Dr Emily Harrop

BA (Hons), MSc, PhD, FHEA

2026

• Selman, L. E. et al., 2026. How to tackle inequities in bereavement support for ethnically diverse communities: a national qualitative study using experience-based co-design. BMC Medicine 24 (1) 566. (10.1186/s12916-026-05254-4)
• Mayland, C. R. et al., 2026. Development of the ‘Culturally Informed Ecological Model of Grief’ – a national qualitative study of bereavement experiences among ethnically diverse communities. BMC Medicine 24 454. (10.1186/s12916-026-05063-9)
• Goss, S. et al. 2026. Support needs, support use and perceived helpfulness of support in a cohort of people bereaved during the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from a longitudinal survey. Frontiers in Public Health 14 1784477. (10.3389/fpubh.2026.1784477)
• Selman, L. E. et al., 2026. Shifting to online and telephone bereavement support provision during the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed methods study of bereavement service provider perspectives and lessons learnt for current practice. Palliative medicine 40 (5), pp.617-631. (10.1177/02692163251383324)
• Harrop, E. et al. 2026. ‘I’m tired of justifying why my life has stopped’: A qualitative analysis of the experiences and support needs of young people caring at the end of life and into bereavement. Palliative Care & Social Practice 20 26323524261442209. (10.1177/26323524261442209)
• Finucane, A. et al., 2026. My grief my way: acceptability of an online acceptance and commitment therapy based bereavement support resource. Progress in Palliative Care: Science and the Art of Caring 33 (6), pp.321-332. (10.1080/09699260.2026.2637281)
• Bajwah, S. et al., 2026. OP-2 Equitable bereavement care for all: co-designing and implementing anti-racist and culturally safe bereavement support with ethnically diverse communities [Abstract]. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 16 (Suppl), pp.A1. (10.1136/spcare-2026-mcrc.2)
• Harrop, E. et al. 2026. PP-17 Improving bereavement support for children and young people: the development of the children’s attitude to grief scale-pictorial version (CAG-P) [Poster]. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 16 (Suppl), pp.A13. (10.1136/spcare-2026-mcrc.28)
• Hopewell-Kelly, N. et al. 2026. Non-verbal methods for assessing grief and mental health in children and individuals with additional communication needs: A scoping review. Palliative Care & Social Practice 20 (10.1177/26323524251413281)

2025

• Canny, A. et al., 2025. A qualitative study of bereavement support volunteers’ views and experiences on an online Acceptance and commitment therapy-based (ACT) training programme. PLoS ONE 20 (12) e0337321. (10.1371/journal.pone.0337321)
• Harrop, E. et al. 2025. “The grief exists in a bubble that the rest of the world doesn't see”: Exploring biographical disruption and meaning-making amongst people bereaved during the Covid-19 pandemic. Social Science and Medicine 384 118518. (10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118518)
• Gillanders, D. et al., 2025. A logic model to guide ‘My Grief My Way’: An intervention development study for a digital psychological support package for unmet bereavement support needs. Progress in Palliative Care 33 (5), pp.260-268. (10.1080/09699260.2025.2538935)
• Edwards, M. et al. 2025. Selected abstracts from the 4th international research seminar of the EAPC Reference Group on Public Health & Palliative Care, June 17-19, 2025. Palliative Care & Social Practice 19 (10.1177/26323524251366788)
• Selman, L. E. et al., 2025. Factors associated with higher levels of grief and support needs among people bereaved during the pandemic: results from a national online survey. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying 91 (2), pp.904-931. (10.1177/00302228221144925)
• Finucane, A. et al., 2025. A rapid review of the evidence for online interventions for bereavement support. Palliative Medicine 39 (1), pp.31-52. (10.1177/02692163241285101)

2024

• Burton, L. et al. 2024. “I have never felt so alone and vulnerable” – A qualitative study of bereaved people’s experiences of end-of-life cancer care during the Covid-19 pandemic. BMC Palliative Care 23 (1) 300. (10.1186/s12904-024-01619-9)
• Harrop, E. 2024. A spotlight on children and young people - and remembering Colin Murray Parkes. Bereavement Journal of Grief and Responses to Death 3 , pp.1-3. (10.54210/bj.2024.1140)

