Katherine E Sleeman

Biographic Data

ID4620858
NAMEKatherine E Sleeman
GIVEN NAMESKatherine E
FAMILY NAMESleeman
SIGNATURESLEEMAN K E
AFFILIATIONSCicely Saunders International
ORCID0000-0002-9777-4373
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Benefit take-up in the last year of life

    Open AccessJoanna M Davies, Amie Fairs et al.ARTICLESSM - Population Health2026

    Context In the UK, and in other countries, people living with a terminal illness are eligible for financial support to help with the costs of serious illness and to support their dignity and independence. This study investigates the take-up of benefits in the last year of life and identifies sociodemographic, clinical, and geographical factors associated with underclaiming. Methods Retrospective cohort study using linked mortality, Census and ben…

  • Confronting global inequities in palliative care

    Open AccessAnna Peeler, Oladayo Ayobami Afolabi et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    The number of people dying with preventable, serious health-related suffering is rapidly increasing, and international calls for the expansion of palliative care services have been made, such as the World Health Assembly Resolution 67.19, which named palliative care as an essential component of Universal Health Coverage. Despite this, only about 14% of all palliative care need globally is met today, and health systems around the world are unprepa…

  • Social determinants of where people die

    Open AccessJanet M Davies, Kuang Chua Chua et al.ARTICLESSM - Population Health2025

    This study contributes novel findings that deepen our understanding of socioeconomic inequality in place of death. Improving support for people living alone in more deprived areas is identified as a potential way to reduce inequalities in place of death

  • Provision of palliative and end-of-life care in UK care homes during the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessAndy Bradshaw, Sophia Ostler et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    Introduction: Little consideration has been given to how the provision of palliative and end-of-life care in care homes was affected by COVID-19. The aims of this study were to: (i) investigate the response of UK care homes in meeting the rapidly increasing need for palliative and end-of-life care during the COVID-19 pandemic and (ii) propose policy recommendations for strengthening the provision of palliative and end-of-life care within care hom…

  • Report of the Lancet Commission on the Value of Death

    Open AccessLibby Sallnow, Richard Smith et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2022