Anna Chur-Hansen
Biographic Data
| ID | 908088 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anna Chur-Hansen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anna |
| FAMILY NAME | Chur-Hansen |
| SIGNATURE | CHUR-HANSEN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Adelaide |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2935-2689 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 41 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 88 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 41 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Assessment mapping in psychology programmes: A guide for educators
Objective Assessment mapping is a targeted strategy for improving alignment between assessment tasks, learning outcomes, and accreditation requirements in higher education. This paper aims to distinguish assessment mapping from curriculum mapping and provide practical guidance for its implementation within psychology education.Method Drawing on principles of constructive alignment and backward design, as well as the authors’ experiences of psycho…
Development and content validation of the Quality in Psychology Simulation Instrument (QPSI)
Objective The Australian psychology training landscape is changing, and simulation is increasingly being used. Therefore, it is essential for educators to accurately assess the quality of such training activities. This article outlines the development of the Quality in Psychology Simulation Instrument (QPSI), a measure for educators to evaluate the quality of Simulated Learning Activities (SLA) at all psychology training levels.Method Nine psycho…
Do the Australian Master of Organisational Psychology programs prepare graduates for work overseas
Like Going Through High School All Over Again” – A Social Identity Perspective on Conflict, Exclusion, and Belonging in Online Communities of LGBTQ+ Adults
Navigating the internet can be a multifaceted experience for LGBTQ+ individuals, with the potential to support or harm wellbeing. Online spaces offer access to supportive communities, which can provide a variety of benefits. However, online spaces can also expose LGBTQ+ internet users to anti-LGBTQ+ hate and harassment, in addition to exclusion and discrimination from LGBTQ+ communities themselves. However, the nuances of online dynamics and thei…
Why do people walk their dog where the wild things are ? A qualitative content analysis from an urban nature reserve
Domestic dogs can have devastating impacts on threatened wildlife, but limiting their damage is challenging because it relies on changing the behaviour of people who bring dogs into natural areas and allow them to romp unrestrained. Our study addressed the need to understand people and their behaviour when walking a dog on versus off‐leash in nature reserves protecting wildlife species such as endangered marti (bandicoot; Isoodon obesulus ) in an…
‘The last thing we want is somebody who liked a soft pink lipstick to have a bright red’: Dead body aesthetics in South Australian funeral homes
This paper addresses the aesthetics of bodily preparation of the deceased, pre‐funeral, in Australia. Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Adelaide in 2020–2023, we reflect on participants' accounts and behaviours, noting that dead bodies, particularly those under the care of, and prepared by, members of the funeral industry, were conceptually grouped into three distinct categories: the ‘good’, the ‘ too good’, and the ‘bad’. ‘Good’ dead …
Online Discussions About Intrauterine Devices: A Qualitative Content Analysis of Global Reddit Posts
Findings provide insight into IUD users' perspectives and opinions on the care they receive from medical professionals. Highlighted are areas that need improvement, such as providing more pain management options and more transparency regarding the potential risks and side effects of having an IUD
A Qualitative Content Analysis of Men's Online Discussions About Their Partner's Contraceptive Use
As restrictions on abortion access increase, men's roles in pregnancy prevention are important to consider. Despite contraceptive responsibility largely falling on women, men also experience concerns, anxieties, and information gaps regarding contraception and unintended pregnancy. We conducted a reflexive content analysis of 699 posts from the subreddit r/birthcontrol, aiming to explore what men discuss regarding their partner's use of contracep…
What’s said and done in the mortuary stays in the mortuary: Secrecy and (in)visibility of the dead and data collection in South Australia
This paper draws on original ethnographic research in Australia focussing on the handling, management, and conceptualisation of death and the dead human body in 2020–2021. Analysis produced themes of secrecy and (in)visibility regarding both death and the collection of data. Key findings discussed are the withdrawal of information and off-the-record comments from participants, controlling of public access to information, and the (in)visibility of…
The experiences and informational needs of women electing bariatric surgery: A qualitative content analysis of an online support forum
This study aimed to explore how women leveraged online peer support to discuss their experiences and seek information related to bariatric surgery. Specifically, it sought to determine whether women are adequately prepared for the unique challenges associated with bariatric surgery and identify potential areas for improving preoperative education and support. An online search identified the Bariatric Pal online forum and sub-forum The Gals Room ,…
Exploring the human-bearded dragon animal bond: A qualitative content analysis of Reddit posts
