Faculty profile
Sally Thorne
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Research
Latest papers
Health Disparities, Inequalities and Inequities in Stroke Care: A Global Critical Integrative Review (1991-2024).
Journal of the American Heart Association · 2026
The role of family caregivers in critical illness survivor recovery at home: A qualitative study.
Journal of health services research & policy · 2026
The Journey of Hope from Diagnosis to the Future among Children With Leukemia.
Journal of pain and symptom management · 2026
Latest funding
- $371,024
Co-Creating and Amplifying Patient Perspectives to Transform Recovery (CAPTURE) after Critical Illness: Peer-Facilitated Online Group Photovoice
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $5,998
Medical Assistance in Dying for Persons whose natural death is not reasonably foreseeable: Healthcare provider experiences
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
- $726,752
Toward Effective Policy and Clinical Care in the Context of Track 2 MAID in Canada
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
127 publications.
Health Disparities, Inequalities and Inequities in Stroke Care: A Global Critical Integrative Review (1991-2024).
De Sousa I, Thorne S, Lauck S, Field TS
The role of family caregivers in critical illness survivor recovery at home: A qualitative study.
Howard AF, Lynch K, Thorne S, Hoiss S, Arora RC, Ahmad O, Kelly MT, Crowe S, LeBlanc A, Currie LM, McDermid RC, Doll R, David A, Hou B, Erchov A, Haljan G
The Journey of Hope from Diagnosis to the Future among Children With Leukemia.
Ebrahimpour F, Mirlashari J, Thorne S, Mack JW
A Tale of Two Conditions: 50 Years of Chronic Illness and Cancer From a Nursing Perspective.
Thorne S
Expert recommendations for the conduct and appraisal of qualitative research in oncology.
Kaye EC, Bogetz J, Barton KS, Bell CJ, Johnston EE, Pozzar RA, Superdock A, Thorne S, Weaver MS, Wiener L, Graetz DE, Applied Qualitative Research Working Group 2
The power of words: evaluating the role of qualitative methods in cancer research.
Graetz DE, Sisk BA, Salek M, Blazin LJ, Wakefield CE, Tarbi EC, Thorne S, LeBlanc TW, Hinds PS, Traeger L, Kaye EC, Applied Qualitative Research Working Group 1
Web-Based Group Photovoice Through the Lens of Survivors of Critical Illness Recovery: Photovoice Qualitative Pilot Study.
Howard AF, Lynch K, David A, Haridas R, Currie LM, Thorne S, Haljan G
Success by Design: Senior Leadership Perspectives on Optimising the Role of Clinical Nurse Specialists
Lauck SB, Lambert LK, Prodan‐Bhalla N, Havaei F, Bryant‐Lukosius D, Kaur J, Hare K, Kensall SL, Palmer B, Thorne S
On Artificial Critical Reflection.
Thorne S
Artificial Reproductive Technology Use and Family-Building Experiences of Female Adult Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Qualitative Study.
