Fran Collyer

Room 136 RC Mills Building +612 9351 2653

Current Positions:
Senior Lecturer
Postgraduate Convenor
Editor in Chief, Health Sociology Review
Member of the Executive of The Australian Sociological Association

Fran Collyer's research interests include the sociology of health, illness
and medicine; the history of medicine, health financing and health policy;
the privatisation of government assets and services; and the sociology of
knowledge.

• SCLG2603 Sociology of Health and Illness (Semester 1)
• SCLG2622 Sociology of Knowledge (Semestr 2)
• SCLG6915 National Health and Welfare Systems (Semester 2)

Books

• Collyer, F.M. (2006) (ed) So We Write, Star Authors: Another Anthology of
  the Society of Women Writers South Australia]] 2006 The Society of Women
  Writers South Australia, Cove Print: Somerton Park, South Australia.
  
  Collyer, F.M.; McMaster, J. and Wettenhall, R.W. (2001) [[iPublic Enterprise
  Divestment: Australian Case Studies University of South Pacific Press: Fiji.

Chapters in Books

• Collyer, F.M. (2004) ‘Medical Technology: From Drugs To Genetics’ in
  Grbich, C. (ed) Health In Australia: Sociological Concepts, Experiences and
  Issues Third (Revised) Edition, Prentice Hall Australia: Sydney.
  
  Collyer, F.M. (2004) ‘The Corporatisation and Commercialisation of
  Complementary and Alternative Medicine’ in Tovey, P.; Easthope, G. and
  Adams, J. (eds) The Mainstreaming of Complementary and Alternative Medicine
  in Social Context: An International Perspective Routledge: 81-99.
  
  Collyer, F.M.; McMaster, J. and Wettenhall, R.W. (2001) ‘Privatisation and
  Public Enterprise Reform in Australia’ in Farazmand, A. (ed) Privatisation
  or Public Enterprise Reform?: International Case Studies With Implications
  For Public Management Greenwood Press: Westport, Connecticut.
  
  Collyer, F.M. (1999) ‘The Social Production of Medical Technology’ in
  Grbich, C. (ed) Health In Australia: Sociological Concepts, Experiences and
  Issues Second (Revised) Edition, Prentice Hall Australia: Sydney: 217-37.
  
  Collyer, F.M. (1996) ‘Medical Technology’ in Grbich, C. (ed) Health In
  Australia: Sociological Concepts, Experiences and Issues Prentice Hall
  Australia: Sydney: 242-64.

Articles in Refereed Journals

• Collyer, F.M. (2008) ‘Max Weber, Historiography, Medical Knowledge, and the Formation of Medicine’ Electronic Journal of Sociology (http://www.sociology.org/contents.html)
  
  Collyer, F.M. (2007) ‘A Sociological Approach to Workforce Shortages: Findings of a Qualitative Study in Australian Hospitals’ Health Sociology Review 16(3-4):248-262.
  
  Shankar, J. and Collyer, F.M. (2004) ‘Welfare Reform and Its Impact on the
  Employment Prospects of People With Psychiatric Disabilities’ Journal of
  Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation 3(4):(39 pages).
  
  Collyer, F.M.; Wettenhall, R.W. and McMaster, J. (2003) ‘The Privatisation
  of Public Enterprises: Australian Research Findings’ Just Policy December
  31:14-23.
  
  Shankar, J. and Collyer, F.M. (2003) ‘Vocational Rehabilitation of People
  With Mental Illness: The Need For a Broader Approach’ Australian e-Journal
  for the Advancement of Mental Health (AeJAMH) 2(2):13 pages.
  
  Collyer, F.M. (2003) ‘Theorising The Policy Process: Discourse, Class and
  Social Structure’ Electronic Journal of Sociology 7: November (25pp).
  
  Collyer, F.M. and Heal, C. (2002) ‘Patient Satisfaction With Sex
  Re-assignment Surgery in New South Wales, Australia’ Australian Journal of
  Primary Health 8(3):1-12.
  
  Shankar, J. and Collyer, F.M. (2002) ‘Support Needs of People With Mental
  Illness in Vocational Rehabilitation Programs: The Role of the Social
  Network’ International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation 7:27-54.
  
  Collyer, F.M. and White, K.N. (2001) Corporate Control of Healthcare in
  Australia Discussion Paper No. 42, Australia Institute, Australian National
  University: Canberra.
  
