BSA Medical Sociology Wales Study Group - Archive Pages
Past Events - Research Seminar Series
18 February 2009
BSA Medical Sociology Wales Study Group Research Seminar
Swansea University, Wales, UK
24 October 2008
BSA Medical Sociology Group: Publishing in Health and Social Sciences
Cardiff University, Wales, UK
20 September 2007
University of Wales, Swansea, UK
BSA MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY WALES STUDY GROUP
RESEARCH SEMINAR
THURSDAY 31st May 2007
2.00 PM UNTIL 4PM
VENUE: Room 231 Glyndwr Building
UNIVERSITY OF WALES SWANSEA
FIRST SPEAKER: 2.00PM
Dr Melanie Jones
Tutor
School of Health Science
Swansea University
TITLE: 'A Code for Europe? A social science perspective on a European ethics project'
SECOND SPEAKER: 3.10PM
Dr Stuart Todd
Senior Research Fellow
Welsh Centre for Learning Disabilities
Department of Psychological Medicine
Cardiff University
TITLE: Unremarkable departures: the deaths of people with learning disabilities
For visitors to University of Wales Swansea, the Glyndwr building may be reached by taking the first left off the roundabout outside Fulton House and continuing along the road until reaching the last building on the right. Directions for the Maths reading room will be posted inside the building.
FREE ENTRANCE - STUDENTS WELCOME REFRESHMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED
Convenors: Professor Lesley Griffiths 01792 295498
and Dr. Sue Philpin 01792 518562
Wednesday 22 November 2006
14:00 - 16:00
VENUE: Room 202 Vivian Building, Swansea University
FIRST SPEAKER: 14:00
Dr. John Gabbay University of Southampton
TITLE: Depression or what? Mindlines, Communities of Practice and the Social Construction of Disease
SECOND SPEAKER 15:10
Dr. Maria Barnes, Cardiff University
TITLE: Depression and Stress: Why are they so common in South Wales?
FREE ENTRANCE - STUDENTS WELCOME, REFRESHMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED
Convenors: Professor Lesley Griffiths 01792 295498 and Dr Sue Philpin 01792 518561.
Wednesday, 30th November 2005
2.30pm until 5.00pm
Maths Reading Room, Second Floor, Glyndwr Building, University of Wales Swansea
Speakers:
Sherrill Snelgrove
Lecturer, School of Health Science, Swansea University
Title: Professional identity and reconstruction of NHS Direct nurses in South Wales
Dr Sara MacBride-Stewart
School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University
Title: Feminisation and Medicine: are women devaluing the medical profession?
FREE ENTRANCE - STUDENTS WELCOME REFRESHMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED
Wednesday, 20th April 2005
2.30pm until 5.00pm
Lecture Room F, Second Floor, Glyndwr Building, University of Wales Swansea
Speakers:
Alex Faulkner
Cardiff Institute of Society, Health & Ethics, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University,
Title: Partitioning and convergence in the regulation of biomedical technology.
Pauline Griffiths
Senior Lecturer, School of Health Science, Swansea University
Title: Insider or exploiter? Participant observation on an acute medical admissions´ unit.
FREE ENTRANCE - STUDENTS WELCOME REFRESHMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED
The seminar will be followed by a meal in ‘The Woodman’ in Blackpill, Swansea – all welcome.
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16th February 2005
VENUE: MATHS READING ROOM
SECOND FLOOR GLYNDWR BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF WALES SWANSEA
SPEAKERS:
Dr. Jonathan Gabe
Reader in Sociology
Royal Holloway University of London
Title: Is nursing down the line part of a professional project? The case of NHS Direct for England
Professor Lindsay Prior
School of Social Sciences
Cardiff University
Title: Talking about the gene for cancer. Language and Metaphor in clinical genetics
FREE ENTRANCE - STUDENTS WELCOME REFRESHMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED
Convenors: Dr. Lesley Griffiths 01792 295498 and Dr. Sue Philpin 01792 518561
The seminar will be followed by a meal in ‘The Woodman’ in Blackpill, Swansea – all welcome.
