Pam Mcgrath
Biographic Data
| ID | 89970 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pam Mcgrath |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pam |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcgrath |
| SIGNATURE | MCGRATH P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Griffith University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3964-4845 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A Brief History of the First Global Survey of Anthropological Practice and Some Lessons Learned
This brief article is intended to complement "The WCAA Global Survey of Anthropological Practice (2014-2018): Reported Findings" in this issue of ViBrAnt. The article details the internal processes within the World Council of Anthropological Associations through which the Global Survey of Anthropological Practice (GSAP) was initiated and developed. It also discusses the issues and challenges the research team faced, as well as how it endeavored t…
The WCAA Global Survey of Anthropological Practice (2014-2018): Reported Findings
The Global Survey of Anthropological Practice (GSAP), the first of its kind, was undertaken by the World Council of Anthropological Associations (WCAA) to provide insights about anthropology as a transnational profession, the ongoing relevance of the discipline in addressing global problems, issues in employment and gender equity, and the range of anthropological practice and expertise. Respondents to the survey were living in 113 different count…
Medical “Gatekeeping” for Psychosocial Research on Serious Illness: Bioethical Reflections
The discussion explores ethical issues associated with medical “gatekeeping” in relation to psychosocial health research associated with serious illness and loss. “Gatekeeping” is defined as the process whereby health-care providers prevent access to eligible patients for research recruitment. The impact of this practice on the research process is explored, including issues of sample representation, selection bias, and wastage of time and resourc…
Returning to Work After Treatment for a Hematological Malignancy: Research Findings on the Important Role of the Employer for Employment Reentry
Many individuals diagnosed with cancer can experience a crisis associated with the challenge of returning to work posttreatment. To date, there is limited work on this topic. This article makes a contribution to this area by providing a subset of findings from a qualitative study that documents the role of the employer during posttreatment return to work from the perspective of individuals diagnosed with a hematological cancer. The study involved…
The Use of Credit Cards in Response to the Crisis of Serious Illness
This article contributes to the literature on the financial impact of cancer by presenting findings on the use of credit cards as a response to the financial crisis of relocation for specialist treatment for patients diagnosed with a hematological malignancy. The findings are from a study, funded by the Leukaemia Foundation of Queensland, examining the financial impact of relocation for specialist treatment for hematology patients in Queensland. …
Normalcy: An Important Focus for Individuals Diagnosed with a Haematological Malignancy
This article presents findings that highlight the significance of the tension between the focus on disease and treatment verses the focus on re-engaging with life for individuals facing the crisis of being diagnosed with a haematology malignancy. The findings are from a study on survivorship conducted throughout Queensland, Australia. The research was based on a qualitative design involving a series of open-ended interviews ( n = 50) and one focu…
Liaison Officer for International Medical Graduates: Research Findings from Australia
There is an increasing international movement of physicians, with substantial numbers of International Medical Graduates (IMGs) now seeking jobs outside the countries in which they were educated. For IMGs there are potential elements of crisis and loss associated with this transition. This article presents findings from Australian-based research which explores the IMGs' experience during entry to their chosen country and posits the need for a des…
Decision-making for living kidney donors: An instinctual response to suffering and death
This paper presents a sub-set of findings from the first interview (T1) of an Australian longitudinal study that documents the living donor's experience with renal transplant. There has been limited Australian research on this topic to date. A qualitative methodological approach was used, involving open-ended interviews with prospective living kidney donors (n = 20) from the Renal Transplantation Unit at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisban…
Surviving the Crisis of Relocation for Specialist Treatment in Haematology: Insights from New Zealand
Patients diagnosed with haematological malignancies require specialist treatments provided by major metropolitan hospitals. Those living outside the cities where the specialist care is located have to relocate for this specialist treatment. The findings presented in this article are from a program of research that documents the psychosocial impact of relocation on patients and their families. Prior Australian-based research conducted as part of t…
Australian findings on Aboriginal cultural practices associated with clothing, hair, possessions and use of name of deceased persons
There is a significant cultural gap between westernized Australian and Aboriginal cultures, especially in regards to care of the dying. Thus, cultural sensitivity and respect, coupled with knowledge of the traditions and practices in respect of the death and dying, are of utmost importance in communicating with Aboriginal peoples. In order to make a contribution to furthering cultural safety in nursing practice, this article provides important in…
