Merryn Gott

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Merryn Gott
Born
Caryl Merryn Gott
Alma materUniversity of Sheffield
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Auckland
Thesis

Caryl Merryn Gott is a New Zealand social science academic specialising in palliative care. She is currently a full professor at the University of Auckland.[1]

Academic career

After a 2000

PhD titled 'Sexual activity, sexually transmitted diseases and risk behaviour among older adults' at the University of Sheffield, She was appointed a full professor at the University of Auckland.[1]

Gott won the 2014 Research Medal (now the

Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.[4]

Gott is perhaps best known for working in bi-cultural palliative care.[5][6][7]

Selected works

  • Gott, Merryn, and Sharron Hinchliff. "How important is sex in later life? The views of older people." Social Science & Medicine 56, no. 8 (2003): 1617–1628.
  • Gott, Merryn, Elisabeth Galena, Sharron Hinchliff, and Helen Elford. "“Opening a can of worms”: GP and practice nurse barriers to talking about sexual health in primary care."
    Family practice
    21, no. 5 (2004): 528–536.
  • Gott, Merryn, Sharron Hinchliff, and Elisabeth Galena. "General practitioner attitudes to discussing sexual health issues with older people." Social Science & Medicine 58, no. 11 (2004): 2093–2103.
  • Gott, Merryn, Jane Seymour, Gary Bellamy, David Clark, and Sam Ahmedzai. "Older people's views about home as a place of care at the end of life."
    Palliative medicine
    18, no. 5 (2004): 460–467.
  • Gott, Merryn, and Sharron Hinchliff. "Barriers to seeking treatment for sexual problems in primary care: a qualitative study with older people."
    Family practice
    20, no. 6 (2003): 690–695.
  • Broad, Joanna B., Merryn Gott, Hongsoo Kim, Michal Boyd, He Chen, and Martin J. Connolly. "Where do people die? An international comparison of the percentage of deaths occurring in hospital and residential aged care settings in 45 populations, using published and available statistics." International journal of public health 58, no. 2 (2013): 257–267.

References

  1. ^ a b "Professor Merryn Gott – The University of Auckland". unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz.
  2. ^ "New Zealand Association of Scientists – Hill Tinsley Medal". scientists.org.nz.
  3. ^ "Meet our 30 NEXT Woman of the Year Finalists". Now To Love.
  4. ^ "Researchers and scholars at the top of their fields elected as Fellows". Royal Society Te Apārangi. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  5. S2CID 58985786
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  6. ^ "Talking point: Dr Merryn Gott - 'Caregivers' definition changing". 5 March 2018 – via www.nzherald.co.nz.
  7. ^ "Call for changes to Māori palliative care". 9 June 2015.

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