Dr Annie Pettifer PhD, MSc, BSc, RGN, PGCEA

School of Nursing and Midwifery
Assistant Professor

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0) 121 123 3639
Email
a.r.pettifer@bham.ac.uk
Address
School of Nursing and Midwifery
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Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Annie Pettifer is an Assistant Professor within the School of Nursing and Midwifery and member of the Research in End of Life, Advanced illness and Complex Health and Social care (REACH) research program.   

Annie has extensive experience as a registered generalist nurse and specialist practitioner in  District Nursing. Her clinical background is particularly in specialist palliative care nursing within both the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø, hospice, and hospital settings. She is an experienced nurse educator with expertise in inter-professional healthcare education, and pre and post nurse registration programs across all academic levels including masters and doctorial students. 

Annie completed her PhD in the Philosophy of Palliative Care  in 2021. Her research interests include improving the experiences of family members of people dying in hospitals, supporting patients and families with diminishing drinking at the end of life, philosophical underpinnings of research including pragmatism, narratology and ensuing methods.     

Qualifications

Registered General Nurse and Nurse Tutor:

  • PhD in Palliative Care, 2021
  • Post Graduate Certificate in the Teaching and Learning of Adults (Higher Education), 2003
  • MSc in Palliative Care, 1999
  • 1993 Diploma in Community Health Studies (District Nursing), 1993
  • 1989 BSc (hons) Nursing Studies, 1989

Postgraduate supervision

Palliative and End of Life Care

Publications

Recent publications

Book

Pettifer, A & Joanna, DS 2013, . SAGE Publications, London. <>

Article

Pettifer, A & Hughes, S 2025, '', Nursing inquiry, vol. 32, no. 2, e12699.

Pettifer, A & Hughes, S 2023, '', Palliative Medicine, vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 782-792.

Pettifer, A, Froggatt, K & Hughes, S 2019, '', Palliative Medicine, vol. 33, no. 9, pp. 1146-1157.

Pettifer, A 2015, '', End of Life Care Journal, vol. 5, no. 1. <>

Pettifer, A & Bronnert, R 2013, '', Journal of Paramedic Practice, vol. 5, no. 7, pp. 394-399.

Pettifer, A & Sarah, G 2013, '', International Journal of Palliative Nursing, vol. 19, no. 7, pp. 327-331.

Abstract

Pettifer, A & Guo, P 2025, '', Palliative Medicine, vol. 39, no. 2_suppl, pp. 373-373.

Pettifer, A, Bailey, C, Guo, P & Efstathiou, N 2024, '', Palliative Medicine, vol. 38, no. 1_suppl, pp. 128-128.

Doctoral Thesis

Pettifer, A 2021, '', ???thesis.qualification.phd???, Lancaster University. <>

Paper

Pettifer, A, Hughes, S & Froggatt, K 2019, ''.

Pettifer, A, Hughes, S & Froggatt, K 2018, ''.

Pettifer, A 2018, ''.

Pettifer, A, Greaney, B, Chiang, V, Fung, R, To, C, Mak, WY & Wu, CST 2017, ''.

Pettifer, A, Greaney, B & Cheung, S 2016, ''.