Dr. Jaklin Eliott

Area of Research

Qualitative research, cancer, hope, Complementary and Alternative Medicines, euthanasia, end of life decision-making

Senior Appointments and Memberships

Social Scientist, Cancer Council Australia

Visiting Research Fellow, School of Psychology, The University of Adelaide

Affiliate Lecturer, School of Public Health, The University of Adelaide

Member, Ethics Centre of South Australia

Member, Psycho-Oncology Co-operative Research Group

Member, Clinical Oncological Society of Australia

Member, Discourse and Social Psychology Unit, School of Psychology

Awards

APA Scholarship 1998-2004

Bundey Prize for English Verse, University of Adelaide, 2002

Psychology Research Interests

Psycho-social, interpersonal, and ethical aspects of above-named research areas

Recent Key Publications

Eliott, J.A. & Olver, I.N. (2008 May 30) Epub ahead of print. Dying patients talk about euthanasia. Soc Sci Med.

Eliott, J.A., Kealey, C.P., & Olver, I.N. (2008). (Using) complementary and alternative medicine: the perception of palliative patients with cancer. J Palliat Med, 11(1): 58-67.

Eliott, J.A. & Olver, I.N. (2008) Choosing between life and death: patient and family perceptions of the decision not to resuscitate the terminally ill cancer patient. Bioethics, 22(3): 179-89.

Eliott, J.A. & Olver, I.N. (2007). Autonomy and the family as (in)appropriate surrogates for DNR decisions: a qualitative analysis of dying cancer patients’ talk. J Clin Ethics, 18(3): 206-18.

Eliott, J.A. & Olver, I.N. (2007). Hope and hoping in the talk of dying cancer patients. Soc Sci Med, 64(1): 138-49.