E-mail: cedr@lancaster.ac.uk
Keywords
Cancer, Disability studies, Health, Social determinants of health, Social inequalities, Social justice, Social theory, Sociology, Supportive care
Research Areas
Health
PhD Supervision Interests
Disability Studies Sociology of Health and Illness / Medical Sociology (general) Cancer experiences End of lifeand palliative care Patient Experiences of theNational Health Serviceand other health care and therapy services.
Research Interests
Carol is Professor of Sociology, specialising in disability studies and the sociology of health and illness.
Her current research interests are in the following areas:
Disability Studies
- Carol is a member of the Executive Editorial Board of the international journal Disability and Society - http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/09687599.html, and has published widely in the field.
- She is the author of Female Forms: experiencing and understanding disability (1999) Buckingham: Open University Press,
- and Sociologies of Disability and Illness. Contested Ideas in Disability Studies and Medical Sociology (2007) Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
The Sociology of Cancer
- Carol has a long-standing research interest in the sociology of cancer. She currently directs an ESRC funded research project entitled Narratives of Living and Dying with Cancer: Sociological Perspectives (ESRC ref: RES-000-22-2031).This involves secondary data analysis of interview data collected in the following two research projects (NHS funded), in which she was the principal investigator:
- The psychosocial needs of cancer patients and their main carers.Download the Research Report as an Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) file (1.9MB). Publications arising are available here in either Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat format.
- Patterns and preferences for place of final care and death among terminally ill cancer patients and their carers in the Morecambe bay area. The Executive Summary is available here in either Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat format.
Other Research Interests
- Carol has also researched and published in other fields, including: the nature of care, public health and health promotion, domestic labour and health, and women's health.
Career Details
- At Lancaster University, Carol joined the Institute for Health Research in 2002, having worked closely with colleagues in the IHR for a number of years from her location in the Department of Applied Social Science at Lancaster University.
- She has a 1st Class Honours degree in Sociology (University of Sheffield, 1980) and a PhD in Sociology (University of Warwick, 1987).
Additional Information
Selected Publications
Thomas C. (1999) Female Forms: Experiencing and Understanding Disability . Buckingham: Open University Press.
Thomas, C. (2001) Medicine, gender and disability: disabled women's health care encounters. Health Care for Women International , 22 (3) April-May 2001: 245-262.
Thomas, C. (2001) 'Feminism and Disability: The Theoretical and Political Significance of The Personal and the Experiential', in L. Barton (ed.) Disability, Politics and the Struggle for Change . London: David Fulton. (pp. 48-58)
Thomas, C. and Rigby, J. (2001) Women's Health in Europe: Beyond Epidemiology? In S. McLafferty, I. Dyke and N. Davis Lewis (eds) Geographies of Women's Health . London: Routledge (pp.23-40).
Thomas, C. and Corker, M. (2002) 'A Journey around the Social Model'. In M.Corker and T. Shakespeare (eds) Disability/Postmodernity: Embodying Disability Theory . London: Continuum, (pp18-31).
Thomas, C. (2002) 'The 'Disabled' Body', in M. Evans and E. Lee (eds.) Real Bodies . Basingstoke: Palgrave (pp.64-78).
Thomas, C. (2002) 'Disability Theory: Key Ideas, Issues and Thinkers', in C. Barnes, L.Barton, and M.Oliver (eds) Disability Studies Today . Cambridge: Polity (pp.38-57)
Thomas, C., Morris, S., Harman, J. (2002) Companions through cancer: the care given by informal carers in cancer contexts. Social Science and Medicine , 54(4):529-544.
Thomas, C., and Morris, S.M. (2002) Informal Carers in Cancer Contexts. European Journal of Cancer Care 11(3):178-182.
Thomas, C. (2003) 'Developing the social relational in the social model of disability: a theoretical agenda'. In C. Barnes (ed) The Social Model of Disability - Theory and Research . Leeds: The Disability Press (forthcoming)
Thomas, C. (2004) The UK Social Model of Disability: Rescuing a Social Relational Understanding of Disability. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research . 6(1): 22-36.
Thomas, C. (2004) How is disability understood? An examination of sociological approaches. Disability and Society, 19 (6): 569-583.
Swain, J., Barnes, C., French, S. and Thomas, C. (eds) (2004) Disabling Barriers - Enabling Environments (2 nd edition). London: Sage
Thomas C., Morris S.M. and Clark, D. (2004) Place of death: preferences among cancer patients and their carers. Social Science and Medicine 58(12): 2431-2444.