2023

• Harrop, E. et al. 2023. Prolonged grief during and beyond the pandemic: factors associated with levels of grief in a four time-point longitudinal survey of people bereaved in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Public Health 11 1215881. (10.3389/fpubh.2023.1215881)
• Fiddimore, E. et al. 2023. 'I don't want to hear statistics, I want real life stories': systematic review and thematic synthesis of patient and caregiver experiences of Proton Beam Therapy. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology 41 (4), pp.434-456. (10.1080/07347332.2022.2136997)
• Selman, L. E. et al., 2023. ‘Sadly I think we are sort of still quite white, middle-class really’ – Inequities in access tobereavement support: Findings from a mixed methods study. Palliative Medicine 37 (4), pp.586-601. (10.1177/02692163221133665)
• Harrop, E. 2023. What difference does a year make? Looking back and ahead in Bereavement-Volume 2. Bereavement: Journal of Grief and Responses to Death 2 (10.54210/bj.2023.1116)
• Goss, S. et al. 2023. Bereavement during Covid-19: Findings from a UK-wide online survey on the use and perceived helpfulness of informal and formal support during the pandemic. Presented at: The Marie Curie Research Conference 2023 Virtual 6-10 February 2023. Vol. 13.BMJ Publishing Group. , pp.A6. (10.1136/spcare-2023-MCRC.14)
• Mazzaschi, F. et al. 2023. Grieving during COVID-19: exploring the lived experiences of people bereaved during the first two waves of the pandemic. Presented at: The Marie Curie Research Conference 2023 Virtual 6-10 February 2023. Vol. 13., pp.A%. (10.1136/spcare-2023-MCRC.11)

2022

• Scott, H. et al., 2022. What should good bereavement service support look like? Findings from pre-pandemic workshop discussions interpreted in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. Bereavement: Journal of Grief and Responses to Death 1 (10.54210/bj.2022.1078)
• Harrop, E. et al. 2022. Parental perspectives on the grief and support needs of children and young people bereaved during the COVID-19 pandemic: Qualitative findings from a national survey. BMC Palliative Care 21 177. (10.1186/s12904-022-01066-4)
• Harrop, E. and Pearce, C. 2022. We wept and we waited - but what can we learn from the week we mourned the Queen?. Bereavement : Journal of Grief Responses to Death 1 (2022), pp.1-4.
• Selman, L. et al., 2022. Inequalities in access to bereavement support before and during COVID-19: Findings from voluntary and community sector bereavement services in the UK [Abstract]. Palliative Medicine 36 , pp.25-26. (10.1177/02692163221093145)
• Selman, L. et al., 2022. The impact of COVID-19 on the provision of voluntary and community sector bereavement services: A cross-sectional survey from the UK [Abstract]. Palliative Medicine 36 (1), pp.23-24. (10.1177/02692163221093145)
• Escritt, K. et al. 2022. Hope and meaning-making in phase-one oncology trials: A systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative evidence on patient-participant experiences. Trials 23 409. (10.1186/s13063-022-06306-9)
• Harrop, E. et al. 2022. The grief and support needs of children and young people bereaved during the COVID-19 Pandemic: parental views from a UK national survey. Presented at: 12th World Research Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care Online 18-20 May 2022. Vol. 36.Vol. 1. SAGE Publications(10.1177/02692163221093145)
• Torrens-Burton, A. et al. 2022. “It was brutal. It still is”: A qualitative analysis of the challenges of bereavement during the COVID-19 pandemic reported in two national surveys. Palliative Care and Social Practice 16 , pp.1-17. (10.1177/26323524221092456)
• Selman, L. E. et al., 2022. Risk factors associated with poorer experiences of end-of-life care and challenges in early bereavement: Results of a national online survey of people bereaved during the COVID-19 pandemic. Palliative Medicine 36 (4), pp.717-729.
• Selman, L. E. et al., 2022. Levels of grief, support needs and risk factors among people bereaved during the Covid-19 pandemic: baseline results from a longitudinal UK online survey [Abstract]. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 12 (Supple), pp.A1. (10.1136/spcare-2022-SCPSC.2)
• Sutton, E. et al., 2022. The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on bereavement support services in the UK: findings from a cross-sectional online survey and qualitative case studies. [Abstract]. British Medical Journal 12 , pp.A18-A19. (10.1136/spcare-2022-SCPSC.48)
• Goss, S. et al. 2022. Parents’ accounts of the grief experiences and support needs of children and young people bereaved during the COVID-19 pandemic: results from a UK-wide online survey.. Presented at: 2022 Marie Curie Research Conference Improving End of Life Virtual 30 January - 04 February 2022. Vol. 12.Vol. Supple. BMJ Publishing Group. , pp.A6-A7. (10.1136/spcare-2021-MCRC.15)
• Torrens-Burton, A. et al. 2022. ‘There is nowhere to place the anger’: accounts of bereavement experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 12 (Supple), pp.A10-A11. (10.1136/spcare-2021-MCRC.25)
• Harrop, E. and Selman, L. E. 2022. Bereavement during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK: What do we know so far?. Bereavement Journal of Grief and Responses to Death 1 18. (10.54210/bj.2022.18)
• Goss, S. et al. 2022. Bereavement during Covid-19: Findings from a UK-wide online survey on the use and impact of informal and formal support among people grieving during the pandemic.. Presented at: European Grief Conference 2022 Copenhagen, Denmark 21-23 September 2022.
• Hudson, B. et al. 2022. Experiences of bereavement across the UK. What are the challenges and what might the future look like – findings From the UK commission on bereavement.. Presented at: 12th World Research Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care Online 18-20 May 2022. Vol. 36.SAGE Publications(10.1177/02692163221093145)
• Torrens-Burton, A. et al. 2022. P02:57 “Empty and Lost”: The challenges of being bereaved during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Palliative Medicine (10.1177/02692163221093145)