The impact of companion animals on humans has been extensively investigated. Previous and current literature has overwhelmingly focused on traditional companion animals, such as cats and dogs. Despite many individuals living with non-traditional companion animals, the research surrounding the impact they have on our lives remains understudied in comparison to traditional companion animals. Bearded dragons are currently the most popular type of re…
Emotional labour and burnout in the hair and beauty industry: A narrative review
From member checking to collaborative reflection: A novel way to use a familiar method for engaging participants in qualitative research
The importance of engaging participants collaboratively in knowledge production is increasingly emphasised.We reflect on our use of a form of member checking to inform future research directions.We invited clinicians to participate in indepth interviews to reflect on a plain language summary of the results and recommendations from an initial study in which they had participated.Our aim was not to modify those results, but to invite reflection, sc…
Attitudes toward Voluntary Assisted Dying for people in prison in Australia
End-of-life care options in Australia, recently including Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD), are available to people in prison. Little is known about how the public perceives this right. We aimed to identify the attitudes of the public by conducting a qualitative content analysis of comments across four Australian online news media outlets discussing the first case of a person in prison being granted VAD (a sexual offender). From 434 comments, we id…
Cochlear Implants: Young Adults' Embodied Experiences of Deafness and Hearing through Implanted Technology
This article ethnographically considers the experiences of Australian young people who were born deaf and who hear and listen through cochlear implants to explore the intersection between the sensory body, lived experience and technology. The article draws on phenomenology to examine how experiences of deafness are productive in analysing articulations of embodiment and the meanings embedded in a body that is valued as both deaf and hearing. Leav…
Gendered Meat? Cognitive Dissonance and Individual Differences in Meat Eaters
Complex cognitions are involved in professing to love animals whilst eating them – the “meat paradox.” Meat-related cognitive dissonance varies depending upon the self-identified gender of the individual, with women more likely to report more negative affect and more likely to express a desire to reduce meat consumption than men. In this study, we investigated possible reasons for why gender effects are observed. We hypothesized that there may be…
Peeking Behind the Curtains: Exploring Death and the Body through Patchwork Ethnography
Patchwork ethnography is a viable methodological and theoretical approach. Fieldwork can be accessible, achievable and accommodating of both personal and professional circumstances and responsibilities of the researcher, and external factors such as living within a COVID-19 world. In this article, we explain patchwork ethnography and showcase how the methodology was implemented during the first author's PhD fieldwork conducted in 2020–2021 relati…
It's Not Really a Part of Standard Practice: Institutional Silencing of Sexuality Within Australian Mental Health Settings
Research seeking to understand and improve sexuality-related practice in mental health settings has paid little attention to the institutional context in which clinicians' practice is embedded. Through a social constructionist lens, we used thematic analysis to examine how 22 Australian mental health clinicians implicated the wider institutional context when discussing and making sense of sexuality-related silence within their work. Interviews we…
Informed choice and unbiased support: Parents’ experiences of decision-making in paediatric deafness
A body of research highlights parents' decision-making and the contested nature of deafness as an issue in clinical practices. Drawing on sixteen months of ethnographic fieldwork from 2017 to 2018 in an Australian city a ‘follow the baby’ approach was undertaken in a multi-sited setting. Forty-one parents and twenty-seven health and education professionals were interviewed. Informed choice, framed in this context as ‘unbiased’, aims to empower pa…
Hairdressers as a source of social support: A qualitative study on client disclosures from Australian hairdressers’ perspectives
Hairdressing is one of the few non-health professional occupations where workers physically interact with clients, who are often comfortable in confiding private information to them. Despite this, relatively little is known about how hairdressers understand and experience this role as informal confidants. This study aimed to address this using an in-depth qualitative approach to capture what hairdressers are hearing from clients, and how hairdres…
Emotion as Motivator: Parents, Professionals and Diagnosing Childhood Deafness
Diagnosing deafness is a culturally situated practice generating considerable research in health sciences but limited work in anthropology. Diagnosis fast-tracks parents into a medical and education pathway but can also create tension for parents and professionals. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, we argue that in this biomedical context, emotions are often understood by professionals as impairing for parents, and hence problematic for the trea…
Objective Structured Clinical Examinations with simulated patients in postgraduate psychology training: Student perceptions
