1-2pm, Room 516, Level 5, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton
Presented by Sally Warmington
The emphasis in modern medical schools on the teaching of communication skills reflects a widespread acknowledgement that effective communication is vital for good clinical practice. Yet despite this, many doctors still interact with patients in a detached manner which suggests a lack of care [...]
1-2pm, Room 410, Level 4, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton
Presented by Anthony Williams.
This study examines a particular moment in the construction of disability within Australian higher education.
Please see seminar flyer for further information or call CHS on 83440813.
1-2pm, Room 516, Level 5, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton.
Presented by Dr Anke Van Der Sterren , Centre for Health and Society, University of Melbourne
Please see seminar flyer for further information or call CHS on 83440813.
4-5pm, Room 515, Level 5, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton
Presented by Dr Philomena Horsley
Dead bodies are in vogue. Dissected corpses litter our television screens and crime books. Yet in Western hospitals the autopsy is almost extinct, and opinions about the usefulness of the modern autopsy remain sharply divided. How can this be? Why has the autopsy [...]
1pm
Room 405B, Level 4, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton
Presented by
Dr Meredith Nash, Centre for Health and Society
Feminist scholars have long argued that the significatory possibilities of women’s bodies/body images in Euro-America and Australia have been constrained by gendered cultural norms that value flat stomachs and slenderness. In this paper, I shall argue that a fixed referent, [...]
1pm
Room 515, Level 5, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton
Presented by Shirley Lindenbaum, Professor Emerita of the Graduate Center, City University of New York.
The epidemic of kuru, a fatal disease that has long burdened the Fore people of Papua New Guinea, appears to be approaching an end. Since its peak in the late 1950s and early 1960s, [...]
Onemda and the Centre for Indigenous Education invite you to join us in celebrating NAIDOC week on Tuesday 7th July, from 12pm in the ‘Hub’, Level 4, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton.
Please RSVP to Nicole Waddell on waddell@unimelb.edu.au or 83449337.
1pm
Room 410, Level 4, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton
Presented by Dr Melanie So Lin Cheng, Department of General Practice and Angela Clarke, CHS, University of Melbourne.
Brokerage is currently one of the many models being used to improve Aboriginal Australians’ access to medical services. In 2006 the Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (OATSIH) launched [...]
1pm
Room 410, Level 4, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton
Presented by Therese Riley
There is now considerable evidence that civic engagement (defined as participation in group associations and activities) is good for an individual’s health and some evidence that it may also contribute to community wellbeing. At the same time there is increasing interest in the role of [...]
1pm
Room 410, Level 4, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton
Presented by Raelene West
This qualitative PhD study explores the experiences of adults who have acquired a permanent impairment of Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) receiving support services in Victoria, with particular emphasis on the experiences and understandings of associated compensatory processes and rights.
The study explores both the support and [...]
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