Thomas, C. (2005) The Place of Death of Cancer Patients: Can Qualitative Data Add to Known Factors? Social Science and Medicine,60 (11): 2597-2607.
Thomas, C. (2006) Disability and Gender: Some Reflections on Theory and Research. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research. 8 (2-3), 177-185.
Thomas, C. (2007) Sociologies of Disability and Illness. Contested Ideas in Disability Studies and Medical Sociology. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Media
(2001) Video - Disability and the Sociological Imagination. Sociology and Social Policy Teaching and Learning Network (SSP2000) teaching resource: 25 min. video programme for undergraduate sociology and social policy students, featuring subject specialist speakers: Dr Carol Thomas, Professor Mike Oliver and Professor Colin Barnes. The video has been distributed to all Sociology and Social Policy Departments in the UK.
In Press
Dementia and the Social Model of Disability
Thomas, C. & Milligan, C. 2012 Joseph Rowntree viewpoint article 0 p.
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Featured article
The value of interviewing on multiple occasions or longitudinally
Grinyer, A. & Thomas, C. 2012 In: The Sage handbook of interview research: the complexity of the craft. Gubrium, J., Holstein, J., McKinney, K. & Marvasti, A. (eds.). 2 ed. Thousand Oaks: Sage, p. 219-230. 12 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
2012
Routledge handbook of disability studies
Watson, N. (ed.), Roulstone, A. & Thomas, C. (ed.) 2012 New York: Routledge. 452 p. (Routledge handbooks).
Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Book
The changing terrain of disability studies
Roulstone, A., Thomas, C. & Watson, N. 2012 In: Routledge handbook of disability studies. Watson, N., Roulstone, A. & Thomas, C. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 3-11. 9 p. (Routledge handbooks).
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
Working at the coalface: using action research to study ‘integrative medicine’ in the NHS
Welch, P., Thomas, C. & Bingley, A. 2012 In: European Journal of Integrative Medicine.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
The perspectives of bereaved family carers on dying at home: the study protocol of 'unpacking the home: family carers' reflections on dying at home
Payne, S., Brearley, S., Milligan, C., Seamark, D., Thomas, C., Wang, X., Blake, S. & Turner, M. 22/11/2012 In: BMC Palliative Care. 11, 5 p., art. no. 23
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Theorising disability and chronic illness: where next for perspectives in medical sociology?
Thomas, C. 2012 In: Social Theory and Health. 10, 3, p. 209-228. 20 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
2011
Disability: prospects for social inclusion
Thomas, C. 2011 In: Fighting poverty, inequality and injustice: a manifesto inspired by Peter Townsend. Walker, A., Sinfield, A. & Walker, C. (eds.). Bristol: Policy Press, p. 223-240. 18 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
Disability and the death and dying agenda
Thomas, C. 2011 In: Death, dying, and social differences. Oliviere, D., Monroe, B. & Payne, S. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 85-97. 13 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
2010
Medical sociology and disability theory.
Thomas, C. 2010 In: New directions in the sociology of chronic and disabling conditions: assaults on the lifeworld. Scambler, G. & Scambler, S. (eds.). Basingstoke; New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 233 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
Negotiating the contested terrain of narrative methods in illness contexts.
Thomas, C. 05/2010 In: Sociology of Health and Illness. 32, 4, p. 647-660. 14 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
2009
It’s amazing how safe and secure I felt within that building. [Posters]
Cockshott, Z. J., Payne, S. A., Thomas, C. & Fyfe, D. 2009
Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
Use of UK voluntary sector cancer support services/
Cockshott, Z., Thomas, C., Payne, S. & Fyfe, D. 2009 In: European Journal of Palliative Care. 16, p. 99-99. 1 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Narrative research methods in palliative care contexts: two case studies.
Thomas, C., Reeve, J., Bingley, A. F., Brown, J., Payne, S. & Lynch, T. 05/2009 In: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 37, 5, p. 788-796. 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
2008
Dying: Places and Preferences.
Thomas, C. 2008 In: Palliative care nursing: principles and evidence for practice (2nd ed.). Payne, S., Seymour, J. & Ingleton, C. (eds.). Maidenhead; New York: Open University Press, p. 91-105. 15 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
Cancer narratives and methodological uncertainties
Thomas, C. 2008 In: Qualitative Research. 8, 3, p. 423-433. 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Disability: getting it “right”.
