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Valorie Crooks

Professor
Geography

BACKGROUND

I completed my PhD at in 2005.  The following year I worked as a postdoctoral fellow at .  Since 2006 I have been a faculty member in the Department of Geography here at .

I currently hold the . I also hold a . These salary awards enable me to have significant dedicated research time in my faculty position here at 尤物视频.

I am a by training.  As such, I am interested in the spatial and place-based dimensions of health and health care.  I broadly conceive of myself as a health services researcher, and have an ongoing interest in understanding lived experiences of accessing needed/wanted health and social care services.  Because of this experiential focus, I primarily engage in non-hypothesis-testing qualitative research, or lead qualitative components of mixed-methods studies.  Click to learn more about the health geography research group at 尤物视频.

 

RESEARCH OVERVIEW

My research interests are best characterized by four areas of inquiry: (1) disability and chronic illness; (2) primary health care; (3) palliative health and social care; and (4) medical tourism.  I have received funding from numerous agencies, and especially the , to pursue collaborative projects in each of these areas.  Click to learn more about my medical tourism research, or watch me facilitate a panel discussion about medical tourism or deliver an invited seminar about my medical tourism research at the University of Central Florida .  Or click to view a website we launched to help people come to decisions about whether or not to pursue medical tourism, which we developed after first creating an that is now available in some health and travel medicine clinics. Finally, you can click to link to a short video in which I speak about my interests in disability and chronic illness research..

 

SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Publications listed below that are freely available in online reports or open access journals contain direct weblinks.  If you wish to gain access to a publication that is not freely available and for which you do not have an institutional subscription please contact me directly.

2015

Whitmore, R., V.A. Crooks, J. Snyder (2015) 鈥淓thics of Care in medical tourism: Informal caregivers鈥 narratives of responsibility, vulnerability and mutuality.鈥 Health & Place 35:113-118.

Crooks, V.A., I.G. Cohen, K. Adams, R. Whitmore, J. Morgan (2015) 鈥 BMC Health Services Research 15:291.

Snyder, J., K. Adams, Y.Y. Chen, D.W. Birch, T. Caulfield, G. Cohen, V.A. Crooks, J. Illes, A. Zarzeczny (2015) 鈥.鈥 Canadian Family Physician 61(7): 584-586.

Adams, K., J. Snyder, R. Johnston, V.A. Crooks (2015) 鈥.鈥 Tourism Review 70(2): 85-96.

Crooks, V.A. (2015) 鈥溾楤ecause everything changes that day; you don鈥檛 do the routine鈥: Alterations and activities chronically ill women undertake on days with health care provider appointments.鈥 Chronic Illness 11(4): 227-278.

Castleden, H., V.A. Crooks, I. van Meerveld (2015) 鈥淓xamining the public health implications of drinking water-related behaviours and perceptions: A face-to-face survey of residents in eight coastal communities in British Columbia and Nova Scotia.鈥 The Canadian Geographer 59(2): 111-125.

Schuurman, N., O. Amram, V.A. Crooks, R. Johnston, A. Williams (2015) 鈥.鈥 BMC Health Services Research 15:270.

Johnston, R., V.A. Crooks, M. Ormond (2015) 鈥.鈥 Globalization & Health 11:29.

Giesbrecht, M, F. Wolse, V.A. Crooks, K. Stajduhar (2015) 鈥淚dentifying socio-environmental factors that facilitate resilience among Canadian palliative family caregivers: A qualitative case study.鈥 Palliative & Supportive Care 13(3): 555-565.

Snyder, J., T. Byambaa, R. Johnston, V.A. Crooks, C. Janes, M. Ewan (2015) 鈥 BMC Health Services Research 15:187.

Johnston, R., V.A. Crooks, J. Snyder, R. Whitmore (2015) 鈥溾楾he major forces that need to back medical tourism were鈥n alignment鈥: Championing Development of Barbados鈥檚 Medical Tourism Sector.鈥 International Journal of Health Services 45(2): 334-352.

