Biography

Research Area

• Counselling and Psychotherapy,
• Palliative Care,
• Hope, Loss, Grief, Bereavement.
• Registered Psychologist

Recent Publications

Duggleby, W. & Wright, K. (2005). Transforming Hope: How elderly palliative care patients live with hope. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 37 (2), 70-84.

Duggleby, W. & Wright, K. (2004). Elderly palliative care patients’ descriptions of hope-fostering strategies. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 10 (7) 52-359.

Murray,L. & Wright, K. (accepted). Integration of a suicide risk assessment and intervention approach: From the perspective of youth. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. Aug. 2004.

Le, T., Leis, A., Pahwa, P., Wright, K., Ali, K., & Reeder, B., (2004). Quality of Life Evaluations of Caregivers of Ovarian Cancer Patients During Chemotherapy Treatment. Journal of Gynecology Canada. July, 2004, p.627-631.

Le, T., Leis, A., Pahwa, P., Wright, K., Ali, K., & Reeder, B., (2004). Quality of Life Evaluations of Patients with Ovarian Cancer During Chemotherapy Treatment. Gynecologic Oncology, Vol. 2(2)

Recent Grants

Duggleby, W. (PI), Wright, K. (CI), Degner, L (CI), & Williams, A (CI), (2004-2005). A pilot study of the Hope Focused Program for Informal Caregivers of Palliative Home Care Patients. $61, 149 Canadian Institute for Health Research.