29th January 2004
VENUE: ROOM 231
SECOND FLOOR GLYNDWR BUILDING
UNIVERSITY OF WALES SWANSEA
SPEAKERS:
Dr. Sarah Li
Senior Lecturer, Social and Behavioural Sciences
Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences
Kingston University & St. George’s Hospital Medical School
Surrey
TITLE: Doing criticism in symbiotic niceness
Tessa Watts
Senior Lecturer
School of Health of Science
University of Wales, Swansea
TITLE: Being there – some reflections on the emotional dimensions of fieldwork in specialist palliative care
For visitors to University of Wales Swansea, the Glyndwr building may be reached by taking the first left off the roundabout outside Fulton House and continuing along the road until reaching the last building on the right. Directions for room 231 will be posted inside the building.
FREE ENTRANCE - ALL WELCOME - REFRESHMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED
Convenors: Dr. Lesley Griffiths 01792 295729 and Sue Philpin 01792 518561
30th October 2003
VENUE: ROOM 231
SECOND FLOOR GLYNDWR BUILDING
UNIVERSITY OF WALES SWANSEA
SPEAKERS:
1. Dr. Cecilia Rohrbach Viadas
Health Department
Puebla
Mexico
TITLE: ‘Another perspective on ageing: a comparison between a traditional village and a peasant community’
2. Dr. David Greaves
School of Health of Science
University of Wales, Swansea
TITLE: ‘A commentary on an essay by Virginia Woolf – “On Being Ill” (1926)’
For visitors to University of Wales Swansea, the Glyndwr building may be reached by taking the first left off the roundabout outside Fulton House and continuing along the road until reaching the last building on the right. Directions for room 231 will be posted inside the building.
FREE ENTRANCE - ALL WELCOME - REFRESHMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED
Convenors: Dr. Lesley Griffiths 01792 295729 and Sue Philpin 01792 518561
24th September 2003
VENUE: ROOM -1.56, THE GLAMORGAN BUILDING, KING EDWARD VII AVE. CARDIFF
SPEAKERS:
Professor Laurence Moore:
Director
Institute for Society, Health & Ethics
Cardiff University School of Social Sciences
TITLE: Can a schools-based, peer-led intervention reduce the uptake of smoking by adolescents?
Dr Edward Coyle
Director
Wales Centre for Health
TITLE: From Beveridge to Wanless: A modern framework for public health action in Wales"
FREE ENTRANCE - ALL WELCOME REFRESHMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED
Convenor: Dr. Martin O´Neill: 02920 874774
Email: oneillm@cf.ac.uk
18th June 2003
VENUE: MATHS READING ROOM
SECOND FLOOR GLYNDWR BUILDING
UNIVERSITY OF WALES SWANSEA
30 April 2003
Venue: Seminar Room 411 - 4th Floor, Eastgate House 35-43, Newport Road, Cardiff
SPEAKERS
Ben Hannigan
Mental Health Directorate
School of Nursing & Midwifery Studies
University of Wales College of Medicine
Title: "Health and social care for people with severe mental health problems: an ethnographic study?"
Catherine Exley
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
University of Leicester
Title: A good place to die?
Reflections of patients´ and carers´ views and experiences of dying at home
12th February 2003
VENUE: LECTURE ROOM E
SECOND FLOOR GLYNDWR BUILDING
UNIVERSITY OF WALES SWANSEA
SPEAKERS:
Dr. Susan Lambert
School of Health Science
University of Wales, Swansea
TITLE: Care or Custody? Assessing the Health Needs of Prisoners
Professor Vivienne Walters
National Centre for Public Policy
and
Professor Nickie Charles
School of Social Studies and International Development
University of Wales, Swansea
TITLE: ‘Women talk a lot better than men do’. Gendered Accounts of Health and Well-being in Mid-life
For visitors to University of Wales Swansea, the Glyndwr building may be reached by taking the first left off the roundabout outside Fulton House and continuing along the road until reaching the last building on the right. Directions for lecture room E will be posted inside the building.
