Doctor Rebecca Olson
LECTURER IN PUBLIC HEALTH,
Health Science (SoSH)
Personal
Qualifications
- PhD The Australian National University
- BA (Hons) The Australian National University
- BA (Hons) Marymount Manhattan College
UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Health Science (SoSH)
Professional Memberships
- Australian Sociological Association (2010-01-01)
Contact
| Email: | Rebecca.Olson@uws.edu.au |
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| Extension: | 3226 |
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| Location: | 24.4.26 Campbelltown |
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Biography
Awards
- Australian Federation of University Women South Australia (AFUWSA), Jean Gilmore Bursary 2008-06-01
Committees
- School Academic Committee
Teaching
Previous Teaching Areas
- 400870 Population Health and Society, 2012
- 400285 Public Health, 2012
- 400249 Ethical and Legal Issues in Health Care, 2012
- 400418 Health Advancement and Health Promotion, 2012
Publications
Journal Articles
- Olson, R. (2012), 'Is cancer care dependant on informal carers?', Australian Health Review, 4.
- Olson, R. (2011), 'Managing hope, denial or temporal anomie? Informal cancer carers' accounts of spouses' cancer diagnoses', Social Science and Medicine, 8.
Conference Papers
- Olson, R. and Prosser, B. (2012), 'Human care work and emotion: A call to re-examine theory', 2012 TASA Conference: Emerging and Enduring Inequalities, St. Lucia, QLD.
- Olson, R. (2012), 'Human care work and emotion : a call to re-examine theory', Australian Sociological Association. Conference, St. Lucia, Qld..
- Olson, R. (2010), 'Relying on carers at home and in the hospital', Social Causes, Private Lives, Macquarie University.
- Olson, R. (2008), 'Time to feel: making cents of cancer carers' emotions', British Sociological Association Medical Sociology Conference, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
- Olson, R. (2008), 'Cancer carers: juggling cultures of life and death', Limina Conference 2008, University of Western Australia, Perth.
Research
Previous Projects
| Title: | Boys [and girls] in white updated: Revisiting Becker et al.'s classic study with Australian allied health students |
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| Years: | 2011-09-13 - 2013-03-30 |
| ID: | P00020426 |
| UWS Researchers: | Rebecca Olson and Ian Wilson |
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Supervision
Doctor Olson is available to co-supervise doctoral projects
Current Supervision
| Title: | Exploration of the Needs of Informal Carers of People with a Mental Illness in the Context of Personal Recovery. |
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Media
| Title: | Information for carers, from carers |
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| Description: | Cancer Council ACT webpage |
