DR KEITH MEADOWS
Health Research Consultant
ABOUT KEITH
Keith is an independent researcher with more than 30 years of health research experience. He has a PhD in Psychology from Imperial College, University of London. Keith’s particular interest is in capturing the patient's experiences of living with chronic illness. The focus of his work is the limitations of the nomothetic approach* in the development and application of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in providing patient insight.
Keith has over 80 peer-reviewed papers in leading journals including, Quality of Life Research, Philosophy of Medicine, Clinical Nursing Research, Value in Health and Diabetic Medicine.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
The philosophy of medicine
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The understanding and interpretation of self-reported health outcomes
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The philosophy of social research
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The use of narrative in the interpretation of PROMs
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Mixed method research
HOW KEITH CAN HELP YOU
As an independent researcher Keith’s focus is on patient-centricity, serving academia, life science researchers, healthcare agencies, medical and pharmaceutical industry across a range of conditions and diseases.
The support you will receive will enable you through the use of mixed methods including patient narratives,** to obtain valuable information about the patient experience that PROM numerical ratings fail to capture and which can enhance patient-centred care.
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Currently, the development and use of Patient Reported Outcomes (PROMs) situates them at the vertex of two very different trends in medicine which are patient-centred care and standardization. Standardization, however, calls for the nomothetic approach* which suggests that it is possible to measure behaviour and experience independent of context, arguably resulting in the elimination of the features that are the hallmarks of patient-centred care.
FOOTNOTES
* The nomothetic approach compares individuals in terms of traits or dimensions common to everyone.
** There are a number of methods for acquiring narrative data which include conversations, observation, autobiographies, transcripts of in-depth interviews, focus groups, diaries, letters, etc.
CONTACT KEITH
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