S E Thorne

Summary

Affiliation: University of British Columbia
Country: Canada

Publications

  1. ncbi The context of health care communication in chronic illness
    Sally E Thorne
    University of British Columbia School of Nursing, T201 2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 2B5
    Patient Educ Couns 54:299-306. 2004
  2. ncbi 'Being known': patients' perspectives of the dynamics of human connection in cancer care
    Sally E Thorne
    University of British Columbia School of Nursing, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Psychooncology 14:887-98; discussion 899-900. 2005
  3. ncbi Patient-provider communication in chronic illness: a health promotion window of opportunity
    Sally Thorne
    School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Fam Community Health 29:4S-11S. 2006
  4. ncbi Deconstructing the gender neutrality of chronic illness and disability
    S Thorne
    School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    Health Care Women Int 18:1-16. 1997
  5. ncbi Is there a cost to poor communication in cancer care?: a critical review of the literature
    Sally E Thorne
    University of British Columbia School of Nursing, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Psychooncology 14:875-84; discussion 885-6. 2005
  6. ncbi The problematic allure of the binary in nursing theoretical discourse
    Sally E Thorne
    University of British Columbia School of Nursing, T201 2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 2B5
    Nurs Philos 5:208-15. 2004
  7. ncbi Prognosticating futures and the human experience of hope
    Sally Thorne
    School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Palliat Support Care 5:227-39. 2007
  8. ncbi Ethical dimensions in the borderland between conventional and complementary/alternative medicine
    Sally Thorne
    University of British Columbia School of Nursing, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    J Altern Complement Med 8:907-15. 2002
  9. ncbi Complementary/alternative medicine in chronic illness as informed self-care decision making
    Sally Thorne
    UBC School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, T201 2211 Westbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 2B5
    Int J Nurs Stud 39:671-83. 2002
  10. ncbi Social constructions of breast cancer
    S E Thorne
    School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    Health Care Women Int 21:141-59. 2000

