Adjunct Lecturer Matra Robertson

MSW(Sydney), PhD(Sydney), BSocSc(Sydney)

Adjunct Lecturer

Email:

Phone: 000

Fax: +61 2 9351 5027

Building.Room: A35.

Awards

  • Highly Commended for clinical Research-Allied Health, by the St Vincent's Clinic Foundation, St Vincent's Hospital, 2010

  • University of Sydney Postgraduate Award, 2009

  • Ogilvie Palliative Care Bequest, University of Sydney, 2008



Professional and community roles

  • Clinical Specialist, Community Palliative Care Social Work, Sacred Heart Palliative Care Service, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney



Selected publications

Books

  • Robertson, M. (1992). Starving in the Silences. Sydney: New York University Press, University College London and Allen & Unwin.

Journal articles

  • Robertson, M. (2010). Review: Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care. International Journal of Social Welfare, 19(1).
  • Robertson, M. (2008). Listening: A psychosocial intervention in an end of life case of trauma and emotion in a residential care facility. Journal of Social Work in End-Of-Life and Palliative Care.
  • Robertson, M. (2008). Suicidal ideation in the Palliative Care Patient: Considerations for Health Care Practise. Australian Social Work, The Journal of the Australian Association of Social Workers, 61(2).

Conference papers

  • Robertson, M. (2011). Researching the experience of emotion for people using palliative health care. In Death Down Under.
  • Robertson, M. (2010). Challenging Talk. In 18th International Congress on Palliative Care. Montreal, Canada, 2010.
  • Robertson, M. (2009). Researching emotions of hope/hopelessness in palliative care. In 9th International Conference on 'The Social Context of Death, Dying and Disposal'. University of Durham, United Kingdom, 2009.