Ross Gray
Biographic Data
| ID | 3800757 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ross Gray |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ross |
| FAMILY NAME | Gray |
| SIGNATURE | GRAY R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Psychosocial and Behavioural Research Unit at the Toronto-Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1029-9021 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Health Psychology and the Arts
Critical approaches within health psychology continue to explore new methods of working and new theoretical ideas from other disciplines. One area that remains under-explored is the potential links with the arts. This special issue contains a selection of empirical and theoretical reports on the linkages between health psychology and the arts. It includes arts and health projects in clinical, community and educational contexts; projects with youn…
Survivor Dragon Boating
The authors investigated the psychosocial impact of dragon boat participation on women who have been treated for breast cancer. Open-ended qualitative interviews were completed by 10 new members recruited from two breast cancer survivor dragon boat teams. Our findings indicate that the women's experience of survivor dragon boating surpassed their expectations and offered them hope and increased strength and the ability to regain control of their …
Active aging—spunky survivorship? Discourses and experiences of the years beyond breast cancer
Perspectives on colorectal cancer screening
Objective To assess attitudes and acceptability of Ontario consumers and doctors towards colorectal screening with faecal occult blood testing (FOBT) and colonoscopy. Design, setting and participants Focus groups with gender‐specific samples of the population, high‐risk gastroenterology patients and family doctors. Method Semi‐structured interview guides used by facilitator to lead groups through knowledge of risk factors and prevention of colore…
Staging Breast Cancer, Rehearsing Metastatic Disease
Social science researchers have fruitfully used a range of conceptualizations of "performance": as a metaphor for social life, a way of vivifying research findings, and a form of scholarly representation. In this article, the researchers consider performance in its hermeneutic sense, as a way of generating meaning. The drama Handle With Care? Living With Metastatic Breast Cancer was created by a research team, a theater troupe, and women with bre…
The use of research‐based theatre in a project related to metastatic breast cancer
Research‐based theatre represents an innovative approach to disseminating the results of qualitative studies. In this paper, we provide a rationale for the importance of research‐based theatre and also review previous work that has been done in the area. We then describe our experience in transforming research data into a dramatic production, Handle with Care ? This production was based on two studies – one with women with metastatic breast cance…
Adolescents experiencing the death of a parent
Active aging—spunky survivorship? Discourses and experiences of the years beyond breast cancer
Health Psychology and the Arts
Critical approaches within health psychology continue to explore new methods of working and new theoretical ideas from other disciplines. One area that remains under-explored is the potential links with the arts. This special issue contains a selection of empirical and theoretical reports on the linkages between health psychology and the arts. It includes arts and health projects in clinical, community and educational contexts; projects with youn…
Staging Breast Cancer, Rehearsing Metastatic Disease
Social science researchers have fruitfully used a range of conceptualizations of "performance": as a metaphor for social life, a way of vivifying research findings, and a form of scholarly representation. In this article, the researchers consider performance in its hermeneutic sense, as a way of generating meaning. The drama Handle With Care? Living With Metastatic Breast Cancer was created by a research team, a theater troupe, and women with bre…
Adolescents experiencing the death of a parent
The use of research‐based theatre in a project related to metastatic breast cancer
Research‐based theatre represents an innovative approach to disseminating the results of qualitative studies. In this paper, we provide a rationale for the importance of research‐based theatre and also review previous work that has been done in the area. We then describe our experience in transforming research data into a dramatic production, Handle with Care ? This production was based on two studies – one with women with metastatic breast cance…
Staging Breast Cancer, Rehearsing Metastatic Disease
Social science researchers have fruitfully used a range of conceptualizations of "performance": as a metaphor for social life, a way of vivifying research findings, and a form of scholarly representation. In this article, the researchers consider performance in its hermeneutic sense, as a way of generating meaning. The drama Handle With Care? Living With Metastatic Breast Cancer was created by a research team, a theater troupe, and women with bre…
Perspectives on colorectal cancer screening
Objective To assess attitudes and acceptability of Ontario consumers and doctors towards colorectal screening with faecal occult blood testing (FOBT) and colonoscopy. Design, setting and participants Focus groups with gender‐specific samples of the population, high‐risk gastroenterology patients and family doctors. Method Semi‐structured interview guides used by facilitator to lead groups through knowledge of risk factors and prevention of colore…
Active aging—spunky survivorship? Discourses and experiences of the years beyond breast cancer
Survivor Dragon Boating
The authors investigated the psychosocial impact of dragon boat participation on women who have been treated for breast cancer. Open-ended qualitative interviews were completed by 10 new members recruited from two breast cancer survivor dragon boat teams. Our findings indicate that the women's experience of survivor dragon boating surpassed their expectations and offered them hope and increased strength and the ability to regain control of their …
Health Psychology and the Arts
Critical approaches within health psychology continue to explore new methods of working and new theoretical ideas from other disciplines. One area that remains under-explored is the potential links with the arts. This special issue contains a selection of empirical and theoretical reports on the linkages between health psychology and the arts. It includes arts and health projects in clinical, community and educational contexts; projects with youn…
Medicine (6 works) · Cancer (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Breast cancer (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Family Support in Illness (3 works) · Internal Medicine (3 works) · Art Therapy and Mental Health (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works)