title: Establishing research in a palliative care clinical setting: perceived barriers and implemented strategies.
abstract: There are many challenges in developing research projects in research-naïve clinical settings, especially palliative care where resistance to participate in research has been identified. These challenges to the implementation of research are common in nursing practice and are associated with attitudes towards research participation, and some lack of understanding of research as a process to improve clinical practice. This is despite the professional nursing requirement to conduct research into issues that influence palliative care practice. The purpose of this paper is to describe the process of implementing a clinical research project in collaboration with the clinicians of a palliative care community team and to reflect on the strategies implemented to overcome the challenges involved. The challenges presented here demonstrate the importance of proactively implementing engagement strategies from the inception of a research project in a clinical setting.
authors: Calvary Centre for Palliative Care Research, Australian Catholic University, ACT, Australia. Electronic address: tracey.bullen@acu.edu.au.
authors: Tracey
authors: T
authors: Bullen
authors: Clare Holland House Calvary Health Care ACT, ACT, Australia. Electronic address: kate.maher@calvary-act.com.au.
authors: Kate
authors: K
authors: Maher
authors: Calvary Centre for Palliative Care Research, Australian Catholic University, ACT, Australia. Electronic address: john.rosenberg@acu.edu.au.
authors: John P
authors: JP
authors: Rosenberg
authors: Clare Holland House Calvary Health Care ACT, ACT, Australia. Electronic address: bradley.smith@calvary-act.com.au.
authors: Bradley
authors: B
authors: Smith
mesh_terms: D032984:Ethics, Research; D006801:Humans; D015399:Nursing Research; D010166:Palliative Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Australian context; Palliative care; Practice changes; Research ethics; Research strategies