CareSearch Publications

2025

• Damarell RA, Christian C, Juhrmann M, Tieman J. Evaluating the impact of online health information: A scoping review of measures. RePaDD White Paper (3.43MB pdf). Adelaide, SA: Flinders University Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death and Dying: 2025.
• Nicholls S, Tieman J. Assessing the value of online palliative care information. Aust Health Rev. 2025 May;49:AH25032. doi: 10.1071/AH25032.

2024

• Tieman J, Nicholls S. Enhancing the efficacy of healthcare information websites: A case for the development of a best practice framework. BMJ Open 2024;14:e088789. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088789

2023

• Rawlings D, Tieman J, Miller-Lewis L . ‘I’m very interested in learning more’: What health care professionals in the Dying2Learn Massive Open Online Course think of the death doula role. Prog Palliat Care. 2023. Epub 2023 Nov 26. doi: 10.1080/09699260.2023.2281113
• Rawlings D, Winsall M, Miller-Lewis L, Tieman J. Natural death versus known date-of-death: A qualitative study of views on voluntary assisted dying in an online course about death. Omega (Westport). 2023 Mar;86(4):1272-1290. doi: 10.1177/00302228211008771. Epub 2021 Apr 11.

2022

• Erny-Albrecht K, Tieman J. CareSearch Quality Processes: Ensuring reliability and applicability across diverse stakeholder groups (619kb pdf). Adelaide, SA: CareSearch; 2022 Sep.
• van Gaans D, Erny-Albrecht K, Tieman J. Palliative care within the primary health care setting in Australia: A scoping review. Public Health Rev. 2022 Sep 6;43:1604856. doi: 10.3389/phrs.2022.1604856.
• Rawlings D, Miller-Lewis L, Tieman J. Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Funerals: Experiences of Participants in the 2020 Dying2Learn Massive Open Online Course. Omega (Westport). 2022 Feb 24:302228221075283. doi: 10.1177/00302228221075283. Epub ahead of print.
• Rawlings D, Miller-Lewis LR, Tieman J. ‘It’s like a wedding planner’: Dying2Learn Massive Open Online Course participants views of the Death Doula role. Prog Palliat Care. 2022;30(5):281-7. doi: 10.1080/09699260.2021.2021371 Epub ahead of print.

2021

• Tieman J, Lewis V. Benefits of structured engagement with target audiences of a health website: Study design for a multi-case study. Healthcare. 2021;9(5):600. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9050600
• Miller-Lewis LR, Lewis TW, Tieman J, Rawlings D, Parker D, Sanderson CR. Words describing feelings about death: A comparison of sentiment for self and others and changes over time. PLoS ONE. 2021 Jan 6;16(1):e0242848. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242848.

2020

• Oh C, Miller-Lewis L, Tieman J. Participation in an online course about death and dying: Exploring enrolment motivations and learning goals of health care workers. Educ Sci. 2020 Apr 16;10(4):112. doi.org/10.3390/educsci10040112
• Gravier S, Erny-Albrecht K. Allied health in Australia and its role in palliative care (935kb pdf). Adelaide, SA: CareSearch; 2020 Jan.

2019

• Rawlings D, Tieman J, Moores C. E-learning: who uses it and what difference does it make? Int J Palliat Nurs. 2019;25(10):482–493. doi:10.12968/ijpn.2019.25.10.482
• Morgan DD, Rawlings D, Moores CJ, Button L, Tieman JJ. The Changing Nature of Palliative Care: Implications for Allied Health Professionals’ Educational and Training Needs. Healthcare (Basel). 2019;7(4):112. Published 2019 Sep 28. doi:10.3390/healthcare7040112.
• Collier A, Hodgins M, Johnston B, Tieman J. Evidence-based palliative care: How can we account for the messy world of practice? Palliat Med. 2019 July;33(7):723-5.
• Morgan D, Rawlings D, Button E, Tieman J. Allied Health Clinicians’ Understanding of Palliative Care as It Relates to Patients, Caregivers, and Health Clinicians: A Cross-Sectional Survey. J Allied Health. 2019 Summer;48(2):127-133.
• Sanderson C, Miller-Lewis L, Rawlings D, Parker D, Tieman J. “I want to die in my sleep” – how people think about death, choice, and control: findings from a Massive Open Online Course. Ann Palliat Med. 2019 Mar 17. doi: 10.21037/apm.2019.03.07. [Epub ahead of print]
• Miller-Lewis L, Tieman J, Rawlings D, Sanderson C, Parker D. Correlates of perceived death competence: What role does meaning-in-life and quality-of-life play? Palliat Support Care. 2019 Jan 22:1-11. doi: 10.1017/S1478951518000937. [Epub ahead of print]

2018

• Rawlings D, Miller-Lewis L, Tieman J. Community Views on ‘What I Want ‘Before I Die’. Behav Sci. 2018; 8(12):111. doi.org/10.3390/bs8120111
• Miller-Lewis L, Tieman J, Rawlings D, Parker D, Sanderson C. Can Exposure to Online Conversations About Death and Dying Influence Death Competence? An Exploratory Study Within an Australian Massive Open Online Course. Omega (Westport). 2018 Jan 1:30222818765813. doi: 10.1177/0030222818765813. [Epub ahead of print]
• Tieman J, Miller-Lewis L, Rawlings D, Parker D, Sanderson C. The contribution of a MOOC to community discussions around death and dying. BMC Palliat Care. 2018 Feb 20;17(1):31. doi: 10.1186/s12904-018-0287-3.

