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Franklin M; Lewis S; Townsend J; Warren M; Boyle F; Smith AL, 2024, 'Making the unbearable, bearable: Qualitative examination of patient, family and nurses’ perspectives on the role and value of specialist metastatic breast care nurses', European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 69, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejon.2024.102523

Lewis S; Newton G; Kenny K; Boyle F, 2024, 'The incurable self: Negotiating social bonds and dis/connection with metastatic breast cancer', Sociology of Health and Illness, 46, pp. 295 - 314, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13704

Lewis S; Willis K; Smith L; Dubbin L; Rogers A; Moensted ML; Smallwood N, 2024, 'There but not really involved: The meanings of loneliness for people with chronic illness', Social Science and Medicine, 343, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116596

Lewis S; La Brooy C; Kerridge I; Holmes A; Olver I; Hudson P; Dooley M; Komesaroff P, 2024, 'Choreographing a good death: Carers’ experiences and practices of enacting assisted dying', Sociology of Health and Illness, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13761

Li Z; Laginha KJ; Boyle F; Daly M; Dinner F; Hirsch P; Hobbs K; Kirsten L; Mazariego C; McAuley R; O’Brien M; O’Reilly A; Taylor N; Tobin L; Lewis S; Smith AL, 2024, 'Professionally led support groups for people living with advanced or metastatic cancer: a systematic scoping review of effectiveness and factors critical to implementation success within real-world healthcare and community settings', Journal of Cancer Survivorship, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11764-023-01515-w

Moensted ML; Lewis S; Willis K; Dubbin L; Rogers A; Smith L, 2023, 'Friendship, connectedness and (in)authenticity for those with chronic illness: Trading in one social gain for another', SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2023.100246

Franklin M; Willis K; Lewis S; Smith L, 2023, 'Chronic condition self-management is a social practice', Journal of Sociology, 59, pp. 215 - 231, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14407833211038059

Lupton D; Lewis S, 2023, 'Australians' experiences of COVID-19 during the early months of the crisis: A qualitative interview study', Frontiers in Public Health, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1092322

Lewis S; Willis K; Bismark M; Smallwood N, 2022, 'A time for self-care? Frontline health workers’ strategies for managing mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic', SSM - Mental Health, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2021.100053

Lewis S; Willmott L; White BP; La Brooy C; Komesaroff P, 2022, 'First Nations Perspectives in Law-Making About Voluntary Assisted Dying', Journal of law and medicine, 29, pp. 1168 - 1181

Smith AL; Boyle F; Lewis S, 2022, 'Potential inequities in availability of care from breast care nurses: a qualitative study reporting the experiences and perspectives of women with metastatic breast cancer in Australia', BMC Health Services Research, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08269-8

Lupton D; Lewis S, 2022, 'Coping with COVID-19: The sociomaterial dimensions of living with pre-existing mental illness during the early stages of the coronavirus crisis', Emotion, Space and Society, 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.emospa.2021.100860

Lupton D; Lewis S, 2022, '‘The day everything changed’: Australians’ COVID-19 risk narratives', Journal of Risk Research, 25, pp. 1147 - 1160, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2021.1958045

Lewis S; Willis K; Franklin M; Smith L, 2022, 'Challenging times: disconnects between patient and professional temporalities in chronic condition management', Critical Public Health, 32, pp. 438 - 449, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2022.2046705

Lupton D; Lewis S, 2022, 'Sociomaterialities of health, risk and care during COVID-19: Experiences of Australians living with a medical condition', Social Science and Medicine, 293, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114669

Kirby E; Broom A; MacArtney J; Lewis S; Good P, 2021, 'Hopeful dying? The meanings and practice of hope in palliative care family meetings', Social Science and Medicine, 291, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114471

Lupton D; Lewis S, 2021, 'Learning about COVID-19: a qualitative interview study of Australians’ use of information sources', BMC Public Health, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10743-7

