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Biography
Dr Maggie Kirkman is a Senior Research Fellow at The Jean Hailes Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. She is a Member of the Australian Psychological Society.
Maggie's research has predominantly concerned psychosocial aspects of reproduction, including infertility, donor-assisted conception, teenage pregnancy, elective abortion, and breast cancer during the reproductive years, as well as the socially-situated, gendered body. She is especially interested in applying qualitative methodology.
Maggie's early career included teaching hearing-impaired children and children with various other severe and profound disabilities; these experiences have informed her research.
Research students supervised by Maggie have published on topics such as young people using telemedicine for sexual health, HIV-positive women and motherhood, representations of pregnant women in Australian women's magazines, being an XY female, and discourses of caesarean sections in medicine, midwifery and feminism.
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Projects 2011 2019
- 9 Finished
Review and Evaluation of the Jean Hailes for Women’s Health Anxiety Portal and e-resources for women and anxiety.
9/08/18 → 30/09/18
Project: Research
Experiences of Heart and Lung Transplantation in Australia: Creating a Pre- and Post-Transplant Resource
23/04/18 → 22/04/19
Project: Research
Elucidating the increasing demand for genital cosmetic surgery among girls and women in Australia
Kirkman, M., Dobson, A., Fisher, J., Souter, K., Butera, R., Casper, G., Farrell, E., Michelmore, J., Steele, A., Tomlinson, J., Vollenhoven, B., Webster, A. & Yap, D.
Australian Research Council (ARC), Australian Federation of Medical Women, Family Planning Victoria, Jean Hailes Foundation, Monash Health, Women's Health Victoria, Deakin University
13/01/14 → 31/12/17
Project: Research
Research Output 1984 2019
Many young women find pleasure in sexually explicit material but it still reinforces gender inequality.
Ashton, S. E. & Kirkman, M., 10 May 2019, 4 p. The Conversation.Research output: Other contribution › Other
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Mental health trajectories among women in Australia as they age
Tran, T., Hammarberg, K., Ryan, J., Lowthian, J., Freak-Poli, R., Owen, A., Kirkman, M., Curtis, A., Rowe, H., Brown, H., Ward, S., Britt, C. & Fisher, J., 2019, In : Aging and Mental Health. 23, 7, p. 887-896 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Partners instead of patients: Women negotiating power and knowledge within medical encounters for endometriosis
Young, K., Fisher, J. & Kirkman, M., 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Feminism and Psychology. 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Pathologising diversity: medical websites offering female genital cosmetic surgery in Australia
Chibnall, K., McDonald, K. & Kirkman, M., 22 Feb 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Culture, Health and Sexuality. 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Prostate care and prostate cancer from the perspectives of undiagnosed men: A systematic review of qualitative research
Kannan, A., Kirkman, M., Ruseckaite, R. & Evans, S. M., 1 Jan 2019, In : BMJ Open. 9, 1, e022842.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
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Press / Media
Women with endometriosis need support, not judgement
Kate Young, Jane Fisher & Maggie Kirkman
3/03/15
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature