Averil Stedeford


Publications

Poetry

The Long Way Down

A collection of poems which are a moving account of the experience with Brian during his last illness and of her journey through bereavement. Published in 2017.

See www.aspect-design.net/product-page/the-long-way-down

Ellipse and other poems

Available to purchase from elizabeth.rolph@flatlandic.net, £5 including p&p. Published in 1990.

Further poetry

She also has several collections of poems which have not been published, some of which can be seen on the poetry page of this site.

Academic publications

Understanding confusional states
Published in British journal of hospital medicine 1978

Psychotherapy of the Dying Patient and The Psychiatrist in the Terminal Care Unit
The British Journal of Psychiatry, Volume 135, Issue 1 July 1979

Couples facing death
 1 - Psychosocial aspects
 2 - Unsatisfactory communication

British Medical Journal 1981

Psychological aspects of the management of terminal cancer
Published in Comprehensive therapy 1984

Hospice: a safe place to suffer?
Palliative Medicine Volume 1, Number 1 Jan 01 1987

Care of the patient with advanced cancer: a course for clinical medical students at Oxford
Averil Stedeford and Robert Twycross. Journal of cancer education: the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education, 1989

FACING DEATH: Patients Professionals and their families
Published 1984 and 1994 (Second Edition)