Overview
Availability
- Dr Miriam Dillon is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Masters (Coursework) of Physiotherapy, The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy of Sociology, The University of Queensland
Works
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2026
Other Outputs
Comfort, trust and benefit: social licence for artificial intelligence training and implementation in health care
Plage, Stefanie, Duong, Tuan, Baruh, Lemi, Newton, Giselle, Dillon, Miriam, Brown, Anna, Olsen, Quita and Carah, Nicholas (2026). Comfort, trust and benefit: social licence for artificial intelligence training and implementation in health care. LCC Working Paper Series. 2026-07. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland Australia. doi: 10.14264/a2e2103
2026
Conference Publication
Comfort, trust and benefit. Social licence for Artificial Intelligence training and implementation in health care
Plage, S., Duong, T., Baruh, L., Newton, G., Dillon, M., Brown, S., Olsen, Q. and Carah, N. (2026). Comfort, trust and benefit. Social licence for Artificial Intelligence training and implementation in health care. Queensland AI in Healthcare Symposium, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 13 March 2026. Brisbane, QLD Australia:
2025
Journal Article
Beyond pathology: (Re)conceptualizing distress in chronic pain care
Dillon, Miriam, Olson, Rebecca, Setchell, Jen, Miciak, Maxi and Window, Peter (2025). Beyond pathology: (Re)conceptualizing distress in chronic pain care. The Journal of Humanities in Rehabilitation, 2025 (Fall), 1-19. doi: 10.18737/0607158692
2025
Journal Article
Navigating uncertainty in low back pain care through an ethic of openness: Learnings from a post-critical analysis
Costa, Nathalia, Olson, Rebcca, Dillon, Miriam, Mescouto, Karime, Butler, Prudence, Forbes, Roma and Setchell, Jenny (2025). Navigating uncertainty in low back pain care through an ethic of openness: Learnings from a post-critical analysis. Health, 29 (5), 609-632. doi: 10.1177/13634593241310383
2025
Other Outputs
Beyond pathology: (re)conceptualising distress in physiotherapy and chronic low back pain care
Dillon, Miriam (2025). Beyond pathology: (re)conceptualising distress in physiotherapy and chronic low back pain care. PhD Thesis, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/f5add79
2025
Journal Article
Political economies of distress in chronic low back pain care
Dillon, Miriam, Olson, Rebecca, Plage, Stefanie, Miciak, Maxi, Window, Peter, Stewart, Matthew, Kilner, Simon, Barthel, Natalie, Christoffersen, Anja and Setchell, Jenny (2025). Political economies of distress in chronic low back pain care. Emotion, Space and Society, 54 101069, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.emospa.2025.101069
2025
Journal Article
Corrigendum to “Political economies of distress in chronic low back pain care” [Emotion Space Soci. 54 (2025) 101069](S1755458625000064)(10.1016/j.emospa.2025.101069)
Dillon, Miriam, Olson, Rebecca, Plage, Stefanie, Miciak, Maxi, Window, Peter, Stewart, Matthew, Kilner, Simon, Barthel, Natalie, Christoffersen, Anja and Setchell, Jenny (2025). Corrigendum to “Political economies of distress in chronic low back pain care” [Emotion Space Soci. 54 (2025) 101069](S1755458625000064)(10.1016/j.emospa.2025.101069). Emotion, Space and Society, 55 101083, 101083. doi: 10.1016/j.emospa.2025.101083
2024
Journal Article
Prospective validity of a clinical prediction rule for response to non-surgical multidisciplinary management of knee osteoarthritis in tertiary care: a multisite prospective longitudinal study
Window, Peter, Raymer, Maree, McPhail, Steven M., Vicenzino, Bill, Hislop, Andrew, Vallini, Alex, Elwell, Bula, O'Gorman, Helen, Phillips, Ben, Wake, Anneke, Cush, Adrian, McCaskill, Stuart, Garsden, Linda, Dillon, Miriam, McLennan, Andrew and O'Leary, Shaun (2024). Prospective validity of a clinical prediction rule for response to non-surgical multidisciplinary management of knee osteoarthritis in tertiary care: a multisite prospective longitudinal study. BMJ Open, 14 (3) e078531, 1-10. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078531
2024
Journal Article
Trauma-informed physiotherapy and the principles of safety, trustworthiness, choice, collaboration, and empowerment: a qualitative study
Heywood, Sophie, Bunzli, Samantha, Dillon, Miriam, Bicchi, Nadia, Black, Susan, Hemus, Philippa, Bogatek, Eva and Setchell, Jenny (2024). Trauma-informed physiotherapy and the principles of safety, trustworthiness, choice, collaboration, and empowerment: a qualitative study. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 41 (1), 153-168. doi: 10.1080/09593985.2024.2315521
2023
Journal Article
Distress in the care of people with chronic low back pain: insights from an ethnographic study
