Shared decision making

Credits

Sue Ziebland

Sue is Research Director of the Health Experiences Research Group and a Reader in Qualitative Health Research in the Department of Primary Health Care, University of Oxford. She has worked in the academic, voluntary and NHS sectors since completing her MSc in Social Research Methods in 1986. Sue was part of the original group setting up the ‘DIPEx’ project in 1999/2000 and was responsible for the idea that the websites would be based on qualitative research studies. She has been involved in conducting, supervising and raising funding for the studies ever since.

Dr Louise Locock

Louise Locock is a qualitative researcher and professor in health services research at the University of Aberdeen. Before joining the University of Aberdeen in 2017, she was Director of Applied Research at the Health Experiences Research Group, University of Oxford, and has led numerous studies disseminated on this site.

Anne-Marie Boylan

Anne-Marie Boylan is a Qualitative Researcher at the Health Experiences Research Group, in the Department of Primary Health Care, University of Oxford. She is a research psychologist and her research interests include social outcomes for survivors of brain injury, children’s research, public perceptions, and acquired disability.

Abi Eccles

Abi is working as a research assistant and gaining valuable experience with the Health Experiences Research Group. She has recently completed her BSc reading Sociology and Anthropology at Oxford Brookes University. While at university she was involved in a qualitative research project exploring international students’ experiences in British universities and also spent some time in Madagascar as a research assistant for MSc Primatology students.

Dr Sharon Dixon

Is a GP and medical advisor for the Health Experience Research Group. Sharon re-wrote the topic summaries adding in new interview clips from the Health Experience Insightsarchive for the February 2014 update of the site.

Advisory Panel

Dr Susanna Almond
GP, Department of Primary Care Oxford University
Gareth Durling
Policy Manager - Shared decision-making, Patient and Service User Engagement Team, Department of Health
Dr Richard Lehman
GP, Senior Research Fellow Oxford University

Supported by:
Department of Health's Public and Patient Experience and Engagement Team
Thames Valley Health Innovation and Education Cluster (HIEC)