All Outputs (5)

“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