Aboriginal Spiritual Perspectives: Research Findings Relevant to End-of-Life Care
The cultural differences between the dominant Anglo-Australian and the Aboriginal Australian groups are significant, particularly in the way death is dealt with. It is thus extremely important for health care professionals caring for Aboriginal people with a terminal illness to be informed as fully as possible on Indigenous spiritual beliefs associated with death and dying. This article shares findings on Aboriginal spiritual perspectives relevan…
It's very difficult to get respite out here at the moment: Australian findings on end-of-life care for Indigenous people
Whilst access to respite care has been found to represent an important source of support for terminally ill patients and their families, the availability of these services to Indigenous Australians has to date remained undocumented. This potential need for respite in Indigenous communities was explored as part of a National Health and Medical Research Council (NH&MRC) funded study designed to develop an innovative model for Indigenous palliative …
Religiosity and the Challenge of Terminal Illness
One of the assumptions that underpins the literature on spirituality is the belief that facing a terminal illness is a life crisis that intensifies the search for meaning, leaving individuals predisposed to embrace religion. To date, however, there is scant empirical research on the topic. This article seeks to make a contribution to this topic by reporting findings from a qualitative study that address the question of whether individuals embrace…
Are We Making Progress? Not in Haematology
It will be shown, through the presentation of recent research findings, that haematology is a neglected area in terms of sensitive care of the dying. The Australian evidence indicates that scant progress has been made in relation to even the most basic palliative care practices such as sensitive, honest information giving or appropriate referral to the palliative system. Rather, the data show that during terminal trajectory, patients from these d…
Returning Home after Specialist Treatment for Hematological Malignancies: An Australian Study
The technologically advanced and specialist nature of the treatments for patients with hematological malignancies necessitate that they are carried out in major metropolitan treating hospitals. Consequently, patients from regional, rural, and remote areas in Queensland, Australia, must relocate, often for lengthy periods of time, for treatment. To date, there has been scant research carried out on what happens to these patients and their families…
Findings on the impact of treatment for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia on family relationships
Paediatric acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) has provided a landmark in cancer therapy as the first disseminated and otherwise lethal malignancy to be curable in the majority of patients. Although the success rate is high, this benefit is achieved through a long, invasive and very arduous treatment process. The experience of undergoing such intensive treatments affects not only the child, but the entire family. To date, however, psychosocial re…
Trained volunteers for families coping with a child with a life‐limiting condition
One hundred and seven families with a child diagnosed with a life‐limiting condition, from all over Queensland (Australia), were surveyed on their need for a trained volunteer. Their comments provide important insights into an area which has not previously been researched or documented. In summary, their responses indicate that many families have only minimal or no support, and are coping with extraordinary physical, emotional and social demands …
The Patient Transit Assistance Scheme: A case for social work advocacy
The Patient Transit Assistance Scheme is one of Queensland Health's initiatives designed to facilitate equity of access for Queensland residents to essential health care services. The purpose of the scheme is to help all Queenslanders, irrespective of where they live, to have access to specialist medical services. It provides direct financial assistance to patients and in some cases their carers, to facilitate access to specialist medical service…
New directions in leukaemia research: A focus on psychosocial issues from a consumers perspective
The Leukaemia Foundation of Queensland, in collaboration with the Queensland University of Technology's Centre for Public Health Research, has recently undertaken the exciting initiative of establishing a permanent Australian infrastructure for psychosocial research on leukaemia and associated haematological disorders. The description of this program will be set in the context of an understanding of the dearth of psychosocial material accessible …
Buddhist spirituality—a compassionate perspective on hospice care
The practical, everyday metaphysic of Buddhist philosophy, which is based on notions of compassion and wisdom, a willingness to serve, tolerance, a duty to do no harm, and the significance of death, shares a commonality with hospice discourse. This discussion explores the connection between these two compatible discourses by detailing some of the findings of research recently completed on a Brisbane community-based, Buddhist hospice service (the …
A Spiritual Response to the Challenge of Routinization: A Dialogue of Discourses in a Buddhist-Initiated Hospice