2021

• Harrop, E. et al. 2021. Support needs and barriers to accessing support: Baseline results of a mixed-methods national survey of people bereaved during the COVID-19 pandemic. Palliative Medicine 35 (10), pp.1985-1997. (10.1177/02692163211043372)
• Phillips, R. et al., 2021. Cohort profile: The UK COVID-19 Public Experiences (COPE) prospective longitudinal mixed-methods study of health and well-being during the SARSCoV2 coronavirus pandemic. PLoS ONE 16 (10) e0258484. (10.1371/journal.pone.0258484)
• Harrop, E. et al. 2021. End of life and bereavement experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: interim results from a national survey of bereaved people [Abstract]. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care 11 (Sup 1), pp.A3. (10.1136/spcare-2021-PCC.6)

2020

• Desai, A. et al. 2020. 'Can you watch me please?' An evaluation of supervised learning events for medical students. The British Student Doctor Journal 4 (3), pp.16-18. (10.18573/bsdj.211)
• Ray, I. et al. 2020. The role of educational supervisors and their feedback in an undergraduate medical curriculum. The British Student Doctor Journal 4 (3), pp.31-33. (10.18573/bsdj.200)
• Harrop, E. et al. 2020. What elements of a systems approach to bereavement are most effective in times of mass bereavement? A narrative systematic review with lessons for COVID-19. Palliative Medicine 34 (9), pp.1165-1181. (10.1177/0269216320946273)
• Harrop, E. et al. 2020. The impacts and effectiveness of support for people bereaved through advanced illness: a systematic review and thematic synthesis. Palliative Medicine 34 (7), pp.871-888. (10.1177/0269216320920533)
• Harrop, E. et al. 2020. Coping and wellbeing in bereavement: two core outcomes for evaluating bereavement support in palliative care. BMC Palliative Care 19 29. (10.1186/s12904-020-0532-4)
• Harrop, E. 2020. Bereavement outcomes study: Summary reports of consensus exercises. Project Report.Marie Curie Research Centre.