ObjectiveObjective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) involving simulated patients (SPs) are being incorporated into professional psychology training to teach and assess competencies. However, students' perceptions of SP use in their education are mixed.Moreover, there are limited reports of student perceptions of OSCEs in psychology beyond quantitative measures. This is the first report of extensive use of feedback in an OSCE in psychology…
Who decides when people can have sex? Australian mental health clinicians' perceptions of sexuality and autonomy
Sexuality is a central aspect of human experience but there is evidence that this is largely constrained, pathologised or ignored in mental health settings. We conducted in-depth interviews with 22 psychologists, psychiatrists and mental health nurses working across a variety of settings in four Australian cities. Sexuality was most often perceived as relevant in the mental health setting when it was simultaneously constructed as dangerous. Parti…
The psychological distress and physical health of Australian psychology honours students
ObjectiveTo measure psychological and physical health of psychology students during their Honours year of study, in the context of this being perceived as a high stake, “make‐or‐break” degree program in Australia.MethodPsychology honours students from 9 universities (N = 179) completed an online survey that included measures of depression, anxiety and stress, physical activity, drug and alcohol use, self‐rated health status, future study intentio…
Neutralising the meat paradox: Cognitive dissonance, gender, and eating animals
Neutralising the meat paradox: Cognitive dissonance, gender, and eating animals
Reasons Given by Elderly Men and Women for Not Owning a Pet, and the Implications for Clinical Practice and Research
There is inadequate understanding about why people might not own pets. This qualitative study asked eight elderly women and men to discuss why they do not have a pet, whether pets were deemed beneficial to health, and whether they had plans for future pet ownership. Reasons for not owning a pet were Emotional or Pragmatic. Pragmatic reasons were categorized as relating to Convenience, Negative aspects of companion animals and Competing demands on…
Occupational Stress in Veterinary Nurses: Roles of the Work Environment and Own Companion Animal
Veterinary nursing has been identified as an occupation at risk for occupational stress and burnout, but a better understanding of job stressors and influencing factors is needed. The aim of this study was to examine occupational stress in a veterinary nursing population based on established work stress theories. This study sought to determine which environmental aspects of the work situation may be detrimental to well-being and which factors may…
Cremation Services upon the Death of a Companion Animal: Views of Service Providers and Service Users
There is no systematic research on the rites and rituals associated with companion animal death in modern Australian society. Three cremation service providers were interviewed and asked to consider which caretakers have their companion animals cremated. Seven people who had recently had a companion animal cremated were then asked about their views on the process. Five interrelated themes emerged from the two data sets about who uses cremation se…
From member checking to collaborative reflection: A novel way to use a familiar method for engaging participants in qualitative research
The importance of engaging participants collaboratively in knowledge production is increasingly emphasised.We reflect on our use of a form of member checking to inform future research directions.We invited clinicians to participate in indepth interviews to reflect on a plain language summary of the results and recommendations from an initial study in which they had participated.Our aim was not to modify those results, but to invite reflection, sc…
Companion Animals for Elderly Women: The Importance of Attachment
Much research exploring the relationship between companion animals and physical and psychological health is quantitative and inconclusive, and inconsistent findings have been reported. In this study, we conducted interviews with 11 elderly women and considered the themes that emerged from the data using qualitative methods. On the basis of the resultant themes we propose that “attachment” is a pivotal factor that may help disentangle the complex …
Hairdressers as a source of social support: A qualitative study on client disclosures from Australian hairdressers’ perspectives
Hairdressing is one of the few non-health professional occupations where workers physically interact with clients, who are often comfortable in confiding private information to them. Despite this, relatively little is known about how hairdressers understand and experience this role as informal confidants. This study aimed to address this using an in-depth qualitative approach to capture what hairdressers are hearing from clients, and how hairdres…
Not appropriate dinner table conversation? Talking to children about meat production
Emotional responses to food, body dissatisfaction and other eating disorder features in children, adolescents and young adults
Professional Skills and Personal Characteristics for Psychologists Working in an Urban Australian Context With Indigenous Clients
ObjectiveAustralian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people suffer health inequities, such as high levels of psychological distress and multiple life stressors. These have been shaped by colonisation, racism, discrimination, and government policies and practices.MethodEight Australian psychologists were interviewed with the aim of identifying the professional skills and personal competencies that enable effective service delivery for this cl…