Detail Information

Publications36

  1. ncbi The context of health care communication in chronic illness
    Sally E Thorne
    University of British Columbia School of Nursing, T201 2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 2B5
    Patient Educ Couns 54:299-306. 2004
    ..The findings enlarge upon patient-centered approaches to health care communication and inform further analysis of the interactional dynamics associated with chronic conditions...
  2. ncbi 'Being known': patients' perspectives of the dynamics of human connection in cancer care
    Sally E Thorne
    University of British Columbia School of Nursing, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Psychooncology 14:887-98; discussion 899-900. 2005
    ....
  3. ncbi Patient-provider communication in chronic illness: a health promotion window of opportunity
    Sally Thorne
    School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Fam Community Health 29:4S-11S. 2006
    ....
  4. ncbi Deconstructing the gender neutrality of chronic illness and disability
    S Thorne
    School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    Health Care Women Int 18:1-16. 1997
    ..They conclude with recommendations for broadening our vision, correcting the omissions within our knowledge, and rethinking our part in contributing to inequities within society...
  5. ncbi Is there a cost to poor communication in cancer care?: a critical review of the literature
    Sally E Thorne
    University of British Columbia School of Nursing, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Psychooncology 14:875-84; discussion 885-6. 2005
    ....
  6. ncbi The problematic allure of the binary in nursing theoretical discourse
    Sally E Thorne
    University of British Columbia School of Nursing, T201 2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 2B5
    Nurs Philos 5:208-15. 2004
    ..As alluring as settling for the binary form may be--we argue for holding binaries in tension as a catalyst for stimulating dialogue--reasoning and exploration of new ways of wrestling with the social and moral complexity of nursing...
  7. ncbi Prognosticating futures and the human experience of hope
    Sally Thorne
    School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Palliat Support Care 5:227-39. 2007
    ....
  8. ncbi Ethical dimensions in the borderland between conventional and complementary/alternative medicine
    Sally Thorne
    University of British Columbia School of Nursing, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    J Altern Complement Med 8:907-15. 2002
    ..In this paper, we examine the historical context into which complementary and alternative medicine has been introduced, and consider the ethical and scientific challenges with which it confronts mainstream health systems...
  9. ncbi Complementary/alternative medicine in chronic illness as informed self-care decision making
    Sally Thorne
    UBC School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, T201 2211 Westbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 2B5
    Int J Nurs Stud 39:671-83. 2002
    ..In contrast, it represents personal responsibility for health, reframing the measures by which therapeutics are evaluated, and adopting a pragmatic approach to living as well as possible in the context of a chronic condition...
  10. ncbi Social constructions of breast cancer
    S E Thorne
    School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    Health Care Women Int 21:141-59. 2000
    ..We argue that an appreciation of the historical and cultural contexts in which breast cancer imagery has been constructed helps to explain the confusing array of ideologies that confront contemporary women diagnosed with breast cancer...
  11. ncbi Long-term gastrostomy in children: caregiver coping
    S E Thorne
    School of Nursing, University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada
    Gastroenterol Nurs 20:46-53. 1997
    ..In documenting an insider perspective on this phenomenon, this study provides nurses with a comprehensive orientation to the ways in which healthcare professionals can better support family caregiver coping...
  12. ncbi Shifting images of chronic illness
    S Thorne
    University of British Columbia School of Nursing, Vancouver, Canada
    Image J Nurs Sch 30:173-8. 1998
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  13. ncbi The tyranny of feminist methodology in women's health research
    S Thorne
    University of British Columbia School of Nursing, Vancouver, Canada
    Health Care Women Int 19:481-93. 1998
    ..We intend such analysis to overcome divisiveness and promote inclusiveness without sacrificing excellence in research and action...
  14. ncbi The science of meaning in chronic illness
    S E Thorne
    University of British Columbia School of Nursing, Vancouver, Canada
    Int J Nurs Stud 36:397-404. 1999
    ..The relevance of this analysis for nursing practice knowledge and for the strategies for nursing's scientific development are considered...
  15. ncbi Ideological implications of paradigm discourse
    S E Thorne
    University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    Nurs Inq 6:123-31. 1999
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  16. ncbi Health care professional support for self-care management in chronic illness: insights from diabetes research
    S E Thorne
    University of British Columbia School of Nursing, T201 2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 2B5
    Patient Educ Couns 42:81-90. 2001
    ..They further challenge notions of standardized communication and informational strategies, demonstrating the complexities inherent in the support needs of chronically ill persons as they change over time and context...
  17. ncbi The structure of everyday self-care decision making in chronic illness
    Sally Thorne
    University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    Qual Health Res 13:1337-52. 2003
    ..The findings form a conceptual foundation for ongoing inquiry into this complex phenomenon and provide insights that might assist clinicians to understand more fully the responses and attitudes of those they serve...
  18. ncbi Hope and probability: patient perspectives of the meaning of numerical information in cancer communication
    Sally Thorne
    University of British Columbia School of Nursing in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Qual Health Res 16:318-36. 2006
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  19. ncbi Men, masculinities, and prostate cancer: Australian and Canadian patient perspectives of communication with male physicians
