Karen F Willis
Biographic Data
| ID | 223906 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karen F Willis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karen F |
| FAMILY NAME | Willis |
| SIGNATURE | WILLIS K F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Australian Catholic University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 71 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Gatekeepers in the healthcare sector
Healthcare choice
The promotion of choice is a common theme in both policy discourses and commercial marketing claims about healthcare. However, within the multiple potential pathways of the healthcare 'maze', how do healthcare 'consumers' or patients understand and experience choice? What is meant by 'choice' in the policy context, and, importantly from a sociological perspective, how are such choices socially produced and structured? In this theoretical article,…
Understanding Risk, Choice and Amenity in an Urban Area at Risk of Flooding
This paper reports on a qualitative interview study of residents' perceptions of the probability and impact of flooding in a socially disadvantaged urban area identified and publicised as at risk of inundation. The people in this study engage with expert definitions of flood risk, but expert knowledge is not their most important reference point. While residents understand that the area is at risk of flooding, two key points emerge in their discus…
Participating in Research
With growing emphasis on the importance of scientific evidence through clinical trials, qualitative studies have been used to deepen our understanding of research from participants' perspectives. For people with a chronic illness, research participation could represent an additional impost on lives already overwhelmed with medical and care issues, and little is known about participants' motivations when the research requires them to think differe…
Healthcare choice
The promotion of choice is a common theme in both policy discourses and commercial marketing claims about healthcare. However, within the multiple potential pathways of the healthcare 'maze', how do healthcare 'consumers' or patients understand and experience choice? What is meant by 'choice' in the policy context, and, importantly from a sociological perspective, how are such choices socially produced and structured? In this theoretical article,…
Gatekeepers in the healthcare sector
Participating in Research
With growing emphasis on the importance of scientific evidence through clinical trials, qualitative studies have been used to deepen our understanding of research from participants' perspectives. For people with a chronic illness, research participation could represent an additional impost on lives already overwhelmed with medical and care issues, and little is known about participants' motivations when the research requires them to think differe…
Understanding Risk, Choice and Amenity in an Urban Area at Risk of Flooding
This paper reports on a qualitative interview study of residents' perceptions of the probability and impact of flooding in a socially disadvantaged urban area identified and publicised as at risk of inundation. The people in this study engage with expert definitions of flood risk, but expert knowledge is not their most important reference point. While residents understand that the area is at risk of flooding, two key points emerge in their discus…
Understanding Risk, Choice and Amenity in an Urban Area at Risk of Flooding
This paper reports on a qualitative interview study of residents' perceptions of the probability and impact of flooding in a socially disadvantaged urban area identified and publicised as at risk of inundation. The people in this study engage with expert definitions of flood risk, but expert knowledge is not their most important reference point. While residents understand that the area is at risk of flooding, two key points emerge in their discus…
Participating in Research
With growing emphasis on the importance of scientific evidence through clinical trials, qualitative studies have been used to deepen our understanding of research from participants' perspectives. For people with a chronic illness, research participation could represent an additional impost on lives already overwhelmed with medical and care issues, and little is known about participants' motivations when the research requires them to think differe…
Healthcare choice
The promotion of choice is a common theme in both policy discourses and commercial marketing claims about healthcare. However, within the multiple potential pathways of the healthcare 'maze', how do healthcare 'consumers' or patients understand and experience choice? What is meant by 'choice' in the policy context, and, importantly from a sociological perspective, how are such choices socially produced and structured? In this theoretical article,…
Gatekeepers in the healthcare sector
Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Habitus (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Management and Organizational Studies (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · Social science (2 works)