Adams, K., V.A. Crooks, I.G. Cohen, R. Whitmore (2015) 鈥.鈥 A Global Village 13.

Hoffman, L., V.A. Crooks, J. Snyder, K. Adams (2015) 鈥溾 West Indian Medical Journal (WIMJ) Open 2(2): 10.7727/wimjopen.2014.007.

Snyder, J., V.A. Crooks, K. Adams, R. Johnston, R. Whitmore (2015) 鈥.鈥 Global Health Action 8:27348.

Crooks, V.A., N. Li, J. Snyder, S. Dharamsi, J. Illes (2015) 鈥溾.鈥 BMC Family Practice 16:25.

Johnston, R., K. Adams, L. Bishop, V.A. Crooks, J. Snyder (2015) 鈥溾.鈥 International Journal for Equity in Health 14:15.

Crooks, V.A. (2015) 鈥淢edical Tourism.鈥 In D. Richardson, W. Liu & G. Pratt (eds.) The International Encyclopedia of Geography: People, the Earth, Environment, and Technology. USA: Wiley.

Crooks, V.A., V. Casey, R. Whitmore, R. Johnston, J. Snyder (2015) 鈥溾They go the extra mile, the extra ten miles鈥鈥: Examining Canadian medical tourists鈥 interactions with health care workers abroad.鈥 In N. Lunt, J. Hanefeld, D. Horsfall (eds.) Elgar Handbook on Medical Tourism and Patient Mobility. UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. Pp. 451-460.

Adams, K., R. Whitmore, R. Johnston, V.A. Crooks (2015) 鈥淢edical tourism in Barbados: negotiating inherent tensions.鈥 In G. Baldacchino (ed.) Entrepreneurship in Small Island States and Territories. New York & London: Routledge.  Pp. 200-217.

 

2014

Snyder, J., K. Adams, V.A. Crooks, D. Whitehurst, J. Vallee (2014) 鈥溾 BMC Health Services Research 14: 445.

Adams, K., J. Snyder, V.A. Crooks, L. Hoffman (2014) 鈥.鈥 West Indian Medical Journal (WIMJ) Open 1(2): 10.7727/wimjopen.2014.024.

Zarzeczny, A., T. Caulfield, U. Ogbogu, P. Bell, V.A. Crooks, R. Hyde-Lay, K. Kamenova, Z. Master, C. Rachul, J. Snyder, M. Towes, S. Zoeller (2014) 鈥.鈥 Stem Cell Reports. 3: 1-6.

Cameron, K., V.A. Crooks, V. Chouinard, J. Snyder, R. Johnston, V. Casey (2014) 鈥淢otivation, Justification, Normalization: Talk strategies used by Canadian medical tourists regarding their choices to go abroad for hip and knee surgeries.鈥 Social Science & Medicine 106: 93-100.

Dykeman, S., A. Williams, V.A. Crooks (2014) 鈥淧re-implementation knowledge tool development for health services providers: A qualitative study of Canadian social workers.鈥&苍产蝉辫; Qualitative Social Work 13(3): 351-371.

Giesbrecht, M, V.A. Crooks, K. Stajduhar (2014) 鈥淓xamining the language-place-healthcare intersection in the context of Canadian homecare nursing.鈥&苍产蝉辫; Nursing Inquiry 21(1): 79-90.

Stone, S.D., V.A., Crooks, M. Owen (2014) 鈥淓pilogue.鈥 In. S.D. Stone, V.A. Crooks, M. Owen (eds.) Working Bodies: Chronic Illness in the Canadian Workplace.  Montreal, Quebec: McGill-Queen鈥檚 University Press.  Pp. 216-222.

