BREATHE-INDIA: BREATHlEssness in INDIA - Development of a breathlessness beliefs and behaviour education intervention for use in the community-setting - More information
Exploring the association between chronic breathlessness and workforce participation, using Australia as an exemplar - More information
Estimating worldwide needs for morphine for pain in advanced cancer and proportions theoretically met by country estimates of requirements and consumption - More information
Improving Appropriate Access and Availability of Opioids for Cancer-related Pain Control in India: bridging the gap between policy and practice - a qualitative study
A cluster Randomised Controlled Trial to determine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the NAT-C in reducing unmet needs of patients in primary care
A cluster Randomised Controlled Trial exploring the feasibility of testing the routine use of the Needs Assessment Cancer (NAT-C) in primary care.
Clark J, Fabowale B, Currow D and Johnson M. Are opioids 'medicines' or 'drugs'? A discourse analysis of the annual reports of the International Narcotics Control Board.
Clark J, Ghoshal A and Johnson M. Feasibility testing of self-management techniques appropriate for chronic breathlessness management in India.
Clark J, Murtagh F and Johnson M. Global Challenges Research Fund, Responsive mode funding: £4000 An exploratory project with partners in Nepal, considering the feasibility and appropriateness of a programme of chronic breathlessness research in Nepal.
Clark J, Salins N, Daniel S, Currow DC, Jones L, Pearson M, Bunton R, Mankel J, Braithwaite C, Gilchrist MM and Johnson MJ. Views and experiences of opioid access amongst palliative care providers and public representatives in a low-resource setting: a qualitative interview study. Plos Global Public Health (in press)
Clark J, Kinchin I, Kochovska S, Johnson MJ and Currow DC. What If… Caregivers' Subsequent Workforce Participation Was a Measure of Palliative Care Services' Impact? An Hypothesis-Generating Study. J of Palliat Med, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2022.0498.
Currow D and Clark J. Pharmacological Imperialism. J of Palliat Med. 2023;26(2):158-159.
Clark J, Kochovska S, Currow DC. Burden of respiratory problems in low-income and middle-income countries. Curr Opin Support Palliat Care. 2022 Dec 1;16(4):210-215. doi: 10.1097/SPC.0000000000000615. Epub 2022 Sep 13. PMID: 36102933.
Clark J, Crowther L, Johnson MJ, Ramsenthaler C, Currow DC. Calculating worldwide needs for morphine for pain in advanced cancer and proportions feasibly met by country estimates of requirements and consumption. Retrospective, time-series analysis (1997-2017). PLOS Global Public Health. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000533.
Clark, J., Chang, S., Kinchin, I. et al. Lower workforce participation is associated with more severe persisting breathlessness. BMC Pulm Med, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-022-01861-y
Clark J, Copsey B, Wright-Hughes A, et al. Cancer patients’ needs assessment in primary care: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial (cRCT), economic evaluation and normalisation process theory evaluation of the needs assessment tool cancer (CANAssess). BMJ Open 2022;12:e051394. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051394
Clark J, Amoakwa E, Wright-Hughes A, Blenkinsopp J, Currow DC, Meads D, Farrin A, Allgar V, MacLeod M and Johnson M. A cluster randomised trial of a Needs Assessment Tool for adult Cancer patients and their carers (NAT-C) in primary care: A feasibility study. Plos One. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245647
Clark J, Gnanapragasam S, Greenley S, Pearce J and Johnson M. Perceptions and experiences of laws and regulations governing access to opioids in South, Southeast, East and Central Asia: A systematic review, critical interpretative synthesis and development of a conceptual framework. Palliat Med, 2020. doi: 10.1177/0269216320966505
Clark JD, Johnson M, Fabowale B, Farrelly M, Currow D. Does the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) sufficiently prioritise enablement of access to therapeutic opioids? A systematic critical analysis of six INCB annual reports, 1968-2018. Journal of Global Health Reports. 2020. doi:10.29392/001c.12925.
Daniel S, Clark JD, Gnanapragasam S, Venkateswaran C and Johnson M. Psychological Concerns of Indian Women With Breast Cancer in Different National Contexts: A Systematic Review and Mixed-Methods Synthesis. BMJ Support Palliat, 2020. doi: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2019-002076.