Banser S, Howard AF, Thorne S, Goddard KJ
Co-Creating and Amplifying Patient Perspectives to Transform Recovery (CAPTURE) after Critical Illness: Peer-Facilitated Online Group Photovoice
Principal investigators: Howard, Amanda F; haljan, gregory; Istanboulian, Laura
Keywords: Arts-Based Health Research; Critical Illness Recovery; Family Caregivers; Knowledge Translation; Participatory Methods; Patient-Oriented Research; Photovoice; Post-Intensive Care Syndrome; Psychosocial Health; Qualitative Research
Medical Assistance in Dying for Persons whose natural death is not reasonably foreseeable: Healthcare provider experiences
Principal investigators: Pesut, Barbara K; Verigin, Lori; Thorne, Sally E
Keywords: Euthanasia; Healthcare Providers; Medical Assistance In Dying; Quality Care; Suffering
Toward Effective Policy and Clinical Care in the Context of Track 2 MAID in Canada
Principal investigators: Pesut, Barbara K; Mckenzie, Michael R; Plewes, Laurel; Thorne, Sally E
Keywords: Best Practice; Health Care Provider Well-Being/Support/Retention; Lived Experience; Medical Assistance In Dying; Mental Illness As Sole Underlying Medical Condition; Policy; Track 2
Informing policy to optimize the clinical nurse specialist workforce: Advancing the Quadruple Aim and Health Equity
Principal investigators: Lambert, Leah K; Prodan-Bhalla, Natasha
Keywords: Health Workforce; Human Health Resource Planning And Development; Nursing; Patient-Oriented Research; Policy; Stakeholder Engagement
Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada: A Multidisciplinary Pan-Canadian Knowledge Translation Initiative to Improve Practice Guidelines and Plan A Research Agenda
Principal investigators: Henry, Melissa
Keywords: Clinical Practice; Distress; Evaluation; Intervention; Knowledge Dissemination; Medical Assistance In Dying; Mental Health; Palliative Care; Quality Of Life; Research Priorities
Improving equitable access to early diagnosis and prevention of metastatic spinal cord compression in patients with low English proficiency in British Columbia: Identifying and addressing barriers to care
Principal investigators: Leung, Bonnie C
Keywords: Cancer; Communication Disjuncture; Culturally And Linguistically Diverse People; Health Equity; Health Services Research; Oncology Care; Spinal Cord Injury
Improving cancer treatment-related shared decision-making among older immigrants with cancer
Principal investigators: Leung, Bonnie C
Keywords: Cancer Treatment; Communication; Culturally Specific Needs; Decision-Making; Equitable Access To Care; Health Services Utilization; Immigrants; Language Barriers; Older People; Qualitative Research
Caregiving for vulnerable and marginalized older adults at the end of life
Principal investigators: Stajduhar, Kelli I
Keywords: Caregiving; Caregiving Support; Ethnographic Approaches; Health Equity; Homelessness; Life-Limiting Illness; Palliative Approach; Photo Elicitation; Vulnerable Populations
Unplanned Hospital Readmission Following Critical Illness Survival: An Investigation of the Survivor-Family Dyad
Principal investigators: Howard, Amanda F; haljan, gregory
Keywords: Critical Illness Survivorship; Family Caregivers; Health Service Use; Hospital Readmission; Intensive Care; Patient-Oriented Research; Patient-Perspective Evidence; Qualitative Research
Strategies to Relieve Suffering at End-of-Life (STRS-EOL): A longitudinal qualitative study of healthcare policy and nursing practice.
Principal investigators: Pesut, Barbara K; Roussel, Josette; Thorne, Sally E
Keywords: End-Of-Life; Ethics; Healthcare Policy; Medical Assistance In Dying; Nursing; Palliative Care; Palliative Sedation; Voluntary Stopping Eating And Drinking
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- School of Nursing
- Nursing
- Pediatrics
- Audiology and Speech Science
- School of Population and Public Health
- Centre on Aging
- Family Practice
- Other
Co-authors at University of British Columbia, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Barbara Pesut
School of Nursing
19 shared papers, latest 2025
Michael Mckenzie
Audiology and Speech Science
5 shared papers, latest 2025
Richard Sawatzky
School of Nursing
4 shared papers, latest 2023
Richard Sawatzky
Faculty
4 shared papers, latest 2023
gregory haljan
School of Nursing
4 shared papers, latest 2026
Jennifer Baumbusch
Nursing
3 shared papers, latest 2023
Kara Schick-Makaroff
Pediatrics
3 shared papers, latest 2023
Arminée Kazanjian
School of Population and Public Health
3 shared papers, latest 2023
Leah Lambert
School of Nursing
3 shared papers, latest 2022
Patrick Chiu
Faculty
3 shared papers, latest 2023
Kelli Stajduhar
School of Nursing
3 shared papers, latest 2025
John Oliffe
Nursing
2 shared papers, latest 2007
Robert Janke
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Sandra Lauck
School of Nursing
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Wendy Duggleby
Nursing
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Melanie Noel
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Tammie Dewan
Pediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Rachel Martens
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Farinaz Havaei
Family Practice
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Helen Brown
School of Nursing
1 shared papers, latest 2018
Denise Bryant-Lukosius
Nursing
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Carolyn Tayler
Centre on Aging
1 shared papers, latest 2017
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