  Collyer, F.M.; McMaster, J. and Wettenhall, R.W. (2000) ‘Selling The Mall:
  A Case Study in Privatisation’ Canberra Bulletin of Public Administration
  98:49-53.
  
  Collyer, F.M. (1998) ‘Privatisation On The Agenda: Policy Directions in
  Health Care’ The Australian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy 28(2):108-11.
  
  White, K.N. and Collyer, F.M. (1998) ‘Health Care Markets in Australia:
  Ownership of the Private Hospital Sector’ International Journal of Health
  Services 28(3):487-510.
  
  Collyer, F.M. (1997) ‘Analysing Social Reconstructions of Health
  Knowledge’ Annual Review of Health Social Sciences 7:66-67.
  
  Collyer, F.M. (1997) ‘The Port Macquarie Base Hospital: Privatisation and
  the Public Purse’ Just Policy 10:27-39.
  
  Collyer, F.M. and White, K.N. (1997) ‘Enter The Market: Competition,
  Regulation and Hospital Funding in Australia’ Australian and New Zealand
  Journal of Sociology 33(3):344-363.
  
  White, K.N. and Collyer, F.M. (1997) ‘To Market To Market:
  Corporatisation, Privatisation and Hospital Costs’ Australian Health Review
  20(2):13-25.
  
  Collyer, F.M. (1997) ‘Technological Invention: Postmodernism and Social
  Structure’ Technology in Society 19(2):195-205.
  
  Collyer, F.M. (1996) ‘Frankenstein Meets The Invisible Man: Science,
  Medicine and a Theory of Invention’ Electronic Journal of Sociology (Canada)
  2(2):1-23.
  
  Collyer, F.M. (1996) ‘Understanding Ulcers: Medical Knowledge, Social
  Constructionism, and Helicobacter Pylori’ Annual Review of Health Social
  Sciences 6:1-39.
  
  Collyer, F.M. (1996) ‘Measuring Privatisation: An Overview of
  Methodological Approaches’ Just Policy 7:24-34.
  
  Collyer, F.M. (1994) ‘Medical Dominance in the Australian Health System:
  The Case of the Bionic Ear’ Explorations in Knowledge (University of
  Manchester) 11(1):1-12.
  
  Collyer, F.M. (1994) ‘Sex-Change Surgery: An ‘Unacceptable’ Innovation?’
  Australian and New Zealand Journal of Sociology 30(1):3-19.

Other Articles and Papers

• Wettenhall, R.W.; Collyer, F.M. and McMaster, J. (1999) ‘Studies in
  Australian Privatisation: The Case of Victoria’s TABCORP’ in Hodge, G. (ed)
  International Centre For Management in Government, Monash Mt Eliza Business
  School) Privatisation: Subject Book, Topics 6-10, Distance Education Centre,
  Monash University: Churchill, Victoria: 746-86.
  
  Collyer, F.M. (1998) ‘Privatisation and Australian Hospitals’ Health
  Issues 56:12-14.
  
  Collyer, F.M.; McMaster, J. and Wettenhall, R.W. (1998) ‘The Arithmetic of
  the Telstra Sale’ Current Affairs Bulletin June/July: 21-24.
  
  White, K.N. and Collyer, F.M. (1998) ‘Markets and Efficiency in the
  Hospital Sector’ New Doctor 68:5-8.
  
  Feachem, R.G.A. (1995) Valuing The Past ... Investing In The Future:
  Evaluation of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy 1993-4 to 1995-6
  AIDS/Communicable Diseases Branch, Department of Human Services and Health,
  AGPS: Canberra: 1-233.
  
  Collyer, F.M. et al (1994) Analysis of the Employment Needs of People With
  A Disability in the ACT Planning Document, Commonwealth Department of Human
  Services and Health: Canberra, ACT.
  
  Illawarra Regional Consultative Council (1990) Regional Development
  Strategy Department of Employment, Education and Training (Illawarra,
  Southern Area) and the Office of Local Government (Canberra): Canberra.

Refereed Full Length Conference Reports

• Collyer, F.M. (1998) ‘Privatisation, Cost Efficiency and Public
  Accountability: The Case of Port Macquarie Base Hospital’ Privatising Health
  Care Conference Proceedings, Public Health Association of Australia,
  Victorian Branch: Victoria.