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PhD (University of Queensland), BSpPath (University of Queensland)
Rachel is a Research Fellow and member of the End of Life Research Program within the Australian Centre for Health Law Research. She previously worked as a speech pathologist in palliative and end-of-life care, intensive care, oncology and paediatrics. Rachel's early research focused on speech pathology and allied health topics, and in 2016 she was awarded a PhD on speech pathology and epidemiology. She has extensive experience in quantitative and qualitative research methods.
Since joining QUT in 2015, Rachel's research has focused on end-of-life decision-making, including law, policy and clinical practice. Rachel has also contributed to the development of training for speech pathologists and other allied health professionals on end-of-life law and voluntary assisted dying. She was previously engaged as a clinical consultant for the Voluntary Assisted Dying Training Education Module for Healthcare Workers in Queensland.
Additional information
- White, B., Ward, A., Feeney, R., Ley Greaves, L. & Willmott, L. (2024). Models of care for voluntary assisted dying: A qualitative study of Queensland's approach in its first year of operation. Australian Health Review, 48(6), 693–699. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/252527
- White, B., Ward, A., Feeney, R., Ley Greaves, L. & Willmott, L. (2024). Insights from Queensland's implementation of voluntary assisted dying. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/252808
- White, B., Feeney, R., Sellars, M., Neller, P., Yates, P. & Willmott, L. (2024). 'Can a relative override a patient's Advance Care Directive?': end-of-life legal worries of general practitioners and nurses working in aged care. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 30(1). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/246468
- Neller, P., Feeney, R., Willmott, L., Then, S., Munro, E., Cain, K., Yates, P. & White, B. (2024). Australian Indigenous people and treatment decision-making at end-of-life. Alternative Law Journal, 49(2), 104–113. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/248538
- Feeney, R., Willmott, L., Wilson, J. & White, B. (2024). Legal issues in end-of-life care for speech-language pathologists and social workers: A scoping review. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 26(2), 244–256. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/242514
- Willmott, L., Feeney, R., Del Villar, K., Yates, P. & White, B. (2023). Voluntary assisted dying: A discussion of key legal issues for Australian nurses. Collegian, 30(5), 701–707. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/242704
- Willmott, L., Feeney, R., Yates, P., Parker, M., Waller, K. & White, B. (2024). A cross-sectional study of the first two years of mandatory training for doctors participating in voluntary assisted dying. Palliative and Supportive Care, 22(4), 674–680. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/234202
- Willmott, L., Feeney, R., Del Villar, K., Chambaere, K., Yates, P., Mitchell, G. & White, B. (2022). Assisted Deaths Prior to the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017 (Vic): Would Patients Have Met the Eligibility Criteria to Request Voluntary Assisted Dying? Journal of Law and Medicine, 29(3), 811–828. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/234827
- White, B., Feeney, R., Chambaere, K., Yates, P., Mitchell, G. & Willmott, L. (2021). Intentional hastening of death through medication: A case series analysis of Victorian deaths prior to the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017. Internal Medicine Journal, 51(10), 1650–1656. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/211731
- Willmott, L., White, B., McGee, A., Meehan, R., Neller, P., Close, E., Cockburn, T., Ley Greaves, L., Feeney, R., Hewitt, J., Purser, K. & Kelly-Austin, A. (2019). Submission to the Queensland Parliamentary Inquiry into aged care, end-of-life and palliative care and voluntary assisted dying. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/128755
- A longitudinal study of medial practitioners' experiences following the commencement of Voluntary Assisted Dying in Queensland
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Ben White, Professor Lindy Willmott