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.
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 [...]
When: 12.00 – 1.00pm, Thursday 8 October, 2009
Where: Room 516, Level 5, 207 Bouverie Street
Presented by Theonie Tacticos, McCaughey Centre: VicHealth Centre for the Promotion of Mental Health and Community Wellbeing, Centre for Health Policy, Programs and Economics, and Centre for Health and Society, Melbourne School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne
Australia, like other [...]
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 [...]
1pm
Room 410, Level 4, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton
Presented by Anna Harris
Overseas doctors (international medical graduates) are often described as having to adapt to ‘the system’ in Australia. This system is neatly delineated in governmental policies, accreditation guidelines, bridging courses and hospital orientation manuals as something learnable and contained. From my ethnographic research I argue otherwise.
For [...]
Presented by Tara Nipe
Thursday 18th December, 10am,
Room 410, Level 4, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton.
All Welcome.
Tara Nipe is a current PhD student in the Centre for Health and Society. Tara is a registered nurse, and has a Masters of Social Health (Ethics) and a Masters of Social Health (Anthropology). Her current research builds on a previous [...]
Monday, December 1st at 3pm
Seminar Room 410, Level 4, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton
Assunta Hunter is a herbalist and naturopath who for many years lectured to naturopathic students. She has also played an active role in the processes of professionalization which are part of the developing structure of natural therapies in Australia today. She subsequently completed [...]
12noon – 1pm, Wed 19th November 2008
Room 515, Level 5, 207 Bouverie Street, Carlton
Name: Tessa Keegel
Title: Are workers who are precariously employed less likely to participate in occupational health and safety?
11am – 12noon, Mon 17th November 2008
Room 1.39 (Seminar Room), 1st Floor, 723 Swanston St, Carlton
Name: Heather McKay
Title: Childlessness in Australian Women: By Choice?
Supervisor: Associate Professor Jane Fisher, Key Centre for Women’s Health in Society
All enquiries, Fulya Torun, Tel: 03 8344 0616
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