The hospice vision of providing democratic and humane care of the dying needs to be operationalized in the "real world" of health care bureaucracies. It is at this interface between idealists and the demands of mainstream health care that hospice organizations experience compromise, diversion, and an ongoing threat to their singleness of purpose. This discussion explores this process of routinization through research findings on a hospice organiz…
Chemotherapy, bioethics and social work: Forging the link
Over the last few years a bioethical debate has developed in the international journals of medicine and nursing about the use/misuse of cytotoxic drugs in oncology. This paper seeks to introduce and explain the relevance of this debate to social workers who are involved in the care of patients with a diagnosis of cancer. As an introductory paper on this topic, the focus is on creating links between this debate and social work practice. The bioeth…
Religiosity and the Challenge of Terminal Illness
One of the assumptions that underpins the literature on spirituality is the belief that facing a terminal illness is a life crisis that intensifies the search for meaning, leaving individuals predisposed to embrace religion. To date, however, there is scant empirical research on the topic. This article seeks to make a contribution to this topic by reporting findings from a qualitative study that address the question of whether individuals embrace…
The WCAA Global Survey of Anthropological Practice (2014-2018): Reported Findings
The Global Survey of Anthropological Practice (GSAP), the first of its kind, was undertaken by the World Council of Anthropological Associations (WCAA) to provide insights about anthropology as a transnational profession, the ongoing relevance of the discipline in addressing global problems, issues in employment and gender equity, and the range of anthropological practice and expertise. Respondents to the survey were living in 113 different count…
It's very difficult to get respite out here at the moment: Australian findings on end-of-life care for Indigenous people
Whilst access to respite care has been found to represent an important source of support for terminally ill patients and their families, the availability of these services to Indigenous Australians has to date remained undocumented. This potential need for respite in Indigenous communities was explored as part of a National Health and Medical Research Council (NH&MRC) funded study designed to develop an innovative model for Indigenous palliative …
The Use of Credit Cards in Response to the Crisis of Serious Illness
This article contributes to the literature on the financial impact of cancer by presenting findings on the use of credit cards as a response to the financial crisis of relocation for specialist treatment for patients diagnosed with a hematological malignancy. The findings are from a study, funded by the Leukaemia Foundation of Queensland, examining the financial impact of relocation for specialist treatment for hematology patients in Queensland. …
Returning to Work After Treatment for a Hematological Malignancy: Research Findings on the Important Role of the Employer for Employment Reentry
Many individuals diagnosed with cancer can experience a crisis associated with the challenge of returning to work posttreatment. To date, there is limited work on this topic. This article makes a contribution to this area by providing a subset of findings from a qualitative study that documents the role of the employer during posttreatment return to work from the perspective of individuals diagnosed with a hematological cancer. The study involved…
Normalcy: An Important Focus for Individuals Diagnosed with a Haematological Malignancy
This article presents findings that highlight the significance of the tension between the focus on disease and treatment verses the focus on re-engaging with life for individuals facing the crisis of being diagnosed with a haematology malignancy. The findings are from a study on survivorship conducted throughout Queensland, Australia. The research was based on a qualitative design involving a series of open-ended interviews ( n = 50) and one focu…
Trained volunteers for families coping with a child with a life‐limiting condition
One hundred and seven families with a child diagnosed with a life‐limiting condition, from all over Queensland (Australia), were surveyed on their need for a trained volunteer. Their comments provide important insights into an area which has not previously been researched or documented. In summary, their responses indicate that many families have only minimal or no support, and are coping with extraordinary physical, emotional and social demands …
New directions in leukaemia research: A focus on psychosocial issues from a consumers perspective
The Leukaemia Foundation of Queensland, in collaboration with the Queensland University of Technology's Centre for Public Health Research, has recently undertaken the exciting initiative of establishing a permanent Australian infrastructure for psychosocial research on leukaemia and associated haematological disorders. The description of this program will be set in the context of an understanding of the dearth of psychosocial material accessible …
Chemotherapy, bioethics and social work: Forging the link
Over the last few years a bioethical debate has developed in the international journals of medicine and nursing about the use/misuse of cytotoxic drugs in oncology. This paper seeks to introduce and explain the relevance of this debate to social workers who are involved in the care of patients with a diagnosis of cancer. As an introductory paper on this topic, the focus is on creating links between this debate and social work practice. The bioeth…
Buddhist spirituality—a compassionate perspective on hospice care
