Debbie Cavers
Biographic Data
| ID | 167982 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Debbie Cavers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Debbie |
| FAMILY NAME | Cavers |
| SIGNATURE | CAVERS D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Edinburgh |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5419-6331 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 234 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
‘It’s Like a Weight Lifted off Your Shoulders’
Unpaid carers play a vital role in supporting individuals with life-limiting conditions, yet without adequate support, they risk poor health and burnout. Respite care offers carers a temporary reprieve, helping them to sustain their caregiving responsibilities. Existing literature primarily focuses on respite in the context of adult day care and dementia care rather than its role for carers of individuals with other life-limiting conditions. This…
Reflecting on the changing practice of qualitative health research
Living With and Beyond Cancer With Comorbid Conditions
INTRODUCTION: There is a pressing need to understand and explore the complex experiences and psychosocial support needs of people LWBC-CM and their informal caregivers, to inform survivorship and supportive care interventions. METHODS: In-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with people LWBC-CM and their informal caregivers in Scotland, invited via primary care. One-to-one, face-to-face interviews were conducted with informed consent explo…
Optimizing the implementation of lung cancer screening in Scotland
INTRODUCTION: Targeted lung cancer screening is effective in reducing lung cancer and all-cause mortality according to major trials in the United Kingdom and Europe. However, the best ways of implementing screening in local communities requires an understanding of the population the programme will serve. We undertook a study to explore the views of those potentially eligible for, and to identify potential barriers and facilitators to taking part …
Factors influencing adult carer support planning for unpaid caregiving at the end of life in Scotland
Caring for a relative or friend at the end of life can be rewarding but all-encompassing. These caregivers are often not identified, meaning their diverse needs remain unmet, and the lack of assessment, support and planning increases the likelihood of crisis and burnout. The Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 places responsibility on local authorities to implement such a plan, which will be fast-tracked for carers supporting someone at the end of life. O…
Member Checking
The trustworthiness of results is the bedrock of high quality qualitative research. Member checking, also known as participant or respondent validation, is a technique for exploring the credibility of results. Data or results are returned to participants to check for accuracy and resonance with their experiences. Member checking is often mentioned as one in a list of validation techniques. This simplistic reporting might not acknowledge the value…
Human Tissue and ‘the Public’
Gender and access to healthcare in the UK
English Because gender traditionally has been perceived as the preserve of women, gendercomparative research in access to healthcare has been rare. We report a critical interpretive synthesis of the relevant literature, and present the outline of a theoretically grounded framework for understanding gender issues in access to healthcare in the UK. Our synthesis indicates access appears often to be relative, variable and contingent upon many factor…
Conducting a critical interpretive synthesis of the literature on access to healthcare by vulnerable groups
BACKGROUND: Conventional systematic review techniques have limitations when the aim of a review is to construct a critical analysis of a complex body of literature. This article offers a reflexive account of an attempt to conduct an interpretive review of the literature on access to healthcare by vulnerable groups in the UK METHODS: This project involved the development and use of the method of Critical Interpretive Synthesis (CIS). This approach…
Commodification of Body Parts
Commentators frequently point to the involvement of biomedicine and bio-science in the objectification and commodification of human body parts, and the consequent potential for violation of personal, social and community meanings. Through a study of UK media coverage of controversies associated with the removal of body parts and human materials from children, we argue that an exclusive emphasis on the role of medicine and the bio-sciences in the …
Femininity, Mental Weakness, and Difference
Member Checking
The trustworthiness of results is the bedrock of high quality qualitative research. Member checking, also known as participant or respondent validation, is a technique for exploring the credibility of results. Data or results are returned to participants to check for accuracy and resonance with their experiences. Member checking is often mentioned as one in a list of validation techniques. This simplistic reporting might not acknowledge the value…
Commodification of Body Parts
Commentators frequently point to the involvement of biomedicine and bio-science in the objectification and commodification of human body parts, and the consequent potential for violation of personal, social and community meanings. Through a study of UK media coverage of controversies associated with the removal of body parts and human materials from children, we argue that an exclusive emphasis on the role of medicine and the bio-sciences in the …
