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Thinking about the lifecourse: A psychosocial introduction (2014)
Book
Frost, E., & McClean, S. (2014). Thinking about the lifecourse: A psychosocial introduction. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

How we change over time - who we love, what work we do, how we die - is shaped both by internal, and external influences. This book explores the important subject of human growth and development by combining the social context of how people live with... Read More about Thinking about the lifecourse: A psychosocial introduction.

Money, commodification and complementary health care: Theorising personalised medicine within depersonalised systems of exchange (2013)
Journal Article
McClean, S., & Moore, R. (2013). Money, commodification and complementary health care: Theorising personalised medicine within depersonalised systems of exchange. Social Theory and Health, 11(2), 194-214. https://doi.org/10.1057/sth.2012.16

Across the United Kingdom and other Western nations, complementary health care has become big business, with pressure to commercialise and technologise its goods and services. Economic liberalisation and the democratisation of health care have encour... Read More about Money, commodification and complementary health care: Theorising personalised medicine within depersonalised systems of exchange.

Taking charge, choosing a new direction: A service evaluation of Alexander Technique lessons for pain clinic patients: An approach to pain management (2013)
Presentation / Conference
McClean, S., & Wye, L. (2013, April). Taking charge, choosing a new direction: A service evaluation of Alexander Technique lessons for pain clinic patients: An approach to pain management. Paper presented at Long term conditions: developing global, integrative and sustainable solutions, London

Background and Study Aims: Recent evidence from a high quality clinical trial has demonstrated the therapeutic value and effectiveness of Alexander Technique (AT) lessons for chronic back pain (Little et al. 2008), but little is known about the use o... Read More about Taking charge, choosing a new direction: A service evaluation of Alexander Technique lessons for pain clinic patients: An approach to pain management.

The Role of Performance in Enhancing the Effectiveness of Crystal and Spiritual Healing (2013)
Journal Article
McClean, S. (2013). The Role of Performance in Enhancing the Effectiveness of Crystal and Spiritual Healing. Medical Anthropology, 32(1), 61-74. https://doi.org/10.1080/01459740.2012.692741

In the arena of biomedical sciences, technical skills and expert judgment are at a premium, and the standardization and repeatability of an intervention is crucial to help determine, for example, the effectiveness of a new drug in a clinical trial. C... Read More about The Role of Performance in Enhancing the Effectiveness of Crystal and Spiritual Healing.

The healing and spiritual properties of music therapy at a cancer care centre (2012)
Journal Article
McClean, S., Bunt, L., & Daykin, N. (2012). The healing and spiritual properties of music therapy at a cancer care centre. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 18(4), 402-407

Background: This article explores the theme of spirituality, health, and wellbeing, in relation to an emerging body of research on the impact of music therapy in cancer care. The focus of the article is a music therapy service established as part of... Read More about The healing and spiritual properties of music therapy at a cancer care centre.

Service users of a hospital based Alexander Technique service for pain have decreased pain levels and reduce their NHS costs associated with pain by half: Results of a mixed methods service evaluation (2012)
Presentation / Conference
McClean, S., & Wye, L. (2012, March). Service users of a hospital based Alexander Technique service for pain have decreased pain levels and reduce their NHS costs associated with pain by half: Results of a mixed methods service evaluation. Paper presented at CAMSTRAND, Cardiff Metropolitan University

Background: Recent evidence indicates that Alexander Technique (AT) is helpful for relieving the pain of backache (Little et al. 2008), which costs the NHS an estimated £480 million per annum with non NHS costs (such as private consultations and pres... Read More about Service users of a hospital based Alexander Technique service for pain have decreased pain levels and reduce their NHS costs associated with pain by half: Results of a mixed methods service evaluation.

Pounds shillings and pence; ways to cost NHS complementary therapy services – the ‘Seat’ and ‘Biscuit’ studies (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Wye, L., & McClean, S. (2012, March). Pounds shillings and pence; ways to cost NHS complementary therapy services – the ‘Seat’ and ‘Biscuit’ studies. Paper presented at CAMSTRAND, Cardiff Metropolitan University

Background To inform their decisions, commissioners need to know if particular services reduce NHS costs and procur cost savings elsewhere within the system. A review of service evaluations of NHS complementary therapy services found that most did n... Read More about Pounds shillings and pence; ways to cost NHS complementary therapy services – the ‘Seat’ and ‘Biscuit’ studies.

Folk healing and a post-scientific world (2010)
Book Chapter
Moore, R., & McClean, S. (2010). Folk healing and a post-scientific world. In R. Moore, & S. McClean (Eds.), Folk Healing and Health Care Practices in Britain and Ireland: Stethoscopes, Wands or Crystals (22-54). New York, US: Berghahn Books

Epilogue: Towards authentic medicine: Bodies and boundaries (2010)
Book Chapter
McClean, S., & Moore, R. (2010). Epilogue: Towards authentic medicine: Bodies and boundaries. In R. Moore, & S. McClean (Eds.), Folk healing and health care practices in Britain and Ireland: stethoscopes, wands or crystals. Berghahn Books

Evaluation of ArtLift: A partnership arts in health project (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Daykin, N., McClean, S., Pilkington, P., Owen, H., Opher, S., & Haldar, T. (2008, April). Evaluation of ArtLift: A partnership arts in health project. Poster presented at UKPHA Conference, Liverpool, UK

Creativity, identity and healing: Participants' accounts of music therapy in cancer care (2007)
Journal Article
Daykin, N., McClean, S., & Bunt, L. (2007). Creativity, identity and healing: Participants' accounts of music therapy in cancer care. Health, 11(3), 349-370. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363459307077548

This article reports on findings from a study of the accounts of people participating in music therapy as part of a programme of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in supportive cancer care. The article outlines the perceived effects of mus... Read More about Creativity, identity and healing: Participants' accounts of music therapy in cancer care.

Globalization and health (2007)
Book Chapter
McClean, S. (2007). Globalization and health. In J. Orme, J. Powell, P. Taylor, & M. Grey (Eds.), Public Health for the 21st Century: New Perspectives on Policy, Participation and Practice (204-222). Open University Press

Music and healing in cancer care: A survey of supportive care providers (2006)
Journal Article
Daykin, N., Bunt, L., & McClean, S. (2006). Music and healing in cancer care: A survey of supportive care providers. Arts in Psychotherapy, 33(5), 402-413. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2006.07.001

This paper explores the role of music activity and music therapy in health care drawing on a survey of UK cancer care providers offering music interventions and music therapy. The survey examined the extent and type of music provision and explored pr... Read More about Music and healing in cancer care: A survey of supportive care providers.