Thomas, C. 2008 In: Journal of Medical Ethics. 34, 1, p. 15-17. 3 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Narrative research in palliative care: reviewing methods used to analyse stories about the end of life.
Brown, J., Thomas, C., Payne, S., Reeve, J. & Bingley, A. 2008 In: Palliative Medicine. 22, 4, p. 551-551. 1 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Developing narrative research in supportive and palliative care: the focus on illness narratives.
Bingley, A. F., Thomas, C., Brown, J., Reeve, J. & Payne, S. 06/2008 In: Palliative Medicine. 22, 5, p. 653-658. 6 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
2007
Sociologies of Disability and Illness. Contested ideas in disability studies and medical sociology.
Thomas, C. J. 2007 Palgrave Macmillan. 1 p.
Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Book
Rejecting Care? The disability studies critique.
Thomas, C. 2007
Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper
Key ‘narrative’ questions to pose in the analysis of cancer interview data.
Thomas, C. 2007
Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper
2006
Disability and gender: some reflections on theory and research.
Thomas, C. 2006 In: Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research. 8, 2-3, p. 177-185. 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Introduction to part 1: disability studies.
Thomas, C. & Barnes, C. 2006 In: Overcoming disabling barriers: 18 years of disability and society.. Barton, L. (ed.). London: Routledge, p. 3-6. 4 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
Exploring Experience: perspectives in disability studies and medical sociology.
Thomas, C. 2006
Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper
Viewing patient need through professional writings: a systematic 'ethnographic' review of palliative care professionals' experiences of caring for people with cancer. at the end of life.
McDermott, E., Bingley, A. F., Thomas, C., Payne, S., Seymour, J. & Clark, D. 01/2006 In: Progress in Palliative Care. 14, 1, p. 9-18. 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Making sense of dying: a review of narratives written since 1950 by people facing death from cancer and other diseases.
Bingley, A. F., McDermott, E., Thomas, C., Payne, S., Seymour, J. E. & Clark, D. 04/2006 In: Palliative Medicine. 20, 3, p. 183-195. 13 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
2005
The place of death of cancer patients: can qualitative data add to known factors?
Thomas, C. J. 06/2005 In: Social Science and Medicine. 60, 11, p. 2597-2607. 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Placing the dying body: emotional, situational and embodied factors in preferences for place of final care and death in cancer.
Morris, S. & Thomas, C. 2005 In: Emotional Geographies. Davidson, J., Bondi, L. & Smith, M. (eds.). Ashgate, 258 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
Problems and Solutions: perspectives in ‘care’ for people living with disability and chronic illness in medical sociology and disability studies.
Thomas, C. 2005
Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper
What are the views of people affected by cancer and other illnesses about end of life issues? carer perspectives.
Clark, D., Thomas, C., Lynch, T. & Bingley, A. 2005 Macmillan Cancer Relief
Research output: Working paper
Place of death: exploring preferences.
Thomas, C. 2005 In: Cancer Nursing Practice. 4, 6, p. 17-20. 4 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
What are the views of people affected by cancer and other illnesses about end of life issues? professional and patient perspectives.
Clark, D., Thomas, C., McDermott, E., Bingley, A., Payne, S. & Seymour, J. 2005 Macmillan Cancer Relief
Research output: Working paper
Grouping cancer patients by psychosocial needs.
Soothill, K. L., Francis, B. J., Awwad, F., Morris, S. M., Thomas, C. & McIllmurrary, M. 2005 In: Journal of Psychosocial Oncology. 22, 2, p. 90-109. 20 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
2004
Local geographies of health inequalities.
Gatrell, A. C., Berridge, D., Bennett, S., Bostock, L., Thomas, C., Popay, J. & Williams, G. 2004 In: The geography of health inequalities in the developed world: views from Britain and North America. Boyle, P., Curtis, S., Graham, E. & Moore, E. (eds.). Aldershot: Ashgate Press, p. 177-197. 21 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
Mapping the determinants of health inequalities in social space: can Bourdieu help us?
Gatrell, A. C., Popay, J. & Thomas, C. 09/2004 In: Health & Place. 10, 3, p. 245-257. 13 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
How is disability understood? An examination of sociological approaches.
Thomas, C. J. 1/10/2004 In: Disability and society. 19, 6, p. 569-583. 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Theorien der Behinderung: Schlüsselkonzepte, Themen und Personen. [In German]
Thomas, C. 2004 In: Disability studies: ein Lesebuch. Weisser, J. & Renggli, C. (eds.). Luzern: Ed. SZH/CSPS, p. 31-56. 26 p. (Institut fu?r Sonderpa?dagogik (Zu?rich).; ISP-Universita?t Zu?rich).