2019

• Hopewell-Kelly, N. et al. 2019. Palliative care research centre's move into social media: constructing a framework for ethical research, a consensus paper. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 9 (2), pp.219-224. (10.1136/bmjspcare-2015-000889)
• Sivell, S. et al. 2019. Considerations and recommendations for conducting qualitative research interviews with palliative and end-of-life care patients in the home setting: a consensus paper. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 9 e14. (10.1136/bmjspcare-2015-000892)

2018

• Longo, M. et al. 2018. 30 Consensus and consistency: development of a core outcome set for evaluating bereavement support in palliative care [Poster abstract]. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care 8 (3) 371. (10.1136/bmjspcare-2018-mariecurie.30)
• Morgan, F. et al. 2018. 54 Interventions and support for people bereaved through advanced progressive illness: a mixed-methods systematic review. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care 8 (3), pp.380-381. (10.1136/bmjspcare-2018-mariecurie.54)
• Seddon, K. et al., 2018. 40 Detailing public involvement (PI) within a study of bereavement support services for adults bereaved through advanced illness [Poster Abstracts]. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care 8 (3), pp.374-375. (10.1136/bmjspcare-2018-mariecurie.40)
• Prout, H. C. et al. 2018. Patient understanding and acceptability of an early lung cancer diagnosis trial: a qualitative study. Trials 19 419. (10.1186/s13063-018-2803-4)
• Harrop, E. et al. 2018. The challenge pathway: a mixed methods evaluation of an innovative care model for the palliative and end-of-life care of people with dementia (innovative practice). Dementia 17 (2), pp.252-257. (10.1177/1471301217729532)

2017

• Harrop, E. et al. 2017. Managing, making sense of and finding meaning in advanced illness: a qualitative exploration of the coping and wellbeing experiences of patients with lung cancer. Sociology of Health & Illness 39 (8), pp.1448-1464.

2016

• Harrop, E. et al. 2016. “It still haunts me whether we did the right thing”: a qualitative analysis of free text survey data on the bereavement experiences and support needs of family caregivers. BMC Palliative Care 15 92. (10.1186/s12904-016-0165-9)
• Harrop, E. et al. 2016. 'I didn't really understand it, I just thought it'd help': exploring the motivations, understandings and experiences of patients with advanced lung cancer participating in a non-placebo clinical IMP trial. Trials 17 (1) 329. (10.1186/s13063-016-1460-8)
• Harrop, E. et al. 2016. Why do patients decline surgical trials? Findings from a qualitative interview study embedded in the Cancer Research UK BOLERO trial (Bladder cancer: Open versus Lapararoscopic or RObotic cystectomy). Trials 17 35. (10.1186/s13063-016-1173-z)
• Harrop, E. et al. 2016. Palliative and end of life care priority setting partnership (PeolcPSP): Bereavement: experiences, needs and supportive interventions. Project Report.

2015

• Harrop, E. et al. 2015. Breaking down barriers: evaluating a Marie Curie Hospice project aimed at improving access to palliative care by minority ethnic groups.
• Sivell, S. et al. 2015. Conducting qualitative research interviews with palliative and end of life care patients in the home setting: reflections and recommendations from an academic palliative care research centre [Conference Abstract]. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care 5 117. (10.1136/bmjspcare-2014-000838.40)
• Sivell, S. et al. 2015. Social spaces and singular encounters: challenges to conducting qualitative research interviews in palliative and end of life care in the home setting. Presented at: 14th World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care Copenhagen, Denmark 8-10 May 2015. , pp.2529-2534.

2014

• Baillie, J. et al. 2014. Engaging minority ethnic communities to improve access to palliative care: Barriers and strategies [Abstract]. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 4 (1), pp.114. (10.1136/bmjspcare-2014-000653.28)
• Bowyer, A. et al. 2014. After iWantGreatCare: Service user feedback as a means of refining the iWantGreatCare questionnaire [Abstract]. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 4 (S1), pp.A47-A48. (10.1136/bmjspcare-2014-000654.133)
• Harrop, E. , Byrne, A. and Nelson, A. 2014. "It's alright to ask for help": findings from a qualitative study exploring the information and support needs of family carers at the end of life. BMC Palliative Care 13 , pp.22. (10.1186/1472-684X-13-22)

