Dr Anna Peeler
Dr Anna Peeler is a research associate at the Cicely Saunders® Institute at King's College London. Her research focuses on global palliative care access and delivery, nursing scope of practice in multimorbidity and palliative care, and palliative care health policy. She co-directs the World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center in Palliative Care, Policy, and Rehabilitation and is undertaking a year-long secondment with the WHO Regional Office for Europe to learn more about global palliative care policy development.
Selected publications
The WISH report: Harding R, Hammerich A, Peeler A, Afolabi O, Sleeman K, Thompson D, El-Akoum M, Gafer N. (November 2024) Palliative care: How can we respond to 10 years of limited progress? Technical report for the World Health Organization and the World Innovation Summit for Health. doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.19571.34088.
Peeler A, Afolabi O, Sleeman K, El Akoum M, Gafer N, Hammerich A, Harding R. (May 2025) Confronting global inequities in palliative care. BMJ Global Health. doi:10.1136/ bmjgh-2024-017624.
Afolabi O, Peeler A, Evans C, Nkhoma K, … Harding R. (March 2025) A logic model and multinational consensus definition of Primary Palliative Care in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2025.03.018.
Wright, R, Chapla K, Booth A, Peeler A, Nelson K, Swain R, Won S, Wu D. (December 2024) Enhancing Rigor, Quality and Patient Engagement in Qualitative Research: A Step-By-Step Guide to Applying Reflexive Thematic Analysis to the Experience-based Co-design Methodology. Qualitative Health Research. doi: 10.1177/10497323241291798.
Peeler A, Afolabli O, Harding R. (November 2024) Palliative care is an overlooked global health priority. BMJ. doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2387.
Peeler A, Afolabi O, Adcock M, Evans C, Nkhoma K, Harding R. (May 2024) Primary palliative care in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and thematic synthesis of the evidence for models and outcomes. Palliative Medicine. doi: 10.1177/02692163241248324