Action research: an overview / Jo Hockley, Katherine Froggatt, and Katharina Heimerl -- Critical theory and action research / Jo Hockley -- Organizational and health system change through participatory research / Katharina Heimerl and Klaus Wegleitner -- Capacity development in participatory action research / Mary Lou Kelley and Margaret McKee -- First, second, and third person inquiry / Geralyn Hynes -- Appreciative inquiry / Caroline Nicholson and Julie Barnes -- Community palliative care in Switzerland: from assessment to action / Steffen Eychmuller and Franzisca Domeisen Benedetti -- Facilitating bereavement support for people with intellectual disabilities in England / Sue Read -- Palliative interventions and acute respiratory care in Ireland / Patricia White and Marie Lynch -- Improving pain management in Canadian long-term care homes / Sharon Kaasalainen -- Power relations: enhancing the delivery of a palliative approach in an aged care setting / Sharon Andrews, Fran McInerney, and Andrew Robinson -- Issues of diversity: participatory action research wth indigenous peoples / Kevin Brazil -- Gender perspectives in Austrian participatory research in palliative care for older people / Elisabeth Reitinger and Erich Lehner -- Demonstrating quality and rigour in action research: peer education for end-of-life issues / Katherine Froggatt -- Addressing sustainability: a hospital-based action research study / Geralyn Hynes -- Challenges for collaboration / Katherine Froggatt, Katharina Heimerl, and Jo Hockley.