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Dr Ryann Sowden

BSc, PhD

Current positions

  • Senior Research Associate

    Bristol Medical School (PHS)

Contact

  • ku20444@bristol.ac.uk
  • ARC West
    9th Floor
    Whitefriars
    Lewins Mead, BS1 2NT
  • +44 117 455 8097

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Publications

Recent publications

01/03/2025
  • How do patient information documents present dialysis and conservative kidney management? A document analysis

    • Ryann Sowden, 
    • et al.

    Clinical Kidney Journal

    • Article
    • Accepted/In press
  • 08/11/2024
  • Communicating treatment options to older patients with advanced kidney disease

    • Lucy E Selman, 
    • et al.

    BMC Nephrology

    • Article
    • Accepted/In press
  • 04/03/2021
  • ‘It’s like being in a war with an invisible enemy’:

    • Ryann Sowden, 
    • et al.

    PLoS ONE

    • Article
    • Published
  • 01/07/2021
  • Sadness, despair and anger when a patient dies alone from COVID-19

    • Lucy E Selman, 
    • et al.

    Palliative Medicine

    • Article
    • Published
  • 01/07/2021
  • 'Saying goodbye' during the COVID-19 pandemic

    • Lucy E Selman, 
    • et al.

    Palliative Medicine

    • Article
    • Published
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    • Professor Lucy Selman

      Professor Lucy Selman

      Professor of Palliative and End of Life Care

      Bristol Medical School (PHS)

    • Dr Chloe Shaw

      Dr Chloe Shaw

      Senior Research Associate

      Bristol Medical School (PHS)

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