Dr Matra Robertson
MSW(Sydney), PhD(Sydney), BSocSc(Sydney) Adjunct Lecturer |
Email: Phone: +61 2 9351 Fax: +61 2 9351 5027 Building.Room: A35. |
Research interests
Social work and social policy
- Ageing and end-of-life
- Social work in health care
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
Life Member of the United States of America, Social Work and Hospice and Palliative Care Network.
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. (2013). Experiences of time: A qualitative inquiry into experiences of time as described by palliative care inpatients. Palliative & Supportive Care. DOI:10.1017/S1478951513000886
- Robertson, M. (2010). Book Review: 'Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care', By Margaret Reith and Malcolm Payne. International Journal of Social Welfare, 19(1), 124–125.
- Robertson, M. (2009). 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, 4(3), 214–228.
- 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), 150–167.
Conference papers
- Robertson, M, . (2016). What can we learn from family caregivers about hope during a home death. In Palliative Care New South Wales Biennial State Conference. Palliative Care New South Wales Biennial State Conference, 13-15th October, 2016.
- Robertson, M. . (2014). Communication about time. In 21st Hospice New Zealand Palliative Care Conference.
- Robertson, M. (2014). ‘Dying Time: people in palliative care describe experiences of time’. In 10th International Conference on Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society.
- Robertson, M. (2012). ‘The family can wait, I want to talk now!’. In 20th Hospice New Zealand Palliative Care Conference.
- 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.