title: Revisiting the use of 'place' as an analytic tool for elucidating geographic issues central to Canadian rural palliative care.
abstract: 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 care provision in a rural region in British Columbia, Canada. This publication was based upon pilot data collected for a larger research project that has since been completed. With the addition of 40 semi-structured interviews with users and providers of palliative care in four other rural communities located across Canada, we revisit Castleden and colleagues' (2010) original framework. Applying the concept of place to the full dataset confirmed the previously published findings, but also revealed two new place-based dimensions related to experiences of rural palliative care in Canada: (1) borders and boundaries; and (2) 'making' place for palliative care progress. These new findings offer a refined understanding of the complex interconnections between various dimensions of place and palliative care in rural Canada.
authors: Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6. Electronic address: mgiesbre@sfu.ca.
authors: Melissa
authors: M
authors: Giesbrecht
authors: Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6.
authors: Valorie A
authors: VA
authors: Crooks
authors: Department of Geography and Planning, Queen's University, 99 University Avenue, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6.
authors: Heather
authors: H
authors: Castleden
authors: Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6.
authors: Nadine
authors: N
authors: Schuurman
authors: Trent School of the Environment, Trent University, 1600 West Bank Drive, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada K9L 0G2.
authors: Mark W
authors: MW
authors: Skinner
authors: School of Geography & Earth Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4M1.
authors: Allison M
authors: AM
authors: Williams
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002170:Canada; D005843:Geography; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000523:psychology; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D019035:Rural Health Services
keywords: Canada; Healthcare delivery; Palliative care; Place; Rural