M Kirkman

Summary

Affiliation: University of Melbourne
Country: Australia

Publications

  1. ncbi Reasons women give for contemplating or undergoing abortion: a qualitative investigation in Victoria, Australia
    Maggie Kirkman
    Centre for Women s Health, Gender and Society, The University of Melbourne, Australia
    Sex Reprod Healthc 1:149-55. 2010
  2. ncbi "Are we moving again this week?" Children's experiences of homelessness in Victoria, Australia
    Maggie Kirkman
    Key Centre for Women s Health in Society, The Melbourne School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
    Soc Sci Med 70:994-1001. 2010
  3. ncbi Reasons women give for abortion: a review of the literature
    Maggie Kirkman
    Key Centre for Women s Health in Society, The Melbourne School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, 3010
    Arch Womens Ment Health 12:365-78. 2009
  4. ncbi Families working it out: adolescents' views on communicating about donor-assisted conception
    Maggie Kirkman
    Key Centre for Women s Health in Society, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
    Hum Reprod 22:2318-24. 2007
  5. ncbi Public health and the challenge of genomics
    Maggie Kirkman
    Key Centre for Women s Health in Society, University of Melbourne, Victoria
    Aust N Z J Public Health 29:163-5. 2005
  6. ncbi Egg and embryo donation and the meaning of motherhood
    Maggie Kirkman
    Key Centre for Women s Health in Society, The University of Melbourne, Australia
    Women Health 38:1-18. 2003
  7. ncbi Parents' contributions to the narrative identity of offspring of donor-assisted conception
    Maggie Kirkman
    Key Centre for Women s Health in Society, University of Melbourne, 3010, Australia
    Soc Sci Med 57:2229-42. 2003
  8. ncbi Thinking of something to say: public and private narratives of infertility
    M Kirkman
    La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
    Health Care Women Int 22:523-35. 2001
  9. ncbi Considering abortion: a 12-month audit of records of women contacting a Pregnancy Advisory Service
    Heather J Rowe
    Key Centre for Women s Health in Society, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
    Med J Aust 190:69-72. 2009
  10. ncbi Representations of reproductive technology in women's narratives of infertility
    M Kirkman
    Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia
    Women Health 29:17-36. 1999

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Publications13

  1. ncbi Reasons women give for contemplating or undergoing abortion: a qualitative investigation in Victoria, Australia
    Maggie Kirkman
    Centre for Women s Health, Gender and Society, The University of Melbourne, Australia
    Sex Reprod Healthc 1:149-55. 2010
    ..To increase understanding of women's perspectives on considering or undergoing elective abortion...
  2. ncbi "Are we moving again this week?" Children's experiences of homelessness in Victoria, Australia
    Maggie Kirkman
    Key Centre for Women s Health in Society, The Melbourne School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
    Soc Sci Med 70:994-1001. 2010
    ..The overwhelming conclusion to be drawn from this research is that children affected by homelessness need security, stability, and the chance to become and remain part of a community...
  3. ncbi Reasons women give for abortion: a review of the literature
    Maggie Kirkman
    Key Centre for Women s Health in Society, The Melbourne School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, 3010
    Arch Womens Ment Health 12:365-78. 2009
    ..Women's reasons were complex and contingent, taking into account their own needs, a sense of responsibility to existing children and the potential child, and the contribution of significant others, including the genetic father...
  4. ncbi Families working it out: adolescents' views on communicating about donor-assisted conception
    Maggie Kirkman
    Key Centre for Women s Health in Society, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
    Hum Reprod 22:2318-24. 2007
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  5. ncbi Public health and the challenge of genomics
    Maggie Kirkman
    Key Centre for Women s Health in Society, University of Melbourne, Victoria
    Aust N Z J Public Health 29:163-5. 2005
    ..Furthermore, the intrinsic tension between genomics (with its individual and family choices) and public health (operating for the public good) may even necessitate a reconceptualisation of public health...
  6. ncbi Egg and embryo donation and the meaning of motherhood
    Maggie Kirkman
    Key Centre for Women s Health in Society, The University of Melbourne, Australia
    Women Health 38:1-18. 2003
    ..These accounts reveal individual variation, complexity, and change, reflecting (among other things) the dynamic process of narrative revision...
  7. ncbi Parents' contributions to the narrative identity of offspring of donor-assisted conception
    Maggie Kirkman
    Key Centre for Women s Health in Society, University of Melbourne, 3010, Australia
    Soc Sci Med 57:2229-42. 2003
    ..From interviews with offspring and on the basis of human rights issues and the increasing salience of genetic knowledge, it is concluded that disclosure to offspring before adolescence should be encouraged...
  8. ncbi Thinking of something to say: public and private narratives of infertility
    M Kirkman
    La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
    Health Care Women Int 22:523-35. 2001
    ..Infertility support groups play a role in the construction and dissemination of a public narrative of infertility that is not pathological...
  9. ncbi Considering abortion: a 12-month audit of records of women contacting a Pregnancy Advisory Service
    Heather J Rowe
    Key Centre for Women s Health in Society, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
    Med J Aust 190:69-72. 2009
    ..To characterise the demographic and psychosocial circumstances of women contacting Victoria's largest public pregnancy advisory service (PAS)...
  10. ncbi Representations of reproductive technology in women's narratives of infertility
    M Kirkman
    Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia
    Women Health 29:17-36. 1999
    ..The women were consulted at each stage of the research to ensure that what was inferred from their stories remained true to their narrative construction of themselves...
  11. ncbi HIV case loads of Australian GPs. Results of the national survey
    M Kirkman
    Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, Melbourne
    Aust Fam Physician 28:966-70. 1999
    ..This paper presents national survey data concerning the management of HIV positive patients by GPs...
  12. ncbi Disciplinary discourses: rates of cesarean section explained by medicine, midwifery, and feminism
    Amy Su May Lee
    Key Centre for Women s Health in Society, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
    Health Care Women Int 29:448-67. 2008
    ..The findings illustrate the complex ways in which this intervention in birth is discursively constructed, and demonstrate its significance as a site of disciplinary conflict...
  13. ncbi Being an XY female: an analysis of accounts from the website of the androgen insensitivity syndrome support group
    Cameryn C Garrett
    Key Centre for Women s Health in Society, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
    Health Care Women Int 30:428-46. 2009
    ..The results of this research have implications for the medical and psychological management of XY females...