Button HE, Johnson M, Nwulu U and Clark J. Identification and Assessment of Breathlessness in Clinical Practice: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis. J Pain and Symptom Manage, 2019. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.10.014.
Clark J, Barnes A, Campbell M and Gardiner C. A Life or “Good Death” Situation? A Worldwide Ecological Study of the National Contexts of Countries That Have and Have Not Implemented Palliative Care. J Pain Symptom Manage, 2019:57:793-801.
Clark J, Barnes A and Gardiner C. Re-framing Global Palliative Care for the Sustainable Development Goals Era: a qualitative study of the views of international palliative care experts. J Pain Symptom Manage, 2018;56(3):363-370.
​Currow D and Clark J. Why Smart Emerging Economies Will Invest in Excellent Palliative Care, if Palliative Care Services Do Their Part. J of Palliat Med. 2018;21(3):276-77.
Brereton L, Clark J, Ingleton C, Gardiner C, Preston L, Ryan T and Goyder E. What do we know about different models of providing specialist palliative care? Findings from a systematic review of reviews? 2017. Palliat Med, 217;31(9):781-797.
Clark J, Barnes A and Gardiner C. Systematic Mapping Review of International Palliative Care Research. 2016. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care. doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2015-001008
Brereton L, Wahlster P, Lysdahl KB, Mozygemba K, Burns J, Chilcott JB, Ward S, Bronneke JB, Tummers M, van Hoorn R, Van der Wilt GJ, Pfadenhauer L, Gerhardus A, Rowher A, Rehfuess E, Oortwijn W, Refolo P, Sacchini D, Leppert W, Blazeviciene A, Preston L, Clark J, and Goyder E. On behalf of the INTEGRATE team. (2016). Integrated assessment of home based palliative care with and without reinforced caregiver support: ‘A demonstration of INTEGRATE-HTA methodological guidances’ – Executive Summary [Online]. Available from: http://www.integrate-hta.eu/downloads
Clark J. Systematic Mapping Review of International Palliative Care Research. EAPC 2015 14th World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care. 2015. European Journal of Palliative Care. United Kingdom: Haywood Publishing Group
Clark D, Clark J, and Greenwood A. The place of supportive, palliative and end-of-life care research in the United Kingdom Research Assessment Exercise, 2001 and 2008. Palliat Med. 2010;24: 533-543
Wright M, Clark J, Greenwood A. et al (2004) Palliative care policy development in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia: An Open Society Institute initiative. Progress in Palliative Care 12(2): 71-75
Johnson M, Clark J, Salins Net al. BREATHE-INDIA: BREATHlEssness in INDIA - Development of a breathlessness beliefs and behaviour education intervention for use in the community-setting. Medical Research Council: Public Health Intervention Development scheme. £140,833.31. Start: October 2022 for 18 months
Clark J, Daniel S, Salins N, Currow D, Pearson M and Johnson M. Global Challenges Research Fund. Pump-priming funding. £25, 460. 2021. Improving Appropriate Access and Availability of Opioids for Cancer-related Pain Control in India : bridging the gap between policy and practice - a qualitative study.
Johnson M, Clark J, Daniel S, Salins N, Pearson M, Soyiri I, Hamzah E, Munday D. Bid in preparation for a project entitled: “Opioids for cancer pain: bridging the gap between policy and practice” with collaborators in India, Nepal and Malaysia.
Clark J, Ghoshal A and Johnson M. Feasibility testing of self-management techniques appropriate for chronic breathlessness management in India.
Clark J, Murtagh F and Johnson M. Global Challenges Research Fund, Responsive mode funding: £4000 An exploratory project with partners in Nepal, considering the feasibility and appropriateness of a programme of chronic breathlessness research in Nepal.
Joseph welcomes enquiries from prospective students interested in global palliative care.
Current supervision:
· Maddy Bond, PhD candidate – “Roles and experiences of informal carers of adults with HIV/AIDs in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Thesis Advisory Panel member:
· Isabel Kate Binnie, PhD candidate – "Safety First: body-mind approaches for breathlessness-related distress in advanced disease – a realist review"
Awarded PhD students
· Dr Helene Elliott-Button, 2023. "Identification and Management of Chronic Breathlessness in Primary Care."