Stone, S.D., V.A., Crooks, M. Owen (2014) 鈥淚ntroduction: Chronic illness in the Canadian workplace.鈥 In. S.D. Stone, V.A. Crooks, M. Owen (eds.) Working Bodies: Chronic Illness in the Canadian Workplace.  Montreal, Quebec: McGill-Queen鈥檚 University Press.  Pp. 3-28.

Crooks, V.A., M. Owen, S.D. Stone (2014) 鈥淐hronic illness and the Canadian knowledge worker: The role of the body and embodiment in shaping the production of academic work.鈥 In. S.D. Stone, V.A. Crooks, M. Owen (eds.) Working Bodies: Chronic Illness in the Canadian Workplace.  Montreal, Quebec: McGill-Queen鈥檚 University Press.  Pp. 196-212.

Crooks, V.A. and J. Snyder (2014) 鈥.鈥 Canadian Medical Association Journal. eLetter published September 8, 2014.

Snyder, J. and V.A. Crooks (2014) 鈥.鈥 ImpactEthics.ca, September 2014.

V.A. Crooks & Michelle Owen (November 2014) 鈥淐hronic illness and the knowledge worker: Exploring the workplace experiences of Canadian academics with Multiple Sclerosis.鈥 Department of Geography, 尤物视频 (18 pages).

E.O. Nunez, R.M.B Arias, M.E.A. Martinez, J.A.R. Larios, V.A. Crooks, R. Labont茅, J. Snyder, G. Nigenda (August 2014). 鈥An Overview of Mexico鈥檚 Medical Tourism Industry 鈥 The Cases of Mexico City and Monterrey 鈥 Version 1.0.鈥 SFU Medical Tourism Research Group, 尤物视频 (106 pages).

A. C茅ron, W. Flores, V.A. Crooks, R. Labont茅, J. Snyder (April 2014) 鈥An Overview of Guatemala鈥檚 Medical Tourism Industry 鈥 Version 2.0.鈥 SFU Medical Tourism Research Group, 尤物视频 (66 pages).

P.S. Saligram, A. Bhattacharjee, V.A. Crooks, R. Labont茅, A. Schram, J. Snyder (February 2014) 鈥.鈥 SFU Medical Tourism Research Group, 尤物视频 (63 pages).

V. Madha Suresh, V.A. Crooks, R. Labont茅, A. Schram, R. Kalaivani, S. Nithya, J. Snyder (February 2014) 鈥溾 SFU Medical Tourism Research Group, 尤物视频 (34 pages).

 

2013

Johnston, R., V.A. Crooks, J. Snyder, S. Dharamsi (2013) 鈥.鈥 Canadian Family Physician 59(12): 1314-1319.

Adams, K., J. Snyder, V.A. Crooks, R. Johnston (2013) 鈥.鈥 Philosophy, Ethics and Humanities in Medicine 8:19.

Casey, V., V.A. Crooks, J. Snyder, L. Turner (2013) 鈥.鈥 International Journal for Equity in Health 12:94.

Snyder, J., V.A. Crooks, R. Johnston, S. Dharamsi (2013) 鈥.鈥 BMC Medical Ethics 14:37.

Johnston, R. and V.A. Crooks (2013) 鈥淢edical tourism in the Caribbean Region: A call to consider environmental health equity.鈥 West Indian Medical Journal 62:3.

Casey, V., V.A. Crooks, J. Snyder, L. Turner (2013) 鈥.鈥&苍产蝉辫; Globalization & Health 9:31.

Snyder, J., V.A. Crooks, R. Johnston, P. Kingsbury (2013) 鈥淏eyond sun, sand, and stitches: Assigning responsibility for the harms of medical tourism.鈥&苍产蝉辫; Bioethics 27(5): 233-242.

Li, L.C., S. Brooks, J. Cibere, V.A. Crooks, C.A. Jones, J.A. Kopec, S.A. Lear, J. Pencharz, R.E. Rhodes, J.M. Esdaile (2013) 鈥.鈥 JMIR Research Protocols 2(1):e17.

