Biographical dialectics: The ongoing and creative problem solving required to negotiate the biographical disruption of chronic illness (2023)
Journal Article
Cluley, V., Burton, J., Quann, N., Hull, K., & Eborall, H. (2023). Biographical dialectics: The ongoing and creative problem solving required to negotiate the biographical disruption of chronic illness. Social Science and Medicine, 325, Article 115900. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115900

Here we propose the term ‘biographical dialectics’ as a sister term to ‘biographical disruption’ to capture the ongoing problem solving that characterises the lives of many people living with life limiting chronic illnesses. The paper is based on the... Read More about Biographical dialectics: The ongoing and creative problem solving required to negotiate the biographical disruption of chronic illness.

Editorial: Public value for all? Considering the parameters of public value co-creation (2023)
Journal Article
Cluley, V., Parker, S., & Radnor, Z. (2023). Editorial: Public value for all? Considering the parameters of public value co-creation. Public Money and Management, 43(1), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2022.2140900

The aim behind this Public Money & Management theme is to explore the parameters of public value co-creation in order to open up a broader discussion of dis/value, public value destruction and co-destruction as a developing theme in the literature. P... Read More about Editorial: Public value for all? Considering the parameters of public value co-creation.

A typology of dis/value in public service delivery (2022)
Journal Article
Parker, S., Cluley, V., & Radnor, Z. (2023). A typology of dis/value in public service delivery. Public Money and Management, 43(1), 8-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2022.2124758

Dis/value or public value destruction is now increasingly recognized as part of the public value process. Despite this, confusion about the concept remains. This article assesses the use of public value destruction, and synonymous terms, in the publi... Read More about A typology of dis/value in public service delivery.

Talking about learning disability: Discursive acts in managing an ideological dilemma (2022)
Journal Article
Cluley, V., Pilnick, A., & Fyson, R. (2022). Talking about learning disability: Discursive acts in managing an ideological dilemma. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 2, Article 100088. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2022.100088

Learning disability is a term that can mean different things to different people. It is also a term that has undergone much revision and critique, being linked to stigma and prejudice. Consequently, talking about learning disability can be a delicate... Read More about Talking about learning disability: Discursive acts in managing an ideological dilemma.

Mapping the role of patient and public involvement during the different stages of healthcare innovation: A scoping review (2022)
Journal Article
Cluley, V., Ziemann, A., Feeley, C., Olander, E. K., Shamah, S., & Stavropoulou, C. (2022). Mapping the role of patient and public involvement during the different stages of healthcare innovation: A scoping review. Health Expectations, 25(3), 840-855. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13437

Background: Patient and public involvement (PPI) has become increasingly important in the development, delivery and improvement of healthcare. PPI is used in healthcare innovation; yet, how it is used has been under-reported. The aim of this scoping... Read More about Mapping the role of patient and public involvement during the different stages of healthcare innovation: A scoping review.

Becoming frail: A more than human exploration (2021)
Journal Article
Cluley, V., Fox, N., & Radnor, Z. (2021). Becoming frail: A more than human exploration. Health, https://doi.org/10.1177/13634593211038460

‘Frailty’ is increasingly used as a clinical term to refer and respond to a particular bodily presentation, with numerous scores and measures to support its clinical determination. While these tools are typically quantitative in nature and based prim... Read More about Becoming frail: A more than human exploration.

Talking about frailty: The relationship between precarity and the fourth age in older peoples' constructions of frailty (2021)
Journal Article
Cluley, V., Martin, G., Radnor, Z., & Banerjee, J. (2021). Talking about frailty: The relationship between precarity and the fourth age in older peoples' constructions of frailty. Journal of Aging Studies, 58, Article 100951. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2021.100951

The clinical identification of frailty is increasingly thought to be important in countries with ageing populations. Understanding how older people labelled as frail make sense of this categorisation is therefore important. A number of recent studies... Read More about Talking about frailty: The relationship between precarity and the fourth age in older peoples' constructions of frailty.

“Considered Language” in Public Service: Changing Discourses and Their Implementation in Practice (2021)
Book Chapter
Cluley, V., & Radnor, Z. (2021). “Considered Language” in Public Service: Changing Discourses and Their Implementation in Practice. In Public Service: Changing Discourses and Their Implementation in Practice (259-276). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29980-4_82

Buzzwords and acronyms are ubiquitous throughout public service provision worldwide. Additionally, such terms are subject to frequent change, and public servants are expected to use the most up-to-date language in their work in order to reflect curre... Read More about “Considered Language” in Public Service: Changing Discourses and Their Implementation in Practice.

Using Situated Interviews to Engage Frail Older People in the Co-production of Improved Emergency Healthcare (2021)
Journal Article
Cluley, V., Gale, N., & Radnor, Z. (2021). Using Situated Interviews to Engage Frail Older People in the Co-production of Improved Emergency Healthcare. International Journal of Public Administration, 44(9), 767-777. https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2021.1912088

Including frail older people in the development and improvement of healthcare is a topical issue and co-production represents a common approach. How to practice co-production effectively, however, remains challenging, particularly when including vuln... Read More about Using Situated Interviews to Engage Frail Older People in the Co-production of Improved Emergency Healthcare.

Talking about frailty: health professional perspectives and an ideological dilemma (2020)
Journal Article
Cluley, V., Martin, G., Radnor, Z., & Banerjee, J. (2022). Talking about frailty: health professional perspectives and an ideological dilemma. Ageing and Society, 42(1), 204-222. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X20000884

Frailty is increasingly used in clinical settings to describe a physiological state resulting from a combination of age-related co-morbidities. Frailty also has a strong 'lay' meaning that conjures a particular way of being. Recent studies have repor... Read More about Talking about frailty: health professional perspectives and an ideological dilemma.