2017

• Morgan DD, Swetenham CM, To TH, Currow DC, Tieman JJ. Telemonitoring via Self-Report and Video Review in Community Palliative Care: A Case Report. Healthcare (Basel). 2017 Aug 31;5(3). pii: E51. doi: 10.3390/healthcare5030051.
• Bradley SL, Tieman JJ, Woodman RJ, Phillips PA. Which online format is most effective for assisting Baby Boomers to complete advance directives? A randomised controlled trial of email prompting versus online education module. BMC Palliat Care. 2017 Aug 29;16:43.
• Rawlings D, Tieman JT, Sanderson C, Parker D, Miller-Lewis L. Never say die: Death euphemisms, misunderstandings and implications for practice. Int J Palliat Nurs. 2017 Jul 29;23(7):324-330.
• Damarell RA, Tieman JJ. How do clinicians learn about knowledge translation? An investigation of current web-based learning opportunities. JMIR Med Educ. 2017 Jul 13;3(2):e12.
• Rawlings D, Miller-Lewis L, Collien D, Tieman J, Parker D, Sanderson C. Lessons learned from the Dying2Learn MOOC: Pedagogy, platforms and partnerships. Educ Sci. 2017 Jun 29;7(3):67; doi:10.3390/educsci7030067
• Rawlings D, Sanderson C, Parker D, Tieman J, Miller-Lewis L. Passed away, kicked the bucket, pushing up daisies – the many ways we don’t talk about death. The Conversation [Internet]. 2017 May 23 [cited 2017 June 27].

2016

• Tieman J. Ensuring quality in online palliative care resources. Cancers. 2016 Dec 13;8(12):113.
• Hayman S, Tieman J. Finding evidence about the costs of palliative care: CareSearch’s suite of search tools. Palliat Med. 2017 Apr;31(4):387-388. Epub 2016 Oct 26.
• Tieman JJ, Swetenham K, Morgan DD, To TH, Currow DC. Using telehealth to support end of life care in the community: a feasibility study. BMC Palliat Care. 2016 Nov 17;15(1):94.

2015

• Damarell R, Tieman J. Searching PubMed for a broad subject area: how effective are palliative care clinicians in finding the evidence in their field? Health Info Libr J. 2015 Aug 21. doi: 10.1111/hir.12120. [Epub ahead of print]
• Rawlings D, Tieman J. Patient and carer information: Can they read and understand it? An example from palliative care. Aust Nurs Midwifery J. 2015 Nov;23(5):26-9.
• Tieman J, Hayman S, Hall C. Find me the evidence: Connecting the practitioner with the evidence on bereavement care. Death Stud. 2015 Jan 15.

2014

• Bradley SL, Woodman RJ, Tieman JJ, Phillips PA. Use of advance directives by South Australians: results from the Health Omnibus Survey Spring 2012. Med J Aust. 2014 Oct 20;201(8):467-9.
• Dicker R, Hayman S. Online tool gives access to residential aged care research. Aust Nurs Midwifery J. 2014 Feb;21(7):41-2.
• Tieman J, Rawlings D, Taylor J, Adams A, Mills S, Vaz H, Banfield M. Supporting service change in palliative care: a framework approach. Int J Palliat Nurs. 2014 Jul;20(7):349-56.

2013

• Tieman J, Bradley SL. Systematic review of the types of methods and approaches used to assess the effectiveness of healthcare information websites. Aust J Prim Health. 2013;19(4):319-24.
• Damarell RA, Tieman JJ, Sladek RM. OvidSP Medline-to-PubMed search filter translation: a methodology for extending search filter range to include PubMed’s unique content. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2013 Jul 2;13(1):86.

2012

• Tieman JJ. Filters and hubs: shortening the distance to palliative care evidence. Aust J Prim Health. 2012;18(4):268-73.

2011

• Damarell RA, Tieman J, Sladek RM, Davidson PM. Development of a heart failure filter for Medline: an objective approach using evidence-based clinical practice guidelines as an alternative to hand searching. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2011 Jan 28;11:12.

2010

• Sanderson C, Tieman JJ. CareSearch Online palliative care information for GPs (361kb pdf). Aust Fam Physician. 2010 May;39(5):341-3.
• Tieman JJ, Abernethy A, Currow DC. Not published, not indexed: issues in generating and finding hospice and palliative care literature. J Palliat Med. 2010 Jun;13(6):669-75.

2009

• Tieman JJ, Sladek RM, Currow DC. Multiple sources: mapping the literature of palliative care. Palliat Med. 2009 Jul;23(5):425-31.

2008

• Tieman J, Sladek R, Currow D. Changes in the quantity and level of evidence of palliative and hospice care literature: the last century. J Clin Oncol. 2008 Dec 10;26(35):5679-83.
• Tieman J, Rawlings D. Exploring nurses attitudes to, and use of, an online palliative care resource. Int J Palliat Nurs. 2008 Dec 19;14(12):587-94.
• Sladek RS, Tieman J. Applying evidence in the real world: a case study in library and information practice, Health Info Libr J. 2008;25(4):295-301.
• Currow DC, Agar M, Tieman J, Abernethy AP. Letter to the editor: Multi-site research allows adequately powered palliative care trials; web-based data management makes it achievable today. Palliat Med. 2008;22(1):91-2. (No abstract available)

2007

• Sladek R, Tieman J, Currow D. Improving search filter performance: A study of palliative care literature. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. 2007; 7:18.

2006

• Tieman J. Knowledge, knowledge management and KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS. HLA News. 2006 Oct. (432kb pdf) Pg 11.
• Sladek R, Tieman J, Fazekas B, Abernethy A, Currow D. Development of a subject search filter to find information relevant to palliative care in the general medical literature. J Med Libr Assoc. 2006;94(4):394-401.

2005

• Tieman J, Abernethy A, Fazekas B, Currow D, CareSearch: finding and evaluating Australia’s missing palliative care literature. BMC Palliative Care. 2005;4:4.