Alexis Paton
Biographic Data
| ID | 3603828 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexis Paton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexis |
| FAMILY NAME | Paton |
| SIGNATURE | PATON A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centre for Health and Society Aston University Birmingham UK |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4310-6983 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Listening to 'under-served' communities is not enough - new methodologies for community engagement in public health
Following a series of listening events in Birmingham – one of the most diverse and deprived cities in the UK – that sought to capture the lived experiences of ‘under-served’ and marginalised communities, the research team presented the data during a 'community sandpit' event, bringing together academics, healthcare professionals, and the voluntary sector to propose solutions to tackle health-inequalities at place-based level. The purpose was for …
Understanding the role of 'bricolage' among 'under-resourced and superdiverse' communities in tackling healthcare inequalities
Background: Access to healthcare services is experienced unequally throughout Birmingham – one of the most deprived and diverse cities in the UK. Following the principles of the ‘inverse care’ law, many Birmingham residents have the least healthcare services available to them, precluding them from living as healthily as possible. In this paper, we discuss some of the health inequalities in West Birmingham – a locality characterised by some of the…
Parenting through place‐of‐care disruptions
INTRODUCTION: Neonatal care is complex, involving multiple people and technologies within a community of care. When preterm babies are cared for far from home and/or transferred between units, the whole community of care (and particularly parent participation) is disrupted. Although previous studies have captured subjective experiences of parents, there has been little research exploring the material practices undertaken by parents as a consequen…
Organising work in neonatal transfer
The organisation of neonatal units into geographically-based networks that offer different levels of care is intended to ensure babies receive the care they need via transfers between different units. In this article, we explore the significant organisational work required in practice to accomplish such transfers. Conducted within a wider study of optimal place of care for babies born between 27 and 31 weeks' gestation, we draw on ethnographic wo…
Fair Is Fair, Right? Not When It Comes to Health
"Fair Is Fair, Right? Not When It Comes to Health." IJFAB: International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, 15(1), pp. 141–142
The fundamental role of storytelling and practical wisdom in facilitating the ethics education of junior doctors
Practical wisdom is a key concept in the field of virtue ethics, and it has played a significant role in the thinking of those who make use of virtue when theorising medical practice and ethics. In this article, we examine how storytelling and practical wisdom play integral roles in the medical ethics education of junior doctors. Using a qualitative approach, we conducted 46 interviews with a cohort of junior doctors to explore the role doctors f…
Parents' decision-making following diagnosis of a severe congenital anomaly in pregnancy
“Being Guided”
Recent research on patient decision-making reveals a disconnect between theories of autonomy, agency, and decision-making and their practice in contemporary clinical encounters. This study examines these concepts in the context of female patients making oncofertility decisions in the United Kingdom in light of the phenomenon of “being guided.” Patients experience being guided as a way to cope with, understand, and defer difficult treatment decisi…
No Longer “Handmaiden”
Whether sociology should be part of bioethics has been extensively debated and critiqued. Feminist bioethics has long recognized the role of empirical work in bioethical inquiry; however, much feminist work in bioethics has been sidelined due to critiques of the role of social and sociological theory in bioethics research. In this essay, I examine how sociology plays a much deeper role in bioethical inquiry beyond the contribution of empirical me…
No Longer “Handmaiden”
Whether sociology should be part of bioethics has been extensively debated and critiqued. Feminist bioethics has long recognized the role of empirical work in bioethical inquiry; however, much feminist work in bioethics has been sidelined due to critiques of the role of social and sociological theory in bioethics research. In this essay, I examine how sociology plays a much deeper role in bioethical inquiry beyond the contribution of empirical me…
“Being Guided”
Recent research on patient decision-making reveals a disconnect between theories of autonomy, agency, and decision-making and their practice in contemporary clinical encounters. This study examines these concepts in the context of female patients making oncofertility decisions in the United Kingdom in light of the phenomenon of “being guided.” Patients experience being guided as a way to cope with, understand, and defer difficult treatment decisi…
Parents' decision-making following diagnosis of a severe congenital anomaly in pregnancy
The fundamental role of storytelling and practical wisdom in facilitating the ethics education of junior doctors
Practical wisdom is a key concept in the field of virtue ethics, and it has played a significant role in the thinking of those who make use of virtue when theorising medical practice and ethics. In this article, we examine how storytelling and practical wisdom play integral roles in the medical ethics education of junior doctors. Using a qualitative approach, we conducted 46 interviews with a cohort of junior doctors to explore the role doctors f…
Fair Is Fair, Right? Not When It Comes to Health
"Fair Is Fair, Right? Not When It Comes to Health." IJFAB: International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, 15(1), pp. 141–142
Organising work in neonatal transfer
The organisation of neonatal units into geographically-based networks that offer different levels of care is intended to ensure babies receive the care they need via transfers between different units. In this article, we explore the significant organisational work required in practice to accomplish such transfers. Conducted within a wider study of optimal place of care for babies born between 27 and 31 weeks' gestation, we draw on ethnographic wo…
Parenting through place‐of‐care disruptions
INTRODUCTION: Neonatal care is complex, involving multiple people and technologies within a community of care. When preterm babies are cared for far from home and/or transferred between units, the whole community of care (and particularly parent participation) is disrupted. Although previous studies have captured subjective experiences of parents, there has been little research exploring the material practices undertaken by parents as a consequen…
Listening to 'under-served' communities is not enough - new methodologies for community engagement in public health
Following a series of listening events in Birmingham – one of the most diverse and deprived cities in the UK – that sought to capture the lived experiences of ‘under-served’ and marginalised communities, the research team presented the data during a 'community sandpit' event, bringing together academics, healthcare professionals, and the voluntary sector to propose solutions to tackle health-inequalities at place-based level. The purpose was for …
Understanding the role of 'bricolage' among 'under-resourced and superdiverse' communities in tackling healthcare inequalities
Background: Access to healthcare services is experienced unequally throughout Birmingham – one of the most deprived and diverse cities in the UK. Following the principles of the ‘inverse care’ law, many Birmingham residents have the least healthcare services available to them, precluding them from living as healthily as possible. In this paper, we discuss some of the health inequalities in West Birmingham – a locality characterised by some of the…
Sociology (6 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Ethics in medical practice (4 works) · Health care (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Active listening (2 works)