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
Preferences for place of death among cancer patients and their carers [Poster and presentation]
Thomas, C. 2004
Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
Sociologies of Disability: how is disability understood?
Thomas, C. 2004
Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper
Developing the social relational in the social model of disability: a theoretical agenda.
Thomas, C. 2004 In: Implementing the social model of disability. Barnes, C. & Mercer, G. (eds.). Leeds: Disability Press, p. 32-47. 16 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
Place of death: preferences among cancer patients and their carers.
Thomas, C., Morris, S. M. & Clark, D. 2004 In: Social Science & Medicine. 58, 12, p. 2431-2444. 14 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
The UK Social Model of Disability: Rescuing a Social Relational Understanding of Disability.
Thomas, C. 2004 In: Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research. 6, 1, p. 22-36. 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Disabling barriers - enabling environments (2nd ed.)
Thomas, C., Swain, J., Barnes, C. & French, S. 2004 London: Sage. 306 p.
Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Book
The importance of place of death in young adults with terminal cancer.
Grinyer, A. & Thomas, C. 05/2004 In: Mortality. 9, 2, p. 114-131. 18 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
2003
Place of death: analysis of cancer deaths in part of North West England.
Gatrell, A. C., Harman, J. C., Francis, B. J., Thomas, C., Morris, S. M. & McIllmurray, M. 03/2003 In: Journal of Public Health Medicine. 25, 1, p. 53-58. 6 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
A proper place to live: health inequalities, agency and the normative dimensions of space.
Popay, J. M., Thomas, C., Williams, G., Bennett, S., Gatrell, A. C. & Bostock, L. 1/07/2003 In: Social Science and Medicine. 57, 1, p. 55-69. 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Historical data for health inequalities research: a research note.
Mallinson, S. L., Popay, J. M., Elliott, E., Bennett, S., Bostock, L., Gatrell, A. C., Thomas, C. & Williams, G. 11/2003 In: Sociology. 37, 4, p. 771-780. 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Place of death in the Morecambe Bay area: patterns and preferences for place of final care and death among terminally ill cancer patients and their carers.
Thomas, C., Morris, S. M. & Gatrell, A. C. 2003 Lancaster: University of Lancaster.
Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Book
Theorising inequalities in health: the place of lay knowledge.
Popay, J., Williams, G., Thomas, C. & Gatrell, A. C. 2003 In: Health and Social Justice: politics, ideology, and inequality in the distribution of disease. Hofrichter, R. (ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/Wiley, p. 385-409. 25 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
Beyond "beer, fags, egg and chips"?: exploring lay understandings of social inequalities in health.
Popay, J., Bennett, S., Thomas, C., Williams, G., Gatrell, A. C. & Bostock, L. 01/2003 In: Sociology of Health and Illness. 25, 1, p. 1-23. 23 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
2002
Companions through cancer: the care given by informal carers in cancer contexts.
Thomas, C. J., Morris, S. M. & Harman, J. C. 1/02/2002 In: Social Science and Medicine. 54, 4, p. 529-544. 16 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
The need to know: informal carers and information.
Morris, S. & Thomas, C. 09/2002 In: European Journal of Cancer Care. 11, 3, p. 183-187. 5 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
The need to know: informal carers and information.
Morris, S. M. & Thomas, C. 2002
Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper
Informal Carers in Cancer Contexts.
Thomas, C. & Morris, S. M. 2002
Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper
Place of final care and death: patterns and preferences among cancer patients in the Morecambe Bay health authority.
Morris, S. M., Harman, J. C., Gatrell, A. C., Francis, B. J. & Thomas, C. 04/2002 In: Proceedings of the palliative care congress. Sheffield
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
Informal carers in cancer contexts.
Thomas, C. & Morris, S. M. 09/2002 In: European Journal of Cancer Care. 11, 3, p. 178-182. 5 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
A journey around the social model
Thomas, C. & Corker, M. 2002 In: Disability/postmodernity: embodying disability theory. Corker, M. & Shakespeare, T. (eds.). London: Continuum, p. 18-31. 14 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
Living in the borderlands of disability
Thomas, C. 2002 In: Understanding care, welfare and community: a reader. Bytheway, B., Bacigalipo, V., Bornat, J., Johnson, J. & Spurr, S. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 11-12. 2 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
The 'disabled' body
Thomas, C. 2002 In: Real bodies: a sociological introduction. Evans, M. & Lee, E. (eds.). Basingstoke: Palgrave, p. 64-78. 15 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
Disability theory: key ideas, issues and thinkers
Thomas, C. 2002 In: Disability studies today. Barnes, C., Oliver, M. & Barton, L. (eds.). Cambridge: Polity Press, p. 38-57. 20 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
Cancer and faith: does it make a difference among cancer patients and their informal carers?
