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Using conversation analysis to inform role play and simulated interaction in communications skills training for healthcare professionals: identifying avenues for further development through a scoping review (2018)
Journal Article
Pilnick, A., Trusson, D., Beeke, S., O 'brien, R., Goldberg, S., & Harwood, R. H. (2018). Using conversation analysis to inform role play and simulated interaction in communications skills training for healthcare professionals: identifying avenues for further development through a scoping review. BMC Medical Education, 18, Article 267. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-018-1381-1

Background: This paper responds to previously published debate in this journal around the use of sociolinguistic methods in communication skills training (CST), which has raised the significant question of how far consultations with simulated patient... Read More about Using conversation analysis to inform role play and simulated interaction in communications skills training for healthcare professionals: identifying avenues for further development through a scoping review.

Between stigma and pink positivity: women’s perceptions of social interactions during and after breast cancer treatment (2016)
Journal Article
Trusson, D., & Pilnick, A. (2017). Between stigma and pink positivity: women’s perceptions of social interactions during and after breast cancer treatment. Sociology of Health and Illness, 39(3), 458-473. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.12486

This study explores women’s perceptions of social interaction during and after their treatment for early stage breast cancer. Analysis of interviews with 24 women between 6 months-29 years post-diagnosis, reveals that interactions can be influenced b... Read More about Between stigma and pink positivity: women’s perceptions of social interactions during and after breast cancer treatment.

The Role of Hair Loss in Cancer Identity: Perceptions of Chemotherapy-Induced Alopecia Among Women Treated for Early-Stage Breast Cancer or Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (2016)
Journal Article
Trusson, D., & Pilnick, A. (2017). The Role of Hair Loss in Cancer Identity: Perceptions of Chemotherapy-Induced Alopecia Among Women Treated for Early-Stage Breast Cancer or Ductal Carcinoma in Situ. Cancer Nursing, 40(2), E9–E16. https://doi.org/10.1097/NCC.0000000000000373

Background: The trauma of chemotherapy-induced alopecia is well documented. However, less is known about how the stereotypical cancer identity affects social interactions. Objective: The aim of this study is to explore women's experiences of hair... Read More about The Role of Hair Loss in Cancer Identity: Perceptions of Chemotherapy-Induced Alopecia Among Women Treated for Early-Stage Breast Cancer or Ductal Carcinoma in Situ.

A new normal?: Women's experiences of biographical disruption and liminality following treatment for early stage breast cancer (2016)
Journal Article
Trusson, D., Pilnick, A., & Roy, S. (2016). A new normal?: Women's experiences of biographical disruption and liminality following treatment for early stage breast cancer. Social Science and Medicine, 151, 121-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.01.011

Increasing numbers of women are surviving breast cancer, but little is known about the long-term implications of having survived a life-threatening illness and living with embodied reminders of its potential to return. Twenty-four women aged between... Read More about A new normal?: Women's experiences of biographical disruption and liminality following treatment for early stage breast cancer.