An ethnography of crystal and spiritual healers in Northern England: Marginal medicine and mainstream concerns (2006)
Book
McClean, S. (2006). An ethnography of crystal and spiritual healers in Northern England: Marginal medicine and mainstream concerns. New York: Edwin Mellen Press

This book provides an in-depth and ethnographic exploration into the use and practice of crystal and spiritual healing, therapies on the fringe of complementary medicine. Scant attention has been given to exploring more marginal complementary therapi... Read More about An ethnography of crystal and spiritual healers in Northern England: Marginal medicine and mainstream concerns.

"This is what music represents to me": Reflections on creativity, identity and healing in participants' accounts of music therapy in cancer care (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Bunt, L., Daykin, N., & McClean, S. (2006, July). "This is what music represents to me": Reflections on creativity, identity and healing in participants' accounts of music therapy in cancer care. Paper presented at ACHRN, Nottingham, UK

“More than just a good old bash on the drums”: Reflections on identity, creativity and illness in cancer patients' accounts of group music therapy (2005)
Presentation / Conference
Bunt, L., Daykin, N., & McClean, S. (2005, September). “More than just a good old bash on the drums”: Reflections on identity, creativity and illness in cancer patients' accounts of group music therapy. Paper presented at 37th Medical Sociology Annual Conference, University of York, UK

Concepts of professionalism, expertise and legitimacy amongst crystal and spiritual healers in the UK (2005)
Presentation / Conference
McClean, S. (2005, September). Concepts of professionalism, expertise and legitimacy amongst crystal and spiritual healers in the UK. Paper presented at Rethinking Inequalities: 7th Conference of European Sociological Association, Torun, Poland

'The illness is part of the person': Discourses of blame, individual responsibility and individuation at a centre for spiritual healing in the North of England (2005)
Journal Article
McClean, S. (2005). 'The illness is part of the person': Discourses of blame, individual responsibility and individuation at a centre for spiritual healing in the North of England. Sociology of Health and Illness, 27(5), 628-648. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9566.2005.00459.x

While the growth in usage and practice of varying forms of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) continues apace, social science has increasingly turned to CAM's often individualistic approach to health and illness. CAM has been perceived as b... Read More about 'The illness is part of the person': Discourses of blame, individual responsibility and individuation at a centre for spiritual healing in the North of England.

From schism to continuum? The problematic relationship between expert and lay knowledge - An exploratory conceptual synthesis of two qualitative studies (2005)
Journal Article
McClean, S., & Shaw, A. (2005). From schism to continuum? The problematic relationship between expert and lay knowledge - An exploratory conceptual synthesis of two qualitative studies. Qualitative Health Research, 15(6), 729-749. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732304273927

Ideas about lay and expert knowledge increasingly underscore debates within qualitative health research. In this article, the authors develop an exploratory synthesis of two qualitative studies in which they critique the lay-expert divide, suggesting... Read More about From schism to continuum? The problematic relationship between expert and lay knowledge - An exploratory conceptual synthesis of two qualitative studies.

Arts based qualitative evaluation: A case study of music therapy (2005)
Presentation / Conference
Bunt, L., Daykin, N., & McClean, S. (2005, May). Arts based qualitative evaluation: A case study of music therapy. Paper presented at 11th Qualitative Health Research Conference, Utrecht University, Utrect, Netherlands

Being individual, while being with others: postmodernity and alternative health practices (2004)
Presentation / Conference
McClean, S. (2004, July). Being individual, while being with others: postmodernity and alternative health practices. Paper presented at Diversity and Debate in Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Nottingham University, UK

An investigation into the role of music therapy and guided imagery in supportive cancer care (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Bunt, L., Daykin, N., & McClean, S. (2004, June). An investigation into the role of music therapy and guided imagery in supportive cancer care. Paper presented at 6th European Music Therapy Conference, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland

Doctoring the spirit: Exploring the use and meaning of mimicry and parody at a healing centre in the North of England (2003)
Journal Article
McClean, S. (2003). Doctoring the spirit: Exploring the use and meaning of mimicry and parody at a healing centre in the North of England. Health, 7(4), 483-500. https://doi.org/10.1177/13634593030074006

The widespread increase of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in western societies has been well documented, yet biomedicine has not been significantly challenged by this resurgence. Even within the more esoteric practices such as spiritual... Read More about Doctoring the spirit: Exploring the use and meaning of mimicry and parody at a healing centre in the North of England.

'We're all individuals': Postmodernity and alternative healing practices in the North of England (2003)
Thesis
McClean, S. 'We're all individuals': Postmodernity and alternative healing practices in the North of England. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1073961

From schism to continuum: Exploring the relationship between lay and expert knowledge (2002)
Presentation / Conference
Shaw, A., & McClean, S. (2002, September). From schism to continuum: Exploring the relationship between lay and expert knowledge. Paper presented at BSA Medical Sociology Annual Conference, York, UK

Healing on the margins: Exploring the use and practice of spiritual healing (2001)
Presentation / Conference
McClean, S. (2001, September). Healing on the margins: Exploring the use and practice of spiritual healing. Paper presented at BSA Medical Sociology Conference, University of York

Individuality, the Body and Expert Knowledge: Considering the implications of material and spiritual domains in creating the conditions for healing (2001)
Presentation / Conference
McClean, S. (2001, April). Individuality, the Body and Expert Knowledge: Considering the implications of material and spiritual domains in creating the conditions for healing. Paper presented at BSA Annual Conference, University of Manchester

Diversity and Debate in Alternative and Complementary Medicine
Book Chapter
McClean, S. Diversity and Debate in Alternative and Complementary Medicine. In Heath (Ed.), Diversity and Debate in Alternative and Complementary Medicine