Stone, S.D., V.A. Crooks, M. Owen (2013) 鈥淕oing through the back door: Chronically ill academics鈥 experiences as 鈥榰nexpected workers鈥 seeking accommodation in Canadian universities.鈥&苍产蝉辫; Social Theory & Health 11(2): 151-174.

Crooks, V.A., L. Turner, G. Cohen, J. Bristier, J. Snyder, V. Casey, R. Whitmore (2013) 鈥.鈥 BMJ Open 3(2):e002302.

Snyder, J., V.A. Crooks, L. Turner, R. Johnston (2013) 鈥.鈥 International Journal for Equity in Health 12:2.

Crooks, V.A., J. Snyder, L. Turner, K. Adams, R. Johnston, V. Casey (2013) 鈥淐anadian print news coverage of medical tourism: Examining key themes and ethical gaps.鈥&苍产蝉辫; In G. Cohen (ed.) The Globalization of Health Care.  Oxford University Press. Chapter 3.

Snyder, J., V.A. Crooks, L. Turner, R. Johnston, H. Fraser, L. Kadowaki, M. Choi, K. Adams (2013) 鈥淐aring for non-residents in Barbados: Examining the implications of inbound transnational medical care for public and private health care.鈥 In G. Pennings, D. Botterill, T. Mainil (eds.) Medical Tourism and Transnational Health Care.  Palgrave MacMillan.  Pp. 48-63.

Johnston, R., V.A. Crooks, J. Snyder (2013) 鈥淓xceptional Aspects of the Experiences of Canadian Medical Tourists from Patient Narratives.鈥 In R. Labont茅, V. Runnels, C. Packer, R. Deonandan (eds.) .  Transdisciplinary Studies in Population Health Series, Vol. 4 Issue 1. Ottawa: Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa.  Pp. 103-118.

A. C茅ron, W. Flores, V.A. Crooks, R. Labont茅, J. Snyder (December 2013) 鈥An Overview of Guatemala鈥檚 Medical Tourism Industry 鈥 Version 1.0.鈥 SFU Medical Tourism Research Group, 尤物视频 (66 pages).

R. Johnston, V.A. Crooks, J. Snyder, H. Fraser, R. Labont茅, K. Adams (April 2013) 鈥An Overview of Barbados鈥 Medical Tourism Industry 鈥 Version 2.0.鈥 SFU Medical Tourism Research Group, 尤物视频 (59 pages).

 

2012

Randall, E., V.A. Crooks, L. Goldsmith (2012) 鈥.鈥&苍产蝉辫; BMC Family Practice 13:125.

Crooks, V.A. and H. Castleden (2012) 鈥淎ll we really needed to know about tenure-track faculty positions we did not learn in graduate school.鈥&苍产蝉辫; The Canadian Geographer 56(4): 393-397.

Crooks, V.A., K. Cameron, V. Chouinard, R. Johnston, J. Snyder, V. Casey (2012) 鈥.鈥&苍产蝉辫; BMC Health Services Research 12:417

Giesbrecht, M.D., V.A. Crooks, A. Williams and O. Hankivsky (2012) 鈥.鈥 International Journal for Equity in Health 11:65.

Crooks, V.A., M. Owen, S.D. Stone (2012) 鈥.鈥&苍产蝉辫; Canadian Journal of Disability Studies 1(3): 45-65.

Snyder, J., V.A. Crooks, R. Johnston (2012) 鈥淧erceptions of the Ethics of Medical Tourism by Canadian Patients: Comparing Patient and Academic Perspectives.鈥&苍产蝉辫; Public Health Ethics 5(1): 38-46.

Johnston, R., V.A. Crooks, J. Snyder (2012) 鈥.鈥&苍产蝉辫; Globalization & Health 8:23.

Crooks, V.A. & N. Schuurman (2012) 鈥.鈥&苍产蝉辫; BMC Health Services Research 12:230.

