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View article: Intersectional disadvantages? Labor market integration of skilled Pakistani migrant women in Australia
Intersectional disadvantages? Labor market integration of skilled Pakistani migrant women in Australia Open
This paper examines the labor market integration of skilled Pakistani migrant women in Australia by drawing on qualitative data. It explores how the intersections of human, social and cultural capital hinder their labor market participatio…
View article: Opportunities for a national genomic data governance framework in Australia: a systematic review.
Opportunities for a national genomic data governance framework in Australia: a systematic review. Open
Our synthesis of the current literature on genomic data governance suggests that the current focus on individual consent as the primary mechanism for protecting data subjects and different priorities in clinical and research governance nee…
View article: Making Visible the Expertise of Data Workers in AI-Driven Healthcare: A Call to Action
Making Visible the Expertise of Data Workers in AI-Driven Healthcare: A Call to Action Open
Data constitute a crucial resource in healthcare systems increasingly reliant on digital technologies powered by artificial intelligence (AI). However, before these technologies can be used, they need to be ‘trained’ on large datasets asse…
View article: The right to rehabilitation for people with dementia: A co‐design approach to barriers, solutions and strategies
The right to rehabilitation for people with dementia: A co‐design approach to barriers, solutions and strategies Open
Background People with dementia of all ages have a human right to equal access to quality health care. Despite evidence regarding its effectiveness, many people living with dementia lack access to evidence‐based rehabilitation for promotin…
View article: The Right to Rehabilitation for People With Dementia: A Codesign Approach to Barriers and Solutions
The Right to Rehabilitation for People With Dementia: A Codesign Approach to Barriers and Solutions Open
Introduction People with dementia of all ages have a human right to equal access to quality health care. Despite evidence regarding its effectiveness, many people living with dementia are unable to access rehabilitation for promoting funct…
View article: Navigating artificial intelligence in care homes: Competing stakeholder views of trust and logics of care
Navigating artificial intelligence in care homes: Competing stakeholder views of trust and logics of care Open
The COVID-19 pandemic shed light on systemic issues plaguing care (nursing) homes, from staff shortages to substandard healthcare. Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, including robots and chatbots, have been proposed as solutions to…
View article: The social stigma of loneliness: A sociological approach to understanding the experiences of older people
The social stigma of loneliness: A sociological approach to understanding the experiences of older people Open
Loneliness, and its stigmatising nature, has long been of interest to sociology, with germinal contributions by writers such as Robert Weiss. Yet, the social stigma of loneliness remains under-theorised. Furthermore, recent scholarship on …
View article: Introduction to the Handbook on the Sociology of Health and Medicine
Introduction to the Handbook on the Sociology of Health and Medicine Open
This introductory chapter provides the background and aims of the handbook and an overview of the chapters. The handbook introduces some major topics and perspectives in contemporary sociology of health and medicine and offers critical per…
View article: Handbook on the Sociology of Health and Medicine
Handbook on the Sociology of Health and Medicine Open
Digital health is currently a widely used but vaguely defined term. In policy discourses as well as everyday talks it signifies emerging technologies that are increasingly adopted across various practices of health and medicine. The sociol…
View article: The relatives of people with depression: A systematic review and methodological critique of qualitative studies
The relatives of people with depression: A systematic review and methodological critique of qualitative studies Open
Being a close relative of a person with depression can take a heavy toll on the former, but these relatives are increasingly made responsible for taking on extensive carer roles. Research on relatives of people with depression is currently…
View article: Competing realities, uncertain diagnoses of infectious disease: Mass self‐testing for COVID‐19 and liminal bio‐citizenship
Competing realities, uncertain diagnoses of infectious disease: Mass self‐testing for COVID‐19 and liminal bio‐citizenship Open
Diagnoses of infectious diseases are being transformed as mass self‐testing using rapid antigen tests (RATs) is increasingly integrated into public health. Widely used during the COVID‐19 pandemic, RATs are claimed to have many advantages …
View article: Artificial Intelligence in Long-Term Care: Technological Promise, Aging Anxieties, and Sociotechnical Ageism
Artificial Intelligence in Long-Term Care: Technological Promise, Aging Anxieties, and Sociotechnical Ageism Open
This article explores views about older people and aging underpinning practices and perceptions of development and implementation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in long-term care homes (LTC). Drawing on semi-structured interviews with sev…
View article: Searching for diagnostic certainty, governing risk: Patients' ambivalent experiences of medical testing
Searching for diagnostic certainty, governing risk: Patients' ambivalent experiences of medical testing Open
Diagnosis is pivotal to medicine's epistemic system: it serves to explain individual symptoms, classify them into recognizable conditions and determine their prognosis and treatment. Medical tests, or investigative procedures for detecting…
View article: Feeling less alone online: patients’ ambivalent engagements with digital media
Feeling less alone online: patients’ ambivalent engagements with digital media Open
Digital media offer the chronically ill, especially those who experience related isolation, unparalleled opportunities to connect with others. This article asks, how do these individuals ascribe meaning to and use these media to manage the…
View article: The knowing mother: Maternal knowledge and the reinforcement of the feminine consuming subject in magazine advertisements
The knowing mother: Maternal knowledge and the reinforcement of the feminine consuming subject in magazine advertisements Open
The caring mother is one of the most recurring images of femininity in post-war advertising. We examine how mothers are depicted as knowing consumers in advertisements in Australian Women’s Weekly and the United Kingdom’s Good Housekeeping…
View article: Promoting a healthier, younger you: The media marketing of anti-ageing superfoods
Promoting a healthier, younger you: The media marketing of anti-ageing superfoods Open
The growing availability of products labelled ‘superfoods’ has been a major marketing success story. While little scientific evidence supports the claims regarding the health-enhancing, age-defying benefits to be derived from the consumpti…
View article: The importance of reliable information sources for prospective medical travellers
The importance of reliable information sources for prospective medical travellers Open
More people are travelling overseas for health or wellness reasons however, there is limited understanding of the background of those travelling and how information is sourced for decision making. Those travelling for treatment are likely …