Soothill, K. L., Morris, S., Harman, J., Thomas, C., Francis, B. J. & McIllmurray, M. B. 09/2002 In: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. 16, 3, p. 256-263. 8 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
2001
The carer's place in the cancer situation: where does the carer stand in the medical setting?
Morris, S. M. & Thomas, C. 06/2001 In: European Journal of Cancer Care. 10, 2, p. 87-95. 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Informal carers in cancer contexts: their activities and needs.
Thomas, C., Morris, S. M., Harman, J. C. & Mclllmurray, M. B. 2001
Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper
The care given by informal carers in cancer contexts.
Thomas, C. 15/10/2001
Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper
DIPEx. Department of Health funded WWW resource.
Thomas, C. 2001 Oxford: University of Oxford
Research output: Other contribution
Disability and the sociological imagination [videorecording]
Thomas, C., Oliver, M., Barnes, C., Middelton, C. & Miles, S. 2001 Birmingham: Birmingham: C-SAP
Research output: Other contribution
The Body and Society: Some Reflections on the Concepts of 'Disability' and 'Impairment'.
Thomas, C. 2001 In: Reframing the body. Watson, N. & Cunningham-Burley, S. (eds.). 61 ed. Baskingstoke: Palgrave, p. 47-62. 16 p. (British Sociological Association conference volume series).
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
Trying to be sociological: our experience of conducting a three year research project on 'The psychosocial needs of cancer patients and their main carers'.
Thomas, C. 12/2001 In: Proceedings of the Sociology of Cancer Group conference: what is the sociology of cancer?. Leicester: University of Leicester
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
Women's health in Europe: beyond epidemiology?
Thomas, C. & Rigby, J. 2001 In: Geographies of women's health. McLafferty, S., Dyke, I. & Davis Lewis, N. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 23-40. 18 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
The psychosocial needs of cancer patients and their main carers.
Thomas, C., Morris, S., McIllmurray, M. B., Soothill, K. L., Francis, B. J. & Harman, J. C. 2001 Lancaster: University of Lancaster
Research output: Other contribution
Place of death in Morecambe Bay: patterns and preferences for place of final care and death among terminally ill cancer patients and their carers.
Thomas, C., Morris, S. M., Gatrell, A. C. & McIllmurray, M. B. 2001 In: Morecambe Bay Medical Journal. 3, 10, p. 356-358. 3 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Medicine, gender and disability: disabled women's health care encounter.
Thomas, C. 04/2001 In: Health Care for Women International. 22, 3, p. 245-262. 18 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Feminism and disability: the theoretical and political significance of the personal and the experiential.
Thomas, C. 2001 In: Disability, politics and the struggle for change. Barton, L. (ed.). London: David Fulton Publications, p. 48-58. 11 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
Disabled women enter the academy.
Thomas, C. 2001 In: Identity and difference in higher education: feminist perspectives. Anderson, P. & Williams, J. (eds.). Aldershot: Ashgate, p. 67-78. 12 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
The body and society: impairment and disability.
Thomas, C. 2001 In: Proceedings of the British Sociological Association Conference: reforumlating bodies. London: Macmillan, p. 47-62. 16 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
The significant unmet needs of cancer patients: probing psychosocial concerns.
Soothill, K. L., Morris, S., Harman, J., Francis, B. J., Thomas, C. & McIllmurray, M. B. 11/2001 In: Supportive Care in Cancer. 9, 8, p. 597-605. 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Informal carers of cancer patients: what are their unmet psychosocial needs?
Soothill, K. L., Morris, S., Harman, J., Francis, B. J., Thomas, C. & McIllmurray, M. B. 11/2001 In: Health and Social Care in the Community. 9, 6, p. 464-475. 12 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
The psychosocial needs of cancer patients: findings from an observational study.
McIllmurray, M. B., Thomas, C., Francis, B. J., Morris, S., Soothill, K. L. & Al-Hamad, A. 12/2001 In: European Journal of Cancer Care. 10, 4, p. 261-269. 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Young adults with cancer: the effects of the illness on parents and families.