What’s said and done in the mortuary stays in the mortuary: Secrecy and (in)visibility of the dead and data collection in South Australia
This paper draws on original ethnographic research in Australia focussing on the handling, management, and conceptualisation of death and the dead human body in 2020–2021. Analysis produced themes of secrecy and (in)visibility regarding both death and the collection of data. Key findings discussed are the withdrawal of information and off-the-record comments from participants, controlling of public access to information, and the (in)visibility of…
Gendered Meat? Cognitive Dissonance and Individual Differences in Meat Eaters
Complex cognitions are involved in professing to love animals whilst eating them – the “meat paradox.” Meat-related cognitive dissonance varies depending upon the self-identified gender of the individual, with women more likely to report more negative affect and more likely to express a desire to reduce meat consumption than men. In this study, we investigated possible reasons for why gender effects are observed. We hypothesized that there may be…
Objective Structured Clinical Examinations with simulated patients in postgraduate psychology training: Student perceptions
ObjectiveObjective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) involving simulated patients (SPs) are being incorporated into professional psychology training to teach and assess competencies. However, students' perceptions of SP use in their education are mixed.Moreover, there are limited reports of student perceptions of OSCEs in psychology beyond quantitative measures. This is the first report of extensive use of feedback in an OSCE in psychology…
A Qualitative Content Analysis of Men's Online Discussions About Their Partner's Contraceptive Use
As restrictions on abortion access increase, men's roles in pregnancy prevention are important to consider. Despite contraceptive responsibility largely falling on women, men also experience concerns, anxieties, and information gaps regarding contraception and unintended pregnancy. We conducted a reflexive content analysis of 699 posts from the subreddit r/birthcontrol, aiming to explore what men discuss regarding their partner's use of contracep…
Attitudes toward Voluntary Assisted Dying for people in prison in Australia
End-of-life care options in Australia, recently including Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD), are available to people in prison. Little is known about how the public perceives this right. We aimed to identify the attitudes of the public by conducting a qualitative content analysis of comments across four Australian online news media outlets discussing the first case of a person in prison being granted VAD (a sexual offender). From 434 comments, we id…
The psychological distress and physical health of Australian psychology honours students
ObjectiveTo measure psychological and physical health of psychology students during their Honours year of study, in the context of this being perceived as a high stake, “make‐or‐break” degree program in Australia.MethodPsychology honours students from 9 universities (N = 179) completed an online survey that included measures of depression, anxiety and stress, physical activity, drug and alcohol use, self‐rated health status, future study intentio…
Rural and Remote General Practitioners’ Perceptions of Psychologists
ObjectiveAs the first professional contact for most Australians with mental health concerns, general practitioners (GPs) are often considered the “gateway” to accessing psychologists. Understanding GPs’ views of psychologists is therefore of great importance to the profession. GPs serve a particularly important role in mental health in rural and remote areas given the lack of other services; however there has been limited research investigating t…
Experiences of Fly‐In, Fly‐Out and Drive‐In, Drive‐Out Rural and Remote Psychologists
ObjectiveFly‐in, fly‐out (FIFO) and drive‐in, drive out (DIDO) work practices have been central to the resource sector in Australia for many years. While research considering the impacts of this lifestyle on mining workers is emerging, comparatively little is known about the experiences of FIFO/DIDO health professionals. The lack of information on FIFO/DIDO psychologists may be detrimental to both the communities serviced by them and the professi…
Experience of being gay, lesbian or bisexual at an Australian medical school: A qualitative study
Six undergraduate students were interviewed in a qualitative study about their experiences as gay, lesbian or bisexual students studying Medicine. Informants, who were identified by snowball sampling, spoke about their experiences both freely and in response to a series of prompt questions derived from previous research. The transcribed interviews were subjected to framework analysis, whereby the researcher identified themes, concepts and key iss…
Interrater Reliability of the Scoring of the Screening Test of Adolescent Language
Group administrations of the Screening Test of Adolescent Language have been successful in identifying students with English-language problems among groups of university students who include many recent immigrants from southeastern Asia. However, scoring several items requires subjective judgement. Accordingly, interrater reliability was investigated by having two independent examiners score the written responses of 299 first-year medical student…
Experience of being gay, lesbian or bisexual at an Australian medical school: A qualitative study