Kingsbury, P., V.A. Crooks, J. Snyder, R. Johnston, K. Adams (2012) 鈥淣arratives of Emotion and Anxiety in Medical Tourism: On State of the Heart and Larry鈥檚 Kidney.鈥 Social & Cultural Geography 13(4): 361-378.  

Crooks, V.A., G. Agarwal, A. Harrison (2012) 鈥.鈥&苍产蝉辫; BMC Family Practice 13:69.

Vuksan, M., A. Williams, V.A. Crooks (2012) 鈥淭he workplace perspective on supporting family caregivers at end-of-life: Evaluating a new Canadian social program.鈥 Community, Work & Family 15(3): 317-333.

Vuksan, M., A. Williams, V.A. Crooks (2012) 鈥淔amily Friendly Policies: Accommodating End-of-Life Caregivers in Workplaces.鈥&苍产蝉辫; International Journal of Workplace Health Management.  5(1): 4-14.

Crooks, V.A., A. Williams, K. Stajduhar, S.R. Cohen, D. Allan, K. Brazil (2012) 鈥淔amily caregivers鈥 ideal expectations of Canada鈥檚 Compassionate Care Benefit.鈥 Health & Social Care in the Community.  20(2): 172-180.

Snyder, J., V.A. Crooks, A. Wright, R. Johnston (2012) 鈥淓thical Concerns about the Roles and Responsibilities of Medical Tourism Facilitators.鈥 In J. Hodges, A-M Kimball, L. Turner (eds.) Risks and Challenges in Medical Tourism: Understanding the Global Market for Health Services.  Praeger.

Snyder, J. and V.A. Crooks (2012) 鈥淣ew Ethical Perspectives on Medical Tourism in the Developing World.鈥 Developing World Bioethics 12(1): iii-vi.

Crooks, V.A., R. Johnston, J. Snyder (2012) 鈥.鈥 HealthyDebate.ca, October 2012:

Snyder, J. and V.A. Crooks (2012) 鈥.鈥&苍产蝉辫; Bio茅thique Online, June 2012:

Snyder, J. and V.A. Crooks (2012) 鈥.鈥&苍产蝉辫; Opino Juris (commentary on Virginia Journal of International Law 52 [1&2]):

 

2011

Snyder, J., V.A. Crooks, L. Turner (2011) 鈥淚ssues and Challenges in Research on Ethical Issues in Medical Tourism: Reflections from a Conference.鈥 Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 8: 3-6.

Hynie, M., V.A. Crooks, J. Barragan (2011) 鈥淚mmigrant and Refugee Social Networks: Determinants and Consequences of Social Support.鈥&苍产蝉辫; Canadian Journal of Nursing Research 43(4): 26-46.

Penney, K., J. Snyder, V.A. Crooks, R. Johnston (2011) 鈥.鈥 BMC Medical Ethics 12:17.

Stajduhar, K.I., L. Funk, F. Wolse, V.A. Crooks, D. Roberts, A.M. Williams, D. Cloutier-Fisher, B. McLeod (2011) 鈥淐ore Aspects of 鈥楨mpowering鈥 Caregivers Articulated by Home Health Leaders: Palliative and Chronic Illness Contexts.鈥 Canadian Journal of Nursing Research 43(3): 78-94.

Snyder, J., V.A. Crooks, P. Kingsbury, K. Adams, R. Johnston (2011) 鈥淭he 鈥楶atient鈥檚 Physician One-Step Removed鈥: The evolving roles of medical tourism facilitators.鈥&苍产蝉辫; Journal of Medical Ethics 37(9): 530-534.

Snyder, J., V.A. Crooks, R. Johnston, P. Kingsbury (2011) 鈥.鈥&苍产蝉辫; Open Medicine 5(3): 139-148.

Johnston, R., V.A. Crooks, K. Adams, J. Snyder, P. Kingsbury (2011) 鈥.鈥&苍产蝉辫; BMC