Sheila Hawker

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Sheila Hawker is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sheila Hawker has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 8 papers in General Health Professions and 5 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Sheila Hawker's work include Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (13 papers), Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (7 papers) and Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (5 papers). Sheila Hawker is often cited by papers focused on Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (13 papers), Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (7 papers) and Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (5 papers). Sheila Hawker collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and Switzerland. Sheila Hawker's co-authors include Sheila Payne, Christine Kerr, Michael Hardey, J. Enoch Powell, Graham Crow, David Seamark, Helen C. Roberts, James Raftery, John Powell and Nikki Jarrett and has published in prestigious journals such as European Journal of Cancer, Journal of Advanced Nursing and Archives of Disease in Childhood.

In The Last Decade

Sheila Hawker

22 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Appraising the Evidence: Reviewing Disparate Data Systematically

2002 916 citations Sheila Hawker, Sheila Payne et al. Qualitative Health Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sheila Hawker United Kingdom	15	475	431	282	181	154	23	1.3k
Sandra Atkinson Ireland	8	398 0.8×	515 1.2×	387 1.4×	212 1.2×	196 1.3×	12	1.6k
Jean C. McSweeney United States	25	469 1.0×	449 1.0×	298 1.1×	109 0.6×	84 0.5×	79	2.1k
Robbyn Seller Canada	6	278 0.6×	682 1.6×	342 1.2×	229 1.3×	101 0.7×	11	1.4k
Peter Pype Belgium	22	668 1.4×	712 1.7×	222 0.8×	146 0.8×	139 0.9×	124	1.4k
Linda E. Moody United States	18	430 0.9×	392 0.9×	269 1.0×	209 1.2×	178 1.2×	55	1.4k
Heidarali Abedi Iran	17	315 0.7×	408 0.9×	387 1.4×	161 0.9×	127 0.8×	143	1.2k
Kathleen Oberle Canada	19	642 1.4×	600 1.4×	231 0.8×	129 0.7×	239 1.6×	49	1.6k
Romina Pace Canada	9	301 0.6×	403 0.9×	216 0.8×	143 0.8×	150 1.0×	18	1.2k
Bronwynne C. Evans United States	18	363 0.8×	609 1.4×	287 1.0×	344 1.9×	131 0.9×	59	1.7k
Ruth Ludwick United States	16	325 0.7×	468 1.1×	283 1.0×	156 0.9×	118 0.8×	80	1.4k

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Kerr, Christopher, et al.. (2011). Defining children who may have palliative care needs: a delphi consensus building study. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 96(Supplement 1). A79–A79. 3 indexed citations

Payne, Sheila, Peter Hudson, Gunn Grande, et al.. (2010). White Paper on Improving Support for Family Carers in Palliative Care, Part 1.. 17(6). 286–290. 14 indexed citations

Raftery, James, Christine Kerr, Sheila Hawker, & John Powell. (2009). Paying clinicians to join clinical trials: a review of guidelines and interview study of trialists. Trials. 10(1). 15–15. 20 indexed citations

Raftery, James, J Bryant, John Powell, Christine Kerr, & Sheila Hawker. (2008). Payment to healthcare professionals for patient recruitment to trials: systematic review and qualitative study. Health Technology Assessment. 12(10). 1–128, iii. 35 indexed citations

Fitzsimmons, Deborah, Jacqueline A. Gilbert, Tom Young, et al.. (2008). A systematic review of the use and validation of health-related quality of life instruments in older cancer patients. European Journal of Cancer. 45(1). 19–32. 44 indexed citations

Kerr, Christopher, Sheila Payne, Sheila Hawker, et al.. (2008). End-of-life care for older people in community hospitals. 2(1). 47–53. 2 indexed citations

Payne, Sheila, Sheila Hawker, David Seamark, et al.. (2007). Experiences of end-of-life care in community hospitals. Health & Social Care in the Community. 15(5). 494–501. 24 indexed citations

Payne, Sheila, et al.. (2007). Case study research methods in end‐of‐life care: reflections on three studies. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 58(3). 236–245. 40 indexed citations

Payne, Sheila, Sheila Hawker, David Seamark, et al.. (2007). Healthcare workers' skills: perceived competence and experiences of end-of-life care in community hospitals. Progress in Palliative Care. 15(3). 118–125. 10 indexed citations

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Hawker, Sheila, Sheila Payne, David Seamark, et al.. (2006). End-of-life care in community hospitals: the perceptions of bereaved family members. Palliative Medicine. 20(5). 541–547. 28 indexed citations

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Hawker, Sheila, et al.. (2006). Out-of-hours medical cover in community hospitals: implications for palliative care. International Journal of Palliative Nursing. 12(2). 75–80. 14 indexed citations

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Fitzsimmons, Deborah, Sheila Hawker, Peter Simmonds, et al.. (2005). Nurse‐led models of chemotherapy care: mixed economy or nurse–doctor substitution?. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 50(3). 244–252. 16 indexed citations

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Payne, Sheila, Sheila Hawker, David Seamark, et al.. (2004). A survey of the provision of palliative care in community hospitals : an unrecognised resource.. 166(10). 1253–5. 2 indexed citations

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Payne, Sheila, Sheila Hawker, David Seamark, et al.. (2004). Community Hospitals: an Under-Recognized Resource for Palliative Care. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 97(9). 428–431. 14 indexed citations

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Payne, Sheila, Sheila Hawker, David Seamark, et al.. (2004). Community hospitals: an under-recognized resource for palliative care. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 97(9). 428–431. 22 indexed citations

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Hawker, Sheila, Sheila Payne, Christine Kerr, Michael Hardey, & J. Enoch Powell. (2002). Appraising the Evidence: Reviewing Disparate Data Systematically. Qualitative Health Research. 12(9). 1284–1299. 916 indexed citations breakdown →

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Payne, Sheila, et al.. (2001). The provision of palliative care for elderly people in community hospitals : best hope or last hope?. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 5 indexed citations

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Allan, Graham, Sheila Hawker, & Graham Crow. (2001). Family Diversity and Change in Britain and Western Europe. Journal of Family Issues. 22(7). 819–837. 33 indexed citations

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Payne, Sheila, et al.. (2000). Delivering care across professional boundaries : the communication of information about elderly people between health and social care practitioners.. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 1 indexed citations

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Kenyon, Elizabeth & Sheila Hawker. (1999). 'Once would be enough': Some reflections on the issue of safety for lone researchers. International Journal of Social Research Methodology. 2(4). 313–327. 18 indexed citations

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