Six undergraduate students were interviewed in a qualitative study about their experiences as gay, lesbian or bisexual students studying Medicine. Informants, who were identified by snowball sampling, spoke about their experiences both freely and in response to a series of prompt questions derived from previous research. The transcribed interviews were subjected to framework analysis, whereby the researcher identified themes, concepts and key iss…
Emotional responses to food, body dissatisfaction and other eating disorder features in children, adolescents and young adults
Reasons Given by Elderly Men and Women for Not Owning a Pet, and the Implications for Clinical Practice and Research
There is inadequate understanding about why people might not own pets. This qualitative study asked eight elderly women and men to discuss why they do not have a pet, whether pets were deemed beneficial to health, and whether they had plans for future pet ownership. Reasons for not owning a pet were Emotional or Pragmatic. Pragmatic reasons were categorized as relating to Convenience, Negative aspects of companion animals and Competing demands on…
Companion Animals for Elderly Women: The Importance of Attachment
Much research exploring the relationship between companion animals and physical and psychological health is quantitative and inconclusive, and inconsistent findings have been reported. In this study, we conducted interviews with 11 elderly women and considered the themes that emerged from the data using qualitative methods. On the basis of the resultant themes we propose that “attachment” is a pivotal factor that may help disentangle the complex …
Cremation Services upon the Death of a Companion Animal: Views of Service Providers and Service Users
There is no systematic research on the rites and rituals associated with companion animal death in modern Australian society. Three cremation service providers were interviewed and asked to consider which caretakers have their companion animals cremated. Seven people who had recently had a companion animal cremated were then asked about their views on the process. Five interrelated themes emerged from the two data sets about who uses cremation se…
Occupational Stress in Veterinary Nurses: Roles of the Work Environment and Own Companion Animal
Veterinary nursing has been identified as an occupation at risk for occupational stress and burnout, but a better understanding of job stressors and influencing factors is needed. The aim of this study was to examine occupational stress in a veterinary nursing population based on established work stress theories. This study sought to determine which environmental aspects of the work situation may be detrimental to well-being and which factors may…
Animal-Assisted Interventions in Children's Hospitals: A Critical Review of the Literature
There is a perception in the scientific and general communities that hospitalized children benefit from visits by animals. Animal-assisted interventions (AAI), including animal-assisted therapy and animal-assisted activities, usually involving dogs, are thus employed in pediatric hospitals. However, the actual prevalence of AAI in children's hospitals has been poorly documented in the literature. Furthermore, the evidence base for claims that chi…
Professional Skills and Personal Characteristics for Psychologists Working in an Urban Australian Context With Indigenous Clients
ObjectiveAustralian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people suffer health inequities, such as high levels of psychological distress and multiple life stressors. These have been shaped by colonisation, racism, discrimination, and government policies and practices.MethodEight Australian psychologists were interviewed with the aim of identifying the professional skills and personal competencies that enable effective service delivery for this cl…
‘We don’t have to go and see a special person to solve this problem’: Trauma, mental health beliefs and processes for addressing ‘mental health issues’ among Sudanese refugees in Australia
BACKGROUND: The impact of trauma on refugee mental health has been a particular focal point for research and treatment in Western contexts, despite uncertainty about the degree to which this corresponds with refugees' needs, mental health beliefs and healing mechanisms. AIMS: This study explored the mental health beliefs of resettling Sudanese refugees in Australia. METHODS: In-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with Sudanese community r…
Attending patient funerals: Practices and attitudes of Australian medical practitioners
The appropriateness of attending a patient's funeral is a medical dilemma. This article focuses on 437 doctors who participated in an online survey. Seventy-one percent of general practitioners, 67% of oncologists, 67% of psychiatrists, 63% of palliative medicine specialists, 52% of surgeons, and 22% of intensive care specialists had attended patient funerals. Significant differences in demographics and between specialties were identified in term…
Experiences of Fly‐In, Fly‐Out and Drive‐In, Drive‐Out Rural and Remote Psychologists
ObjectiveFly‐in, fly‐out (FIFO) and drive‐in, drive out (DIDO) work practices have been central to the resource sector in Australia for many years. While research considering the impacts of this lifestyle on mining workers is emerging, comparatively little is known about the experiences of FIFO/DIDO health professionals. The lack of information on FIFO/DIDO psychologists may be detrimental to both the communities serviced by them and the professi…
Not appropriate dinner table conversation? Talking to children about meat production
Attachment, Mothering and Mental Illness: Mother–Infant Therapy in an Institutional Context
Integrated psychological care in Inflammatory Bowel Disease outpatients: Early data from a new initiative