Grinyer, A. & Thomas, C. 04/2001 In: International Journal of Palliative Nursing. 7, 4, p. 162-170. 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
2000
Companions through Cancer: the care given by informal carers in cancer contexts.
Thomas, C. & Morris, S. M. 2000
Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper
Congruence and tension between the women’s movement and the disability Movement.
Thomas, C. 2000
Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper
Area influences: the experience of place.
Thomas, C. 2000
Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper
Disabled women and the gendered nature of disability: examples from health care.
Thomas, C. 2000
Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper
Disability and Society (Book review: Gender inequalities in health / edited by Ellen Annandale and Kate Hunt)
Thomas, C. 2000
Research output: Working paper
Health and Social Care in the Community (Book review: Disability: controversial debates and psychosocial perspectives / Deborah Marks)
Thomas, C. 2000
Research output: Working paper
Women and Disability. (Women's Studies Network (UK) Association Newsletter, 36)
Thomas, C. 08/2000 Women's Studies Network (UK) Association, 7 p.
Research output: Working paper › Other
Cancer patients' main carers: companions through cancer.
Thomas, C. & Morris, S. M. 09/2000 In: Proceedings of the 30th annual conference of the BSA medical sociology group. York
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
The psychosocial needs of patients and their main carers.
Thomas, C. 10/2000 In: Proceedings of the National conference on co-morbidity. Bolton
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
The psychosocial needs of cancer patients.
Thomas, C. 06/2000 In: Proceedings of a seminar at the regional visit by Sir John Pattison, national director of NHS R&D: NHS Executive north west research and development directorate. Manchester: University of Manchester Medical School, Manchester Royal Infirmary
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
The psychosocial needs in cancer: a patient survey.
McIllmurray, M., Morris, S. M., Thomas, C., Soothill, K. L. & Francis, B. J. 10/2000 In: Proceedings of the 25th ESMO congress. Hamburg
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
Psychological needs in cancer: a patient survey.
McIllmurray, M. B., Morris, S., Thomas, C., Soothill, K. L. & Francis, B. J. 2000 In: Annals of Oncology. 11, Supple, p. 678. 1 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Understanding health inequalities: Locating people in geographical and social spaces
Gatrell, A. C., Thomas, C., Bennett, S., Bostock, L., Popay, J., Williams, G. & Shahtahmasebi, S. 2000 In: Understanding health inequalities. Graham, H. (ed.). Buckingham: Open University Press, p. 156-169. 14 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
1999
Understanding Health Inequalities: People, place and time
Gatrell, T. & Thomas, C. 1999
Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper
The place is all right, it’s just the people that I can’t stand. (Dis)associating with people and place.
Bostock, L., Bennett, S., Gatrell, A., Popay, J., Thomas, C. & Williams, G. 1999
Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper
Multi-level modelling, Multi-level explanations.
Popay, J., Gatrell, A., Thomas, C., Williams, G., Bostock, L. & Bennett, S. 1999
Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper
What are the ‘needs’ of cancer patients and their main carers? [Poster]
Thomas, C., Morris, S., McIllmurray, M. B., Soothill, K., Ledwith, F., Francis, B. & Al-Hamad, A. 1999
Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
Location, Health and Deprivation: The Geography of Inequalities.
Gatrell, A., Bennett, S., Bostock, L., Popay, J., Thomas, C. & Williams G., G. 1999 0 p.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper
Understanding health inequalities: the place of agency (ESRC Health Variations Programme Newsletter, No.3)
Thomas, C. 1999 ESRC, 10 p.
Research output: Working paper
Narrative identity and the disabled self.
Thomas, C. 1999 In: Disabiilty discourse. Corker, M. & French, S. (eds.). Buckingham: Open University Press, 226 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
Female forms: experiencing and understanding disability.
Thomas, C. 1999 Buckingham: Open University Press. 175 p.
Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Book
The psychosocial needs of cancer patients and their main carers.
Thomas, C., Morris, S. M., McIllmurray, M. B., Soothill, K. L., Ledwith, F., Francis, B. J. & Al-Hamad, A. 09/1999 In: Proceedings of the Lancaster University industry conference. Lancaster: University of Lancaster
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
What are the 'needs' of cancer patients and their main carers?
Thomas, C., Morris, S., McIllmurray, M. B., Soothill, K. L., Ledwith, F. & Francis, B. J. 09/1999 In: Proceedings of the ECCO European Cancer Conference. Vienna
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
What are the 'needs' of cancer patients and their main carers?