Gender and access to healthcare in the UK
English Because gender traditionally has been perceived as the preserve of women, gendercomparative research in access to healthcare has been rare. We report a critical interpretive synthesis of the relevant literature, and present the outline of a theoretically grounded framework for understanding gender issues in access to healthcare in the UK. Our synthesis indicates access appears often to be relative, variable and contingent upon many factor…
Femininity, Mental Weakness, and Difference
Factors influencing adult carer support planning for unpaid caregiving at the end of life in Scotland
Caring for a relative or friend at the end of life can be rewarding but all-encompassing. These caregivers are often not identified, meaning their diverse needs remain unmet, and the lack of assessment, support and planning increases the likelihood of crisis and burnout. The Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 places responsibility on local authorities to implement such a plan, which will be fast-tracked for carers supporting someone at the end of life. O…
Femininity, Mental Weakness, and Difference
Conducting a critical interpretive synthesis of the literature on access to healthcare by vulnerable groups
BACKGROUND: Conventional systematic review techniques have limitations when the aim of a review is to construct a critical analysis of a complex body of literature. This article offers a reflexive account of an attempt to conduct an interpretive review of the literature on access to healthcare by vulnerable groups in the UK METHODS: This project involved the development and use of the method of Critical Interpretive Synthesis (CIS). This approach…
Commodification of Body Parts
Commentators frequently point to the involvement of biomedicine and bio-science in the objectification and commodification of human body parts, and the consequent potential for violation of personal, social and community meanings. Through a study of UK media coverage of controversies associated with the removal of body parts and human materials from children, we argue that an exclusive emphasis on the role of medicine and the bio-sciences in the …
Gender and access to healthcare in the UK
English Because gender traditionally has been perceived as the preserve of women, gendercomparative research in access to healthcare has been rare. We report a critical interpretive synthesis of the relevant literature, and present the outline of a theoretically grounded framework for understanding gender issues in access to healthcare in the UK. Our synthesis indicates access appears often to be relative, variable and contingent upon many factor…
Human Tissue and ‘the Public’
Member Checking
The trustworthiness of results is the bedrock of high quality qualitative research. Member checking, also known as participant or respondent validation, is a technique for exploring the credibility of results. Data or results are returned to participants to check for accuracy and resonance with their experiences. Member checking is often mentioned as one in a list of validation techniques. This simplistic reporting might not acknowledge the value…
Factors influencing adult carer support planning for unpaid caregiving at the end of life in Scotland
Caring for a relative or friend at the end of life can be rewarding but all-encompassing. These caregivers are often not identified, meaning their diverse needs remain unmet, and the lack of assessment, support and planning increases the likelihood of crisis and burnout. The Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 places responsibility on local authorities to implement such a plan, which will be fast-tracked for carers supporting someone at the end of life. O…
Optimizing the implementation of lung cancer screening in Scotland
INTRODUCTION: Targeted lung cancer screening is effective in reducing lung cancer and all-cause mortality according to major trials in the United Kingdom and Europe. However, the best ways of implementing screening in local communities requires an understanding of the population the programme will serve. We undertook a study to explore the views of those potentially eligible for, and to identify potential barriers and facilitators to taking part …
Reflecting on the changing practice of qualitative health research
Living With and Beyond Cancer With Comorbid Conditions
INTRODUCTION: There is a pressing need to understand and explore the complex experiences and psychosocial support needs of people LWBC-CM and their informal caregivers, to inform survivorship and supportive care interventions. METHODS: In-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with people LWBC-CM and their informal caregivers in Scotland, invited via primary care. One-to-one, face-to-face interviews were conducted with informed consent explo…
‘It’s Like a Weight Lifted off Your Shoulders’
Unpaid carers play a vital role in supporting individuals with life-limiting conditions, yet without adequate support, they risk poor health and burnout. Respite care offers carers a temporary reprieve, helping them to sustain their caregiving responsibilities. Existing literature primarily focuses on respite in the context of adult day care and dementia care rather than its role for carers of individuals with other life-limiting conditions. This…
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