Dr Rhonda Brown
Head of School, School of Psychology
Qualifications
Ph.D. UNSW, B.Sc. (Honours) UNSW
Contact
| Email: | rhonda.brown@une.edu.au |
| Room: | S5-6 Room 44 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 2410 (or +61 2 6773 2410 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3820 |
Areas of Teaching
PSYC 304 - Health Psychology I (Co-ordinator & Presenter)
PSYC 401H Reading course: Topics in Medical Psychology (Co-ordinator & Presenter)
Research interests
My research interest is principally in the area of medical psychology, with emphases on the chronic illness experience and work-related stress occurring in the medical setting. Specifically, my work has focused on: (1) the impact of stress and psychosocial factors (e.g. coping responses, psychological morbidity) on chronic illness outcomes (e.g. fatigue, relapse); (2) the impact of chronic illness on psychological outcomes and quality of life; (3) consumer-focused research including patient satisfaction, expectations and preferences for health care, psychological needs assessment and shared medical decision-making; and (4) clinician-focused research including doctor-patient communication, communication skills training for doctors, doctors' attitudes to cancer pain management, and stress in doctors.
Representative Publications
Brown J.E., Brown R.F., Miller R.M., Dunn S.M., King M.T., Coates A.S., & Butow P.N. (2000). Coping with metastatic melanoma: The last year of life. Psycho-Oncology, 9, 283-292.
Brown R.F., Butow P.N., Henman M., Dunn S.M., Boyle F., & Tattersall M.H. (2002). Responding to the active and passive patient: Flexibility is the key. Health Expectations, 5, 236-245.
Brown R.F., Butow P.N., Sharrock M., Henman M., Boyle F., Goldstein D., & Tattersall M.H.N. (2004). Education and role modelling for clinical decisions with female cancer patients. Health Expectations, 7, 303-316.
Brown R.F., Tennant C.C., Dunn S.M., & Pollard J.D. (2005). A review of stress-relapse interactions in MS: Important features and stress-mediating and moderating variables. Multiple Sclerosis.
Brown R.F., Bartrop R., Beumont P., & & Birmingham, C.L. (2005). Bacterial infections in anorexia nervosa: Delayed recognition increases complications. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 37, 261-265.