Crystal and spiritual healing in Northern England: Folk-inspired systems of medicine
(2010)
Book Chapter
McClean, S. (2010). Crystal and spiritual healing in Northern England: Folk-inspired systems of medicine. In R. Moore, & S. McClean (Eds.), Folk healing and health care practices in Britain and Ireland: stethoscopes, wands or crystals. Berghahn Books
All Outputs (66)
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
A general practice, a country practice: The cure, the charm and informal healing in Northern Ireland (2010)
Book Chapter
Moore, R. (2010). A general practice, a country practice: The cure, the charm and informal healing in Northern Ireland. In R. Moore, & S. McClean (Eds.), Folk Healing and Health Care Practices in Britain and Ireland: Stethoscopes, Wands or Crystals (104-129). New York, US: Berghahn Books
Folk healing and health care practices in Britain and Ireland: stethoscopes, wands or crystals (2010)
Book
Moore, R., & McClean, S. (2010). Folk healing and health care practices in Britain and Ireland: stethoscopes, wands or crystals. Berghahn Books
CAM, integrated medicine and the ‘problem’ of folk medicine (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Moore, R., & McClean, S. (2008, September). CAM, integrated medicine and the ‘problem’ of folk medicine. Paper presented at Medical Sociology Annual Conference, Sussex University, Brighton
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
Evaluation of art lift: A partnership arts and health project (2008)
Report
Daykin, N., Pilkington, P., & McClean, S. (2008). Evaluation of art lift: A partnership arts and health project
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/10.1177/1363459307077548This 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.2006.07.001This 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.
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 PressThis 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.xWhile 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/10.1177/1049732304273927Ideas 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/10.1177/13634593030074006The 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.