The practical, everyday metaphysic of Buddhist philosophy, which is based on notions of compassion and wisdom, a willingness to serve, tolerance, a duty to do no harm, and the significance of death, shares a commonality with hospice discourse. This discussion explores the connection between these two compatible discourses by detailing some of the findings of research recently completed on a Brisbane community-based, Buddhist hospice service (the …
A Spiritual Response to the Challenge of Routinization: A Dialogue of Discourses in a Buddhist-Initiated Hospice
The hospice vision of providing democratic and humane care of the dying needs to be operationalized in the "real world" of health care bureaucracies. It is at this interface between idealists and the demands of mainstream health care that hospice organizations experience compromise, diversion, and an ongoing threat to their singleness of purpose. This discussion explores this process of routinization through research findings on a hospice organiz…
New directions in leukaemia research: A focus on psychosocial issues from a consumers perspective
The Leukaemia Foundation of Queensland, in collaboration with the Queensland University of Technology's Centre for Public Health Research, has recently undertaken the exciting initiative of establishing a permanent Australian infrastructure for psychosocial research on leukaemia and associated haematological disorders. The description of this program will be set in the context of an understanding of the dearth of psychosocial material accessible …
The Patient Transit Assistance Scheme: A case for social work advocacy
The Patient Transit Assistance Scheme is one of Queensland Health's initiatives designed to facilitate equity of access for Queensland residents to essential health care services. The purpose of the scheme is to help all Queenslanders, irrespective of where they live, to have access to specialist medical services. It provides direct financial assistance to patients and in some cases their carers, to facilitate access to specialist medical service…
Returning Home after Specialist Treatment for Hematological Malignancies: An Australian Study
The technologically advanced and specialist nature of the treatments for patients with hematological malignancies necessitate that they are carried out in major metropolitan treating hospitals. Consequently, patients from regional, rural, and remote areas in Queensland, Australia, must relocate, often for lengthy periods of time, for treatment. To date, there has been scant research carried out on what happens to these patients and their families…
Findings on the impact of treatment for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia on family relationships
Paediatric acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) has provided a landmark in cancer therapy as the first disseminated and otherwise lethal malignancy to be curable in the majority of patients. Although the success rate is high, this benefit is achieved through a long, invasive and very arduous treatment process. The experience of undergoing such intensive treatments affects not only the child, but the entire family. To date, however, psychosocial re…
Trained volunteers for families coping with a child with a life‐limiting condition
One hundred and seven families with a child diagnosed with a life‐limiting condition, from all over Queensland (Australia), were surveyed on their need for a trained volunteer. Their comments provide important insights into an area which has not previously been researched or documented. In summary, their responses indicate that many families have only minimal or no support, and are coping with extraordinary physical, emotional and social demands …
Are We Making Progress? Not in Haematology
It will be shown, through the presentation of recent research findings, that haematology is a neglected area in terms of sensitive care of the dying. The Australian evidence indicates that scant progress has been made in relation to even the most basic palliative care practices such as sensitive, honest information giving or appropriate referral to the palliative system. Rather, the data show that during terminal trajectory, patients from these d…
Religiosity and the Challenge of Terminal Illness
One of the assumptions that underpins the literature on spirituality is the belief that facing a terminal illness is a life crisis that intensifies the search for meaning, leaving individuals predisposed to embrace religion. To date, however, there is scant empirical research on the topic. This article seeks to make a contribution to this topic by reporting findings from a qualitative study that address the question of whether individuals embrace…
It's very difficult to get respite out here at the moment: Australian findings on end-of-life care for Indigenous people
Whilst access to respite care has been found to represent an important source of support for terminally ill patients and their families, the availability of these services to Indigenous Australians has to date remained undocumented. This potential need for respite in Indigenous communities was explored as part of a National Health and Medical Research Council (NH&MRC) funded study designed to develop an innovative model for Indigenous palliative …
Australian findings on Aboriginal cultural practices associated with clothing, hair, possessions and use of name of deceased persons
There is a significant cultural gap between westernized Australian and Aboriginal cultures, especially in regards to care of the dying. Thus, cultural sensitivity and respect, coupled with knowledge of the traditions and practices in respect of the death and dying, are of utmost importance in communicating with Aboriginal peoples. In order to make a contribution to furthering cultural safety in nursing practice, this article provides important in…