Introduction: Psychological issues are known to be prevalent in people with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), and are risk factors for poor outcomes such as hospitalisation, low medication adherence and persistent smoking. Despite this, psychological care is not routinely provided to IBD patients in outpatient settings.Short description of practice change implemented: At the Royal Adelaide Hospital, psychological screening and intervention have b…
Rural and Remote General Practitioners’ Perceptions of Psychologists
ObjectiveAs the first professional contact for most Australians with mental health concerns, general practitioners (GPs) are often considered the “gateway” to accessing psychologists. Understanding GPs’ views of psychologists is therefore of great importance to the profession. GPs serve a particularly important role in mental health in rural and remote areas given the lack of other services; however there has been limited research investigating t…
Neutralising the meat paradox: Cognitive dissonance, gender, and eating animals
The psychological distress and physical health of Australian psychology honours students
ObjectiveTo measure psychological and physical health of psychology students during their Honours year of study, in the context of this being perceived as a high stake, “make‐or‐break” degree program in Australia.MethodPsychology honours students from 9 universities (N = 179) completed an online survey that included measures of depression, anxiety and stress, physical activity, drug and alcohol use, self‐rated health status, future study intentio…
Objective Structured Clinical Examinations with simulated patients in postgraduate psychology training: Student perceptions
ObjectiveObjective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) involving simulated patients (SPs) are being incorporated into professional psychology training to teach and assess competencies. However, students' perceptions of SP use in their education are mixed.Moreover, there are limited reports of student perceptions of OSCEs in psychology beyond quantitative measures. This is the first report of extensive use of feedback in an OSCE in psychology…
Who decides when people can have sex? Australian mental health clinicians' perceptions of sexuality and autonomy
Sexuality is a central aspect of human experience but there is evidence that this is largely constrained, pathologised or ignored in mental health settings. We conducted in-depth interviews with 22 psychologists, psychiatrists and mental health nurses working across a variety of settings in four Australian cities. Sexuality was most often perceived as relevant in the mental health setting when it was simultaneously constructed as dangerous. Parti…
Informed choice and unbiased support: Parents’ experiences of decision-making in paediatric deafness
A body of research highlights parents' decision-making and the contested nature of deafness as an issue in clinical practices. Drawing on sixteen months of ethnographic fieldwork from 2017 to 2018 in an Australian city a ‘follow the baby’ approach was undertaken in a multi-sited setting. Forty-one parents and twenty-seven health and education professionals were interviewed. Informed choice, framed in this context as ‘unbiased’, aims to empower pa…
Hairdressers as a source of social support: A qualitative study on client disclosures from Australian hairdressers’ perspectives
Hairdressing is one of the few non-health professional occupations where workers physically interact with clients, who are often comfortable in confiding private information to them. Despite this, relatively little is known about how hairdressers understand and experience this role as informal confidants. This study aimed to address this using an in-depth qualitative approach to capture what hairdressers are hearing from clients, and how hairdres…
Emotion as Motivator: Parents, Professionals and Diagnosing Childhood Deafness
Diagnosing deafness is a culturally situated practice generating considerable research in health sciences but limited work in anthropology. Diagnosis fast-tracks parents into a medical and education pathway but can also create tension for parents and professionals. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, we argue that in this biomedical context, emotions are often understood by professionals as impairing for parents, and hence problematic for the trea…
Peeking Behind the Curtains: Exploring Death and the Body through Patchwork Ethnography
Patchwork ethnography is a viable methodological and theoretical approach. Fieldwork can be accessible, achievable and accommodating of both personal and professional circumstances and responsibilities of the researcher, and external factors such as living within a COVID-19 world. In this article, we explain patchwork ethnography and showcase how the methodology was implemented during the first author's PhD fieldwork conducted in 2020–2021 relati…
It's Not Really a Part of Standard Practice: Institutional Silencing of Sexuality Within Australian Mental Health Settings
Research seeking to understand and improve sexuality-related practice in mental health settings has paid little attention to the institutional context in which clinicians' practice is embedded. Through a social constructionist lens, we used thematic analysis to examine how 22 Australian mental health clinicians implicated the wider institutional context when discussing and making sense of sexuality-related silence within their work. Interviews we…
Psychology (27 works) · Medicine (21 works) · Sociology (18 works) · Qualitative research (15 works) · Psychiatry (9 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Mental health (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Human-Animal Interaction Studies (7 works)