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Comparative optimism about infection and recovery from COVID-19; Implications for adherence with lockdown advice
Asimakopoulou, Koula; Hoorens, Vera; Speed, Ewen; Coulson, Neil S.; Antoniszczak, Dominika; Collyer, Fran; Deschrijver, Eliane; Dubbin, Leslie; Faulks, Denise; Forsyth, Rowena; Goltsi, Vicky; Harsløf, Ivan; Larsen, Kristian; Manaras, Irene; Olczak‐Kowalczyk, Dorota; Willis, Karen; Xenou, Tatiana; Scambler, SashaPublished 2020BACKGROUND: Comparative optimism, the belief that negative events are more likely to happen to others rather than to oneself, is well established in health risk research. It is unknown, however, whether comparative optimism ...Article -
Medical Dominance in the Australian Health System: The Case of the Bionic Ear
Collyer, FranPublished 1994-01-01The material for this paper is based on approximately 60 face-to-face interviews with specialist doctors, consumers, administrators, policy makers, various officials, researchers and company representatives. It is a case ...Open AccessArticle -
Money and markets in Australia's healthcare system
Collyer, Fran; Harley, Kirsten; Short, StephaniePublished 2015-01-01The provision of social services in Australia has changed dramatically in recent decades. Governments have expanded social provision without expanding the public sector by directly subsidising private provision, by contracting ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Navigating and making choices about healthcare: The role of place
Lewis, Sophie; Willis, Karen; Collyer, FranPublished 2018In this paper, we examine the intersections between place and healthcare choice, drawing on Bourdieu's concepts of distinction and social space, and engaging with data from interviews with 78 Australians living in varied ...Article -
On The Differences Between The Sciences: Comparing Knowledge(s) of Health and Disease in the 19th Century
Collyer, FranPublished 2006-07-01This paper begins with Max Weber’s proposition that the difference between the ‘sciences’ (defined in the broadest sense) is one of values, context and theoretical orientation rather than subject matter. This proposition ...Open AccessConference paper -
Understanding Ulcers: Medical Knowledge, Social Constructionism, and Helicobacter Pylori
Collyer, FranPublished 1996-01-01The study of historical change in the content of medical knowledge in regard to specific illnesses or diseases provides sociologists with the opportunity to investigate both social processes and social theory. In this ...Open AccessArticle
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