Born in London of French parents, I sensibly studied medicine in Scotland. After surgery and general practice I was told in 1979 that there was little to learn from palliative care so that a subsequent career in palliative medicine came as something of a surprise. I am now a Physician in Palliative Medicine at St. Oswald’s Hospice, the Freeman Hospital palliative care team, and the palliative care in intellectual disabilities team in the Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Trust. I have particular interests in clinical decision making, symptom control, establishing new services and creating accessible learning such as open learning and videoconferencing. These days I am concentrating on staying sane. I continue to learn, which means that either there is a great deal more to palliative care, or that I am very slow learner.
Current bibliography:
George R, Regnard C. Lethal opioids or dangerous prescribers? Palliative Medicine, 2007. In press.
Regnard C, Randall F. A framework for making advance decisions on resuscitation. Clinical Medicine, 2005; 5(4): 354- 60.
Regnard C, Dixon J, Besford S, Merlane H, Bowman M. Monitoring a hospital palliative care team using the PaCA Tool. European Journal of Palliative Care, 2006; 13(2): 82-4.
Regnard C, Reynolds J, Watson B, Matthews D, Gibson L, Clarke C. Understanding distress in people with severe communication difficulties: developing and assessing the Disability Distress Assessment Tool (DisDAT). J Intellect Disability Res. Published online Sept 2006 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2788.2006.00875.x
Regnard C, Hunter A. Increasing prescriber awareness of drug interactions in palliative care. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 2005; 29(3): 219-221.
Waterfield KE, Lee MA, Regnard CFB. Ionized calcium in isolation may not detect all cases of symptomatic hypercalcaemia. Palliative Medicine 2005; 19: 1-/2
Hunter A, Regnard C, Armstrong C. The use of long-term, low-dose erythromycin in treating persistent gastric stasis. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 2005; 29(5): 430-3.
Regnard C. Please do not resuscitate: solution is flawed. BMJ, 2006; 332: 608.
Regnard C, Matthews D, Gibson L. Pain and Symptom Management. In, Read. S. ed. Palliative Care for People with Learning Disabilities. Quay Books. In press
Regnard C. Dysphagia, hiccup and dyspepsia. In, Calman K. Doyle D, Hanks G, Eds. Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine, fourth edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, in press
- CLiP - Current Learning in Palliaitve Care Online workshops in palliative care.
- Guide to Symptom Relief in Palliative Care