    John Oliffe
    School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    Qual Health Res 17:149-61. 2007
    ..Analysis of findings enabled interpretations regarding what might be considered prostate cancer communication competencies in the male patient-physician dyad...
  20. ncbi The role of qualitative research within an evidence-based context: can metasynthesis be the answer?
    Sally Thorne
    University of British Columbia School of Nursing, T201 2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 2B5
    Int J Nurs Stud 46:569-75. 2009
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  21. ncbi "Truth telling" and cultural assumptions in an era of informed consent
    John Oliffe
    School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, and the British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Fam Community Health 30:5-15. 2007
    ..The findings enabled us to thoughtfully reflect on Western ideals about autonomy and responsibility and their relationship to informed consent in the context of cancer communication...
  22. ncbi Patient real-time and 12-month retrospective perceptions of difficult communications in the cancer diagnostic period
    Sally Thorne
    University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Qual Health Res 19:1383-94. 2009
    ..On the basis of these findings, considered in the context of the body of available evidence, suggestions are proposed as to appropriate directions for system-level solutions to the complex communication challenges within cancer care...
  23. ncbi Will designated patient navigators fix the problem? Oncology nursing in transition
    Sally Thorne
    UBC School of Nursing, T201 2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2B5
    Can Oncol Nurs J 20:116-28. 2010
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  24. ncbi The potential of meta-synthesis for nursing care effectiveness research
    Barbara L Paterson
    School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, T201-2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2B5, Canada
    Can J Nurs Res 35:39-43. 2003
  25. ncbi Disease-specific influences on meaning and significance in self-care decision-making in chronic illness
    Barbara Paterson
    School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    Can J Nurs Res 34:61-74. 2002
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  26. ncbi Toward methodological emancipation in applied health research
    Sally Thorne
    School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Qual Health Res 21:443-53. 2011
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  27. ncbi Health care communication issues in multiple sclerosis: an interpretive description
    Sally Thorne
    University of British Columbia School of Nursing, Vancouver, Canada
    Qual Health Res 14:5-22. 2004
    ..From the analysis of these findings, the authors draw interpretations regarding what might be considered communication competencies for those who care for patients with this disease...
  28. ncbi Uncovering blind spots in education and practice leadership: towards a collaborative response to the nurse shortage
    Sandra Regan
    University of British Columbia School of Nursing, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Nurs Leadersh (Tor Ont) 22:30-40. 2009
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  29. ncbi Strength in adversity: motherhood for women who have been battered
    Lori G Irwin
    School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    Can J Nurs Res 34:47-57. 2002
    ..The findings extend our understanding of the complexities of mothering in the context of abuse and provide direction for improving health-care support for mothers who have been abused...
  30. ncbi Qualitative metasynthesis: reflections on methodological orientation and ideological agenda
    Sally Thorne
    School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    Qual Health Res 14:1342-65. 2004
    ..Through understanding the bases of their unique angles of vision, the reader is invited to engage in their commitment to scholarly integrity and intellectual credibility in this emerging methodological challenge...
  31. ncbi From private to public: negotiating professional and personal identities in spiritual care
    Barbara Pesut
    Department of Nursing, Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia, Canada
    J Adv Nurs 58:396-403. 2007
    ..This paper is an exploration of the challenge of negotiating the highly personalized concept of spirituality within the public sphere of professional-patient interactions...
  32. ncbi Land mines in the field: a modest proposal for improving the craft of qualitative health research
    Sally Thorne
    University of British Columbia School of Nursing, Vancouver, Canada
    Qual Health Res 15:1105-13. 2005
    ..With a warning to those unaccustomed to self-deprecating humor, the authors challenge all to pay serious heed to what does and does not constitute rigorous, high-quality, empirical science within the qualitative tradition...
  33. ncbi Reflections on "Helping practitioners understand the contribution of qualitative research to evidence-based practice"
    Sally Thorne
    University of British Columbia, School of Nursing, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Evid Based Nurs 9:7-8. 2006
  34. ncbi Cancer care communication: the power to harm and the power to heal?
    Sally E Thorne
    University of British Columbia School of Nursing, Canada
    Patient Educ Couns 71:34-40. 2008
    ..This study was designed to examine the belief held by many cancer patients that communication with their care providers has a meaningful part to play in shaping their disease outcomes...
  35. ncbi Nursing education: key issues for the 21st century
    Sally E Thorne
    University of British Columbia, School of Nursing, T201-2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 2B5
    Nurse Educ Today 26:614-21. 2006
    ..Toward this end, I draw on lessons that can be drawn from our professional history as a rich and vibrant context to propose some key issues for that future theorizing...
  36. ncbi Satisfaction and anxiety for women during investigation of an abnormal screening mammogram
    T Gregory Hislop
    Cancer Control, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    Breast Cancer Res Treat 76:245-54. 2002
    ..Differences were found between biopsied and nonbiopsied women for several of these measures. Shortening the time to diagnosis positively influenced the client's perception of unnecessary delay...