Aboriginal Spiritual Perspectives: Research Findings Relevant to End-of-Life Care
The cultural differences between the dominant Anglo-Australian and the Aboriginal Australian groups are significant, particularly in the way death is dealt with. It is thus extremely important for health care professionals caring for Aboriginal people with a terminal illness to be informed as fully as possible on Indigenous spiritual beliefs associated with death and dying. This article shares findings on Aboriginal spiritual perspectives relevan…
Surviving the Crisis of Relocation for Specialist Treatment in Haematology: Insights from New Zealand
Patients diagnosed with haematological malignancies require specialist treatments provided by major metropolitan hospitals. Those living outside the cities where the specialist care is located have to relocate for this specialist treatment. The findings presented in this article are from a program of research that documents the psychosocial impact of relocation on patients and their families. Prior Australian-based research conducted as part of t…
Decision-making for living kidney donors: An instinctual response to suffering and death
This paper presents a sub-set of findings from the first interview (T1) of an Australian longitudinal study that documents the living donor's experience with renal transplant. There has been limited Australian research on this topic to date. A qualitative methodological approach was used, involving open-ended interviews with prospective living kidney donors (n = 20) from the Renal Transplantation Unit at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisban…
Liaison Officer for International Medical Graduates: Research Findings from Australia
There is an increasing international movement of physicians, with substantial numbers of International Medical Graduates (IMGs) now seeking jobs outside the countries in which they were educated. For IMGs there are potential elements of crisis and loss associated with this transition. This article presents findings from Australian-based research which explores the IMGs' experience during entry to their chosen country and posits the need for a des…
Normalcy: An Important Focus for Individuals Diagnosed with a Haematological Malignancy
This article presents findings that highlight the significance of the tension between the focus on disease and treatment verses the focus on re-engaging with life for individuals facing the crisis of being diagnosed with a haematology malignancy. The findings are from a study on survivorship conducted throughout Queensland, Australia. The research was based on a qualitative design involving a series of open-ended interviews ( n = 50) and one focu…
The Use of Credit Cards in Response to the Crisis of Serious Illness
This article contributes to the literature on the financial impact of cancer by presenting findings on the use of credit cards as a response to the financial crisis of relocation for specialist treatment for patients diagnosed with a hematological malignancy. The findings are from a study, funded by the Leukaemia Foundation of Queensland, examining the financial impact of relocation for specialist treatment for hematology patients in Queensland. …
Returning to Work After Treatment for a Hematological Malignancy: Research Findings on the Important Role of the Employer for Employment Reentry
Many individuals diagnosed with cancer can experience a crisis associated with the challenge of returning to work posttreatment. To date, there is limited work on this topic. This article makes a contribution to this area by providing a subset of findings from a qualitative study that documents the role of the employer during posttreatment return to work from the perspective of individuals diagnosed with a hematological cancer. The study involved…
Medical “Gatekeeping” for Psychosocial Research on Serious Illness: Bioethical Reflections
The discussion explores ethical issues associated with medical “gatekeeping” in relation to psychosocial health research associated with serious illness and loss. “Gatekeeping” is defined as the process whereby health-care providers prevent access to eligible patients for research recruitment. The impact of this practice on the research process is explored, including issues of sample representation, selection bias, and wastage of time and resourc…
A Brief History of the First Global Survey of Anthropological Practice and Some Lessons Learned
This brief article is intended to complement "The WCAA Global Survey of Anthropological Practice (2014-2018): Reported Findings" in this issue of ViBrAnt. The article details the internal processes within the World Council of Anthropological Associations through which the Global Survey of Anthropological Practice (GSAP) was initiated and developed. It also discusses the issues and challenges the research team faced, as well as how it endeavored t…
The WCAA Global Survey of Anthropological Practice (2014-2018): Reported Findings
The Global Survey of Anthropological Practice (GSAP), the first of its kind, was undertaken by the World Council of Anthropological Associations (WCAA) to provide insights about anthropology as a transnational profession, the ongoing relevance of the discipline in addressing global problems, issues in employment and gender equity, and the range of anthropological practice and expertise. Respondents to the survey were living in 113 different count…
Medicine (20 works) · Political science (14 works) · Psychology (14 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Nursing (10 works) · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (8 works) · Family medicine (7 works) · Health care (7 works)