2013

• Harrop, E. et al. 2013. ‘Once I knew there was a choice, I wanted to exercise that choice': using qualitative methods to understand why patients decline surgical trials.. Trials 14 (S1) P9 (2013). (10.1186/1745-6215-14-s1-p9)
• Nelson, A. et al. 2013. QUALZICE: A QUALitative exploration of the experiences of the participants from the ZICE clinical trial (metastatic breast cancer) receiving intravenous or oral bisphosphonates. Trials 14 (1) 325. (10.1186/1745-6215-14-325)
• Baillie, J. et al. 2013. Breaking down barriers: evaluating a Marie Curie Hospice project aimed at improving access to palliative care by minority ethnic groups. Presented at: 13th World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care Prague 30 May - 2 June 2013. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care. BMJ. , pp.131. (10.1136/bmjspcare-2013-000453b.19)
• Baillie, J. et al. 2013. Breaking down barriers: evaluating a Marie Curie Hospice project aimed at improving access to palliative care services by minority ethnic groups. Presented at: Marie Curie Annual Palliative Care Research Conference London, UK 28 March 2014.
• Harrop, E. et al. 2013. An evaluation of an integrated specialist nurse led palliative care clinic within a general practice setting. Presented at: 13th World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care Prague, Czech Republic 30 May - 2 June 2013.
• Harrop, E. et al. 2013. Broadening access; an integrated specialist nurse led palliative care clinic within a general practice setting. Presented at: Marie Curie Annual Palliative Care Research Conference London; UK 28 March 2014. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. BMJ. , pp.131. (10.1136/bmjspcare-2013-000453b.20)
• Nawaz, S. et al., 2013. Improving access to palliative care services for minority ethnic communities in Wales. Presented at: All Wales Palliative Care Conference Powys; UK 10 - 11 October 2013.

2012

• Edwards, M. et al. 2012. 110 Motivations of palliative lung cancer patients to participate in a non-placebo clinical trial (QualFRAG). Lung Cancer 75 (s1), pp.s36.

2010

• Elliott, E. et al. 2010. The impact of the recession on health: perspectives. Presented at: 18th UKPHA Annual Public Health Forum Bournemouth, UK 24- 25 March 2010.
• Elliott, E. et al. 2010. The impact of the economic downturn on health in Wales: a review and case study. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
• Harrop, E. 2010. Contested knowledge in the assessment of public health risks: A case study of the Nant-y-Gwyddon landfill site in the Rhondda valley, South Wales. PhD Thesis , Cardiff University.

2009

• Harrop, E. , Elliott, E. and Williams, G. H. 2009. Contesting the science: public health knowledge in an environmental protest. Presented at: BSA Medical Sociology Group 41st Annual Conference Manchester, UK 4 September 2009.
• Elliott, E. , Harrop, E. and Williams, G. H. 2009. Contesting the science: public health knowledge and action in controversial land-use development. Presented at: 104th American Sociological Association conference San Fransisco. USA 8 - 11 August 2009.
• Elliott, E. , Harrop, E. and Williams, G. H. 2009. Contesting the science: public health knowledge and action in controversial land-use developments. In: Benett, P. et al., Risk Communication and Public Health (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. , pp.181-196. (10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199562848.003.12)

2007

• Murphy, S. et al. 2007. "Nanny knows best": Individual and state responsibilities for health - a qualitative study using focus groups with the general public. Presented at: 19th IUHPE Conference on Health Promotion and Education Vancouver, BC, Canada 11-15 June 2007.
• Rothwell, H. et al. 2007. Exploring responsibility for health in families: analysing social relationships through a focus group study. Presented at: Society for Social Medicine, 51st Annual Scientific Meeting Cork, Ireland 12-14 September 2007.

2006

• MacDonald, S. et al. 2006. Organisational roles and responsibilities for health: interviews with representatives from the statutory and non-statutory sectors. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
• Murphy, S. et al., 2006. An examination of perceptions of roles and responsibilities for health amongst the general public. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
• Murphy, S. et al. 2006. "Nanny knows best": Individual and state responsibilities for health - a qualitative study using focus groups with the general public. Presented at: AWARD Building R&D in Health and Social Care in Wales Swansea University, Swansea, UK 21 June 2006.
• Rothwell, H. et al., 2006. Organisational roles and responsibilities for health: a pilot survey of businesses, primary and secondary schools and local government. Working paper. Cardiff: Cardiff University.