Researcher biography
Dr Hayley Thomas is a General Practitioner who works clinically on the north side of Brisbane, and academically as a clinical senior lecturer with the General Practice Clinical Unit. She is currently the academic co-coordinator for the General Practice course in the MD program. Hayley's research interests include whole person care and the GP-Patient relationship.
Journal Articles
Thomas, Hayley, O'Callaghan, Clare, Best, Megan, Bräutigam, Michael, Kimber, Thomas, Wade, Tracey and Sturman, Nancy (2026). Christian religion and spirituality in eating disorder development, experience, and recovery: an exploration of lived experience in Australia and New Zealand. Frontiers in psychology, 17 1764418, 1-14. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1764418
Sturman, Nancy, Mitchell, Ben, Cameron, Rhys, Thomas, Hayley, Kelly, Michaela and King, David (2025). Online teaching materials and medical student impressions of general practice: Lots of rules and guidelines?. Australian Journal of General Practice, 54 (4), 229-233. doi: 10.31128/ajgp-05-24-7253
Thomas, Hayley, Lynch, Johanna, Burch, Emily, Best, Megan, Ball, Lauren, Sturgiss, Elizabeth and Sturman, Nancy (2023). Where the joy comes from: a qualitative exploration of deep GP-patient relationships. BMC Primary Care, 24 (1) 268, 1-14. doi: 10.1186/s12875-023-02224-0
Lynch, Johanna M., Thomas, Hayley R., Askew, Deborah A. and Sturman, Nancy (2023). Holding the complex whole: generalist philosophy, priorities and practice that facilitate whole-person care. Australian Journal of General Practice, 52 (7), 428-433. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-01-23-6686
Thomas, Hayley Robyn, Best, Megan, Chua, David, King, David and Lynch, Johanna (2023). Whole person assessment for family medicine: a systematic review. BMJ Open, 13 (4) e065961, e065961. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065961
Thomas, Hayley, Best, Megan and Mitchell, Geoffrey (2020). Whole-person care in general practice: factors affecting the provision of whole-person care. Australian Journal of General Practice, 49 (4), 215-220. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-05-19-49503
Thomas, Hayley, Best, Megan and Mitchell, Geoffrey (2020). Whole-person care in general practice: the doctor-patient relationship. Australian Journal of General Practice, 49 (3), 139-144. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-05-19-49502
Thomas, Hayley, Best, Megan and Mitchell, Geoffrey (2020). Whole-person care in general practice: the nature of whole-person care. Australian Journal of General Practice, 49 (1-2), 54-60. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-05-19-49501
Thomas, Hayley R., Deckx, Laura, Sieben, Nicolas A., Foster, Michele M. and Mitchell, Geoffrey K. (2019). General practitioners' considerations when deciding whether to initiate end-of-life conversations: a qualitative study. Family Practice, 37 (4), 554-560. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmz088
Thomas, Hayley, Best, Megan and Mitchell, Geoffrey (2019). Health Care Homes and whole-person care: a qualitative study of general practitioners' views. Australian Journal of General Practice, 48 (12), 867-874. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-05-19-4932
Deckx, Laura, Thomas, Hayley R., Sieben, Nicolas A., Foster, Michele M. and Mitchell, Geoffrey K. (2019). General practitioners' practical approach to initiating end-of-life conversations: a qualitative study. Family Practice, 37 (3), 401-405. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmz074
Thomas, Hayley, Mitchell, Geoffrey, Rich, Justin and Best, Megan (2018). Definition of whole person care in general practice in the English language literature: a systematic review. BMJ open, 8 (12) e023758, e023758. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023758
Conference Papers
Thomas, Hayley, Lynch, Johanna, Burch, Emily, Best, Megan, Ball, Lauren, Sturgiss, Elizabeth and Sturman, Nancy (2023). Exploring deep GP patient relationships: a qualitative study with GP-patient dyads. Australasian Association of Academic Primary Care, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 17-18 August 2023. Clayton, VIC, Australia: CSIRO Publishing.
Lynch, Johanna and Thomas, Hayley (2021). Whole person care: exploring its nature and clinical practice. WONCA Europe 2021, Virtual, 6 - 10 July 2021.
Thomas, Hayley, Best, Megan, Lynch, Johanna and Chua, David (2020). Clinical approaches to whole person assessment: a systematic review. In: Australasian Association for Academic Primary Care (AAAPC) Annual Research Conference, Online, (LII-LII). 14–15 August 2020.
Thomas, Hayley, Deckx, Laura, Sieben, Nicolas, Foster, Michele and Mitchell, Geoffrey (2020). Initiating conversations about end-of-life care in general practice. In: Australasian Association for Academic Primary Care (AAAPC) Annual Research Conference, Online, (LII-LIII). 14–15 August 2020.
Thomas, Hayley, Best, Megan and Mitchell, Geoffrey (2019). Delivering whole person care in general practice: what makes a difference?. AAAPC Annual Research Conference, Adelaide 2019, Adelaide, SA Australia, 12-13 July 2019. Clayton, VIC Australia: CSIRO Publishing.
Thomas, Hayley, Best, Megan and Mitchell, Geoffrey (2019). Health Care Homes and whole person care: a qualitative study of general practitioners' views. AAAPC Annual Research Conference, Adelaide 2019, Adelaide, SA Australia, 12-13 July 2019. Clayton, VIC Australia: CSIRO Publishing.