Willis K; Ezer P; Lewis S; Bismark M; Smallwood N, 2021, '“Covid Just Amplified the Cracks of the System”: Working as a Frontline Health Worker during the COVID-19 Pandemic', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph181910178

Hughes S; Lewis S; Willis K; Rogers A; Wyke S; Smith L, 2021, 'Participants’ experiences of and perceived value regarding different support types for long-term condition self-management programmes', Chronic Illness, 17, pp. 242 - 256, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1742395319869437

Broom A; Lewis S; Parker R; Williams Veazey L; Kenny K; Kirby E; Kokanović R; Lwin Z; Koh ES, 2021, 'Personhood, belonging, affect and affliction', Sociological Review, 69, pp. 1051 - 1071, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00380261211019266

Lewis S; Kenny K; Broom A; Kirby E; Boyle F, 2021, 'The social meanings of choice in living-with advanced breast cancer', Social Science and Medicine, 280, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114047

Franklin M; Willis K; Lewis S; Rogers A; Smith L, 2021, 'Between knowing and doing person-centredness: A qualitative examination of health professionals’ perceptions of roles in self-management support', Health (United Kingdom), 25, pp. 339 - 356, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1363459319889087

Spencer G; Lewis S; Reid M, 2021, 'The agentic Self and uncontrollable body: Young people’s management of chronic illness at university', Health (United Kingdom), 25, pp. 357 - 375, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1363459319889088

Dudley D; O’Loughlin K; Lewis S; Loh V, 2020, 'Retirees’ perceptions of goal setting: A qualitative study', Australasian Journal on Ageing, 39, pp. e360 - e367, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajag.12798

Broom A; Parker R; Raymond S; Kirby E; Lewis S; Kokanović R; Adams J; de Souza P; Woodland L; Wyld D; Lwin Z; Koh ES, 2020, 'The (Co)Production of Difference in the Care of Patients With Cancer From Migrant Backgrounds', Qualitative Health Research, 30, pp. 1619 - 1631, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049732320930699

Hughes S; Lewis S; Willis K; Rogers A; Wyke S; Smith L, 2020, 'How do facilitators of group programmes for long-term conditions conceptualise self-management support?', Chronic Illness, 16, pp. 104 - 118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1742395318792068

Lewis S; Broom A; Kenny K; Kirby E, 2020, 'Cancer caregivers' experiences of prognosis in Australia: a qualitative interview study', BMJ Open, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032361

Franklin M; Lewis S; Willis K; Rogers A; Venville A; Smith L, 2019, 'Goals for living with a chronic condition: The relevance of temporalities, dispositions, and resources', Social Science and Medicine, 233, pp. 13 - 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.05.031

Franklin M; Lewis S; Willis K; Rogers A; Venville A; Smith L, 2019, 'Controlled, Constrained, or Flexible? How Self-Management Goals Are Shaped By Patient–Provider Interactions', Qualitative Health Research, 29, pp. 557 - 567, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049732318774324

Hughes S; Lewis S; Willis K; Rogers A; Wyke S; Smith L, 2019, 'Goal setting in group programmes for long-term condition self-management support: experiences of patients and healthcare professionals', Psychology and Health, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2019.1623891

Kirby ER; Kenny KE; Broom AF; Oliffe JL; Lewis S; Wyld DK; Yates PM; Parker RB; Lwin Z, 2019, 'Responses to a cancer diagnosis: a qualitative patient-centred interview study', Supportive Care in Cancer, 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00520-019-04796-z

Lewis S; Willis K; Collyer F, 2018, 'Navigating and making choices about healthcare: The role of place', Health and Place, 52, pp. 215 - 220, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2018.06.009

Spencer G; Lewis S; Reid M, 2017, 'Living with a chronic health condition: Students’ health narratives and negotiations of (ill) health at university', Health Education Journal, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0017896917738120