Dillon, Miriam, Olson, Rebecca E., Plage, Stefanie, Miciak, Maxi, Window, Peter, Stewart, Matthew, Christoffersen, Anja, Kilner, Simon, Barthel, Natalie and Setchell, Jenny (2023). Distress in the care of people with chronic low back pain: insights from an ethnographic study. Frontiers in Sociology, 8 1281912, 1-13. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2023.1281912
2023
Journal Article
Fostering equitable change in health services: Using critical reflexivity to challenge dominant discourses in low back pain care in Australia
Mescouto, Karime, Olson, Rebecca E., Costa, Nathalia, Evans, Kerrie, Dillon, Miriam, Walsh, Kelly, Jensen, Niamh, Hodges, Paul W., Lonergan, Kathryn, Weier, Megan and Setchell, Jenny (2023). Fostering equitable change in health services: Using critical reflexivity to challenge dominant discourses in low back pain care in Australia. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, 29 (1), 1-10. doi: 10.1177/13558196231193862
2023
Journal Article
"I felt uncertain about my whole future"-a qualitative investigation of people's experiences of navigating uncertainty when seeking care for their low back pain
Costa, Nathalia, Butler, Prudenc, Dillon, Miriam, Mescouto, Karime, Olson, Rebecca, Forbes, Roma and Setchell, Jenny (2023). "I felt uncertain about my whole future"-a qualitative investigation of people's experiences of navigating uncertainty when seeking care for their low back pain. Pain, 164 (12), 2749-2758. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002975
2023
Conference Publication
Distress in physiotherapy low back PAIN care: a socio-relational exploration
Dillon, Miriam, Setchell, Jenny, Miciak, Maxi, Window, Peter and Olson, Rebecca (2023). Distress in physiotherapy low back PAIN care: a socio-relational exploration. International Sociology Association World Congress, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 25 June-1 July 2023.
2023
Journal Article
How physiotherapists attend to the human aspects of care when working with people with low back pain: a thematic analysis
Dillon, M., Olson, R., Mescouto, K., Costa, N. and Setchell, J. (2023). How physiotherapists attend to the human aspects of care when working with people with low back pain: a thematic analysis. Health Sociology Review, 32 (3), 277-293. doi: 10.1080/14461242.2022.2161927
2022
Journal Article
‘Engaging on a slightly more human level’: A qualitative study exploring the care of individuals with back pain in a multidisciplinary pain clinic
Mescouto, Karime, Olson, Rebecca E, Costa, Nathalia, Evans, Kerrie, Dillon, Miriam, Jensen, Niamh, Walsh, Kelly, Weier, Megan, Lonergan, Kathryn, Hodges, Paul W. and Setchell, Jenny (2022). ‘Engaging on a slightly more human level’: A qualitative study exploring the care of individuals with back pain in a multidisciplinary pain clinic. Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine, 28 (1), 1-22. doi: 10.1177/13634593221127817
2022
Conference Publication
Beyond pathology: towards a new (re)conceptualisation of distress in chronic pain care
Dillon, Miriam, Setchell, Jenny, Olson, Rebecca, Miciak, Maxi and Window, Peter (2022). Beyond pathology: towards a new (re)conceptualisation of distress in chronic pain care. The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) conference, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 29 November-2 December 2022.
2022
Conference Publication
(Un)certainty and emotions in low back pain care - insights from an ethnographic study
Costa, Nathalia, Olson, Rebecca, Mescouto, Karime, Hodges, Paul, Dillon, Miriam, Evans, Kerrie, Walsh, Kelly, Jensen, Niahm and Setchell, Jenny (2022). (Un)certainty and emotions in low back pain care - insights from an ethnographic study. The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) conference, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 29 November-2 December 2022.
2022
Journal Article
The ubiquity of uncertainty in low back pain care
Costa, Nathalia, Mescouto, Karime, Dillon, Miriam, Olson, Rebecca, Butler, Prudence, Forbes, Roma and Setchell, Jenny (2022). The ubiquity of uncertainty in low back pain care. Social Science and Medicine, 313 115422, 115422. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115422
2022
Journal Article
Uncertainty in low back pain care – insights from an ethnographic study
Costa, N., Olson, R., Mescouto, K., Hodges, P. W., Dillon, M., Evans, K., Walsh, K., Jensen, N. and Setchell, J. (2022). Uncertainty in low back pain care – insights from an ethnographic study. Disability and Rehabilitation, 45 (5), 1-12. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2022.2040615
2022
Conference Publication
Beyond pathology: Towards a new (re)conceptualisation of distress in chronic pain care
Dillon, M., Olson, R., Miciak, M., Window, P. and Setchell, J. (2022). Beyond pathology: Towards a new (re)conceptualisation of distress in chronic pain care. The Australian Sociological Association Conference, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 28 November - 2 December 2022.
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