such experiences. Furthermore, the…”
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Place-based Experiences of Formal Healthcare Settings by People Experiencing Vulnerability at the End of Life by Giesbrecht, Melissa, Stajduhar, Kelli, Mollison, Ashley, Pauly, Bernie, Reimer-Kirkham, Sheryl, McNeil, Ryan, Wallace, Bruce, Rose, Caelin, Dosani, Naheed

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Exploring the daily geographies of diverse men caregiving for family members with multiple chronic conditions by Giesbrecht, Melissa, Williams, Allison, Duggleby, Wendy, Ploeg, Jenny, Markle-Reid, Maureen

“…Within Canada, it has been estimated that almost half of all family, also known as informal, caregivers are now men. However, the contributions and experiences…”
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Identifying socio-environmental factors that facilitate resilience among Canadian palliative family caregivers: a qualitative case study by Giesbrecht, Melissa, Wolse, Faye, Crooks, Valorie A, Stajduhar, Kelli

“…In Canada, friends and family members are becoming increasingly responsible for providing palliative care in the home. This is resulting in some caregivers…”
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Themes in geographies of health and health care research: Reflections from the 2012 Canadian Association of Geographers annual meeting by Giesbrecht, Melissa, Cinnamon, Jonathan, Fritz, Charles, Johnston, Rory

“…In May 2012, the Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG) annual meeting in Waterloo, Ontario, attracted strong attendance by scholars whose research explores…”
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Revisiting the use of ‘place’ as an analytic tool for elucidating geographic issues central to Canadian rural palliative care by Giesbrecht, Melissa, Crooks, Valorie A., Castleden, Heather, Schuurman, Nadine, Skinner, Mark W., Williams, Allison M.

“…In 2010, Castleden and colleagues published a paper in this journal using the concept of ‘place’ as an analytic tool to understand the nature of palliative…”
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Placing the intersection: A qualitative exploration of formal and informal palliative caregiving in the home by Giesbrecht, Melissa

“…Currently over 259,000 Canadians die each year, yet only 15 percent access palliative care services prior to death. This reality raises significant concerns…”
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Perspectives from the frontlines: palliative care providers' expectations of Canada's compassionate care benefit programme by Giesbrecht, Melissa, Crooks, Valorie A., Williams, Allison

“…Recognising their valuable role as key informants, this study examines the perspectives of front‐line palliative care providers (FLPCP) regarding a social…”
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