Lewis S; Collyer F; Willis K; Harley K; Marcus K; Calnan M; Gabe J, 2017, 'Healthcare in the news media: The privileging of private over public', Journal of Sociology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1440783317733324

Hughes, S ; Lewis S; Willis, K ; Rogers, A ; Wyke, S ; Smith, L , 2017, 'The experience of facilitators and participants of long term condition self-management group programmes: A qualitative synthesis', Patient Education and Counseling, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2017.06.035

Collyer F; Willis K; Lewis S, 2017, 'Gatekeepers in the healthcare sector: Knowledge and Bourdieu's concept of field', Social Science and Medicine, 186, pp. 96 - 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.06.004

Franklin M; Lewis S; Willis K; Bourke-Taylor H; Smith L, 2017, 'Patients’ and healthcare professionals’ perceptions of self-management support interactions: Systematic review and qualitative synthesis', Chronic Illness, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1742395317710082

Lewis S; Willis K; Yee J; Kilbreath S, 2016, 'Living Well? Strategies Used by Women Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer', Qualitative Health Research, 26, pp. 1167 - 1179, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049732315591787

Willis K; Collyer F; Lewis S; Gabe J; Flaherty I; Calnan M, 2016, 'Knowledge matters: producing and using knowledge to navigate healthcare systems', Health Sociology Review, 25, pp. 202 - 216, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14461242.2016.1170624

Couch D; Thomas SL; Lewis S; Blood RW; Holland K; Komesaroff P, 2016, 'Obese people's perceptions of the thin ideal', Social Science and Medicine, 148, pp. 60 - 70, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.11.034

Couch D; Thomas SL; Lewis S; Blood RW; Komesaroff P, 2015, 'Obese adults’ perceptions of news reporting on obesity: The panopticon and synopticon at work', SAGE Open, 5, pp. 1 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2158244015612522

Lewis S; Willis K; Kokanovic R; Pirotta M, 2015, '‘I’m managing myself’: how and why people use St John’s wort as a strategy to manage their mental health risk', Health, Risk and Society, 17, pp. 439 - 457, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13698575.2015.1096328

Holland K; Blood RW; Thomas SL; Lewis S, 2015, 'Challenging stereotypes and legitimating fat: An analysis of obese people’s views on news media reporting guidelines and promoting body diversity', Journal of Sociology, 51, pp. 431 - 445, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1440783313480395

Lewis S; Yee J; Kilbreath S; Willis K, 2015, 'A qualitative study of women's experiences of healthcare, treatment and support for metastatic breast cancer', Breast, 24, pp. 242 - 247, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.breast.2015.02.025

Willis K; Lewis S; Ng F; Wilson L, 2015, 'The Experience of Living With Metastatic Breast Cancer—A Review of the Literature', Health Care for Women International, 36, pp. 514 - 542, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07399332.2014.896364

Thomas SL; Lewis S; Westberg K, 2015, ''You just change the channel if you don't like what you're going to hear': gamblers' attitudes towards, and interactions with, social marketing campaigns', Health Expectations, 18, pp. 124 - 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hex.12018

Thomas SL; Olds T; Pettigrew S; Randle M; Lewis S, 2014, '"Don't eat that, you'll get fat!" exploring how parents and children conceptualise and frame messages about the causes and consequences of obesity', Social Science and Medicine, 119, pp. 114 - 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.08.024

Olds T; Thomas S; Lewis S; Petkov J, 2013, 'Clustering of attitudes towards obesity: A mixed methods study of Australian parents and children', International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1479-5868-10-117

Lindsay S; Thomas S; Lewis S; Westberg K; Moodie R; Jones S, 2013, 'Eat, drink and gamble: Marketing messages about 'risky' products in an Australian major sporting series', BMC Public Health, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-719

Thomas SL; Lewis S; Westberg K; Derevensky JL, 2013, 'What Influences the Beliefs, Behaviours and Consumption Patterns of 'Moderate Risk' Gamblers?', International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 11, pp. 474 - 489, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11469-013-9432-7


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