Thomas, C., Morris, S., McIllmurray, M. B., Soothill, K. L., Ledwith, F. & Francis, B. J. 1999 In: European Journal of Cancer. 35, Supplement 4, p. s21-s22.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
1998
Narrative Identity and the Disabled Self.
Thomas, C. 1998
Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper
Placing the people’s health in the context of social and geographical spaces.
Bostock, L., Bennett, S., Gatrell, A., Popay, J., Thomas, C. & Williams, G. 1998
Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper
Understanding health inequalities: Mapping health and ‘risk’ within and between differing localities
Bennett, S., Bostock, L., Gatrell, A., Popay, J., Thomas, C. & Williams, G. 1998
Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper
Theorising inequalities in health: the place of lay knowledge.
Popay, J., Williams, G. & Thomas, C. 1998
Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper
The body and society: impairment and disability.
Thomas, C. 04/1998
Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper
Health Debate: Involving Users in Planning Cancer Services. [Guest speaker]
Thomas, C. 20/02/1998
Research output: Contribution to conference › Speech
Theorising inequalities in health: the place of lay knowledge.
Popay, J., Williams, G., Thomas, C. & Gatrell, A. 1998 In: The sociology of health inequalities. Bartley, M., Blane, D. & Davey-Smith, G. (eds.). Oxford: Blackwell, p. 59-83. 25 p. (Sociology of health and illness monograph series).
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
Universities and health in the twenty-first century.
Abercrombie, N., Gatrell, A. & Thomas, C. 1998 In: Health promoting universities: concept, experience and framework for action. Tsouros, A. D., Dowding, G., Thomson, J. & Dooris, M. (eds.). Copenhagen: World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, p. 29-34. 6 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
Parents and Family: Disabled Women’s Stories About Their Childhood Experiences.
Thomas, C. 1998 In: Growing up with disability. Robinson, C. & Stalker, K. (eds.). 34 ed. London: Jessica Kingsley, p. 85-96. 12 p. (Research highlights in social work).
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
Becoming a mother: disabled women (can) do it too.
Thomas, C. 1998 In: Midirs Midwifery Digest. 8, 3, p. 275-278. 4 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Theorising Inequalities in Health: The Place of Lay Knowledge
Popay, J., Williams, G., Thomas, C. & Gatrell, T. 1998 In: Sociology of Health and Illness. 20, 5, p. 619-644. 26 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
All change: cancer services in transition.
Morris, S., Mclllmurray, M. B., Soothill, K., Ledwith, F. & Thomas, C. 1998 In: European Journal of Cancer Care. 7, 3, p. 168-173. 6 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Developing a comprehensive service for patients with cancer at a district level: the North Lancashire and South Lakeland story.
Soothill, K. & Thomas, C. 1998 In: The Journal of Contemporary Health. 6, Autumn, p. 69-71. 3 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
1997
Feminism and Disability.
Thomas, C. 12/1997
Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper
Disabled Women: Stories of Resistance.
Thomas, C. 1997
Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper
The Lancaster Project. Synergy, Magazine of the Society and College of Radiographers.
Clarke, N. & Thomas, C. 13/11/1997 Lancaster
Research output: Working paper
Having a baby: some disabled women's reproductive experiences.
Thomas, C. & Curtis, P. 1997 In: Midwifery. 13, 4, p. 202-209. 8 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
Health seeking behaviour and the control of sexually transmitted disease.
Ward, H., Mertens, T. & Thomas, C. 1997 In: Health Policy and Planning. 12, 1, p. 19-28. 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
The baby and the bath water: disabled women and motherhood in social context.
Thomas, C. 1997 In: Sociology of Health & Illness. 19, 5, p. 622-643. 22 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
1996
Women’s Health in Britain: some findings from the European Women’s Health Project.
Thomas, C. & Rigby, J. 09/1996
Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper
Disabled Women and Motherhood in Social Context.
Thomas, C. 08/1996
Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper
Some issues in researching disabled women’s lives. [Invited speaker]
Thomas, C. 03/1996
Research output: Contribution to conference › Speech
Some Issues in researching Disabled Women’s Lives.
Thomas, C. 1996 In: Women's access to healthcare: law, society and culture. 4 ed. Liverpool: Feminist Legal Research Unit, University of Liverpool, p. 71-76. 6 p. (Working paper / Feminist Legal Research Unit, University of Liverpool).
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings › Chapter
An Evaluation of Health Promotion and Support Provided for People with Heart Disease. (Report for Sheffield Health Authority/FHSA. Health Research Institute Research Report, 15.)
McCabe, M. & Thomas, C. 1996 Sheffield Hallam University
Research output: Working paper
Research on Users’ Views about Stroke Services: Towards an Empowerment Research Paradigm or More of the Same?
Thomas, C. & Parry, A. 1996 In: Physiotherapy. 82, 1, p. 6-12. 7 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
1995
Women, Disability and Motherhood.
Thomas, C. & Hayward, A. 1995 0 p.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper
Carers in Rotherham: R&D Feasibility Study.
Ryan, T., Clark, D. & Thomas, C. 1995 Sheffield Hallam University
Research output: Working paper
Health Needs and Experiences of Stroke Patients.
Thomas, C. & Parry, A. 1995 Rotherham Health Authority
Research output: Working paper
What Do Sheffield Women Want From Their Maternity Services?
Thomas, C., Curtis, P., Brooks, F. & Ricci, K. 1995 Sheffield Health Authority
Research output: Working paper
Domestic labour and health: bringing it all back home.
Thomas, C. 1995 In: Sociology of Health & Illness. 17, 2, p. 328-352. 25 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
1994
Domestic Labour and Health.
Thomas, C. 1994
Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper
The health needs of people with stroke: a preliminary study
Parry, A., Thomas, C. & Clark, D. 1994
Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper
The Determinants of Health: two perspectives in recent public health strategies.
Thomas, C. 1994
Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper
1993
The Determinants of Health: two perspectives based on 'The Health of the Nation' and 'Healthy Sheffield'.
Thomas, C. 1993
Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper
The Health Needs of People With Stroke: a preliminary study.
Parry, A. & Thomas, C. 1993 North Derbyshire Health Authority
Research output: Working paper
Public health strategies in Sheffield and England: a comparison of conceptual foundations.
Thomas, C. 1993 In: Health Promotion International. 8, 4, p. 299-307. 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
De-Constructing Concepts of Care.
Thomas, C. 1993 In: Sociology. 27, 4, p. 649-669. 21 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article
1992
Deconstructing Concepts of Care.
Thomas, C. 1992
Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper
Parental involvement in the care of hospitalised children.
Thomas, C. 1992
Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper
Mothers, Nurses and the Care of Hospitalised Children.
Thomas, C. 1992 Sheffield City Polytechnic Working Paper
Research output: Working paper
1991
A review of recently published debate on the determinants of health and health promotion.
Thomas, C. 1991
Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper
1990
Research for Health For All.
Thomas, C. 1990
Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper
1989
Strategic planning for Health For All at city level: Sheffield's experience.
Thomas, C. 1989
Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper
1988
Health, Disability and Informal Care in Sheffield.
Thomas, C. 1988 University of Sheffield
Research output: Working paper
1984
Women waiting: ante-natal services in West Birmingham.
Thomas, C. 1984 Birmingham Community Health Council
Research output: Working paper
What are the views of people affected by cancer and other illnesses about end of life issues? carer perspectives.
01/08/2005 → 30/09/2005
Carol Thomas, Amanda Bingley
Project funded by Macmillan Cancer Relief ... Read more»What are the views of people affected by cancer and other illnesses about end of life issues? professional and patient perspectives.
01/08/2004 → 31/01/2005
Carol Thomas, Amanda Bingley, Sheila Payne
Funded by Macmillan Cancer Support ... Read more»Social Implications of the Increase in Wheelchair Use
01/04/2001 → 30/09/2004
Bob Sapey, Carol Thomas
In 2001, we were funded by the NHS Executive North West R & D Directorate to undertake a study into the social implications of the increases in wheelchair use in the north west of England. Between 198 ... Read more»
New Department of Health Report published: Estimating future numbers of adults with profound multiple learning disabilities in England
27/07/2009
The Department of Health has published a new report 'Estimating future numbers of adults with profound multiple learning disabilities in England' written by Professor Eric Emerson of the Centre for Di ... Read more»Norwegian Bioethics and Disability Scholar Patrick Kermit joins CeDR as a visiting Research Fellow
16/02/2009
Patrick Kermit, a doctoral research fellow in medical technology and ethics (details below) at the Department of Social Work and Health Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology ... Read more»CeDR joins Cumbria and Lancashire Local Academic Network of the Health Research Design Service NW
22/07/2008
Members of the CeDR group are part of the Cumbria and Lancashire Local Academic Network of the Health Research Design Service North West (HRDS NoW). The RDS is part of a national network of advisory s ... Read more»
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