Heather Tan

549 total citations
27 papers, 358 citations indexed

About

Heather Tan is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Health and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Heather Tan has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 358 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 13 papers in Health and 11 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Heather Tan's work include Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (17 papers), Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (13 papers) and Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (10 papers). Heather Tan is often cited by papers focused on Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (17 papers), Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (13 papers) and Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (10 papers). Heather Tan collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and Belgium. Heather Tan's co-authors include Anne Wilson, Ian Olver, Margaret O’Connor, Christopher Barton, Fiona Gardner, Bruce Rumbold, Melissa J. Bloomer, Susan Lee, Leila Karimi and Austyn Snowden and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Qualitative Methods, Oncology nursing forum and Death Studies.

In The Last Decade

Heather Tan

26 papers receiving 338 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Heather Tan Australia 12 169 131 102 91 78 27 358
Alexander Tartaglia United States 12 184 1.1× 153 1.2× 141 1.4× 64 0.7× 73 0.9× 36 360
Janna C. Heyman United States 13 146 0.9× 110 0.8× 25 0.2× 133 1.5× 81 1.0× 28 354
Laura Hietapakka Finland 9 96 0.6× 90 0.7× 53 0.5× 248 2.7× 192 2.5× 29 484
Kathleen Dunne United Kingdom 11 178 1.1× 88 0.7× 38 0.4× 113 1.2× 121 1.6× 22 405
Sue Peckover United Kingdom 11 49 0.3× 194 1.5× 161 1.6× 215 2.4× 148 1.9× 24 484
Marianne V. Trondsen Norway 10 134 0.8× 117 0.9× 42 0.4× 175 1.9× 135 1.7× 17 391
Irene A. Gutheil United States 14 139 0.8× 98 0.7× 31 0.3× 181 2.0× 96 1.2× 33 432
Linda C. Robrecht United States 6 58 0.3× 83 0.6× 30 0.3× 105 1.2× 111 1.4× 6 353
Joy Penman Australia 10 93 0.6× 93 0.7× 82 0.8× 91 1.0× 80 1.0× 74 359
Elisabeth Dahlborg Lyckhage Sweden 11 58 0.3× 44 0.3× 44 0.4× 97 1.1× 65 0.8× 37 292

Countries citing papers authored by Heather Tan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heather Tan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heather Tan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Heather Tan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Heather Tan based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Heather Tan. Heather Tan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Snowden, Austyn, Leila Karimi, & Heather Tan. (2021). Statistical fit is like beauty: A rasch and factor analysis of the Scottish PROM. Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy. 28(3). 415–430. 3 indexed citations
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Tan, Heather, et al.. (2021). Professional development for spiritual care practitioners: a program review. Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy. 28(4). 467–481.
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Tan, Heather, et al.. (2021). “Essential Not Optional”: Spiritual Care in Australia during a Pandemic. Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling Advancing theory and professional practice through scholarly and reflective publications. 75(1_suppl). 41–45. 8 indexed citations
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Tan, Heather, et al.. (2020). Understanding the outcomes of spiritual care as experienced by patients. Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy. 28(2). 147–161. 12 indexed citations
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Tan, Heather, et al.. (2020). How is spiritual care/pastoral care understood and provided in general hospitals in Victoria, Australia? – Staff perspectives. Journal for the Study of Spirituality. 10(2). 114–126. 2 indexed citations
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Gardner, Fiona, Heather Tan, & Bruce Rumbold. (2018). What Spirituality Means for Patients and Families in Health Care. Journal of Religion and Health. 59(1). 195–203. 20 indexed citations
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Tan, Heather, et al.. (2017). Frames for the Future: Developing Continuing Education & Professional Development Programs for Spiritual Care Practitioners: A Perspective from Victoria, Australia. Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling Advancing theory and professional practice through scholarly and reflective publications. 71(4). 237–256. 3 indexed citations
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Snowden, Austyn, George Fitchett, Daniel H. Grossoehme, et al.. (2016). International Study of Chaplains’ Attitudes About Research. Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy. 23(1). 34–43. 14 indexed citations
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Tan, Heather, Melissa J. Bloomer, Robin Digby, & Margaret O’Connor. (2013). End-of-Life Care in an Australian Rehabilitation Facility for Older People: Staff Focus Groups. Death Studies. 38(3). 186–193. 5 indexed citations
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Tan, Heather, Margaret O’Connor, & Louise Peters. (2012). Evaluation of community palliative care settings: a discussion of the issues. Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management. 7(1). 43–48. 2 indexed citations
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Tan, Heather, et al.. (2012). A case study approach to investigating end-of-life decision making in an acute health service. Australian Health Review. 37(1). 93–97. 11 indexed citations
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Tan, Heather, Margaret O’Connor, Teresa Howard, Barbara Workman, & Daniel O’Connor. (2012). Responding to the death of a resident in aged care facilities: Perspectives of staff and residents. Geriatric Nursing. 34(1). 41–46. 13 indexed citations
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Bloomer, Melissa J., Heather Tan, Margaret O’Connor, & Robin Digby. (2012). Managing terminal dementia.. PubMed. 19(9). 36–7. 1 indexed citations
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Tan, Heather, Anne Wilson, Ian Olver, & Christopher Barton. (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. 10(1). 7–7. 27 indexed citations
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Tan, Heather, Anne Wilson, Ian Olver, & Christopher Barton. (2011). The family meeting addressing spiritual and psychosocial needs in a palliative care setting: usefulness and challenges to implementation. Progress in Palliative Care. 19(2). 66–72. 4 indexed citations
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Tan, Heather, et al.. (2011). Spirituality and quality of life in older people with chronic illness in Thailand. Progress in Palliative Care. 19(4). 177–184. 13 indexed citations
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Bloomer, Melissa J., Heather Tan, & Susan Lee. (2010). End of life care--the importance of advance care planning.. PubMed. 39(10). 734–7. 18 indexed citations
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Ciechomski, Lisa, et al.. (2009). After Hours Palliative Care Provision in Rural and Urban Victoria, Australia. Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management. 4(1). 57–63. 3 indexed citations
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Tan, Heather, et al.. (2005). The Impact of the Hospice Environment on Patient Spiritual Expression. Oncology nursing forum. 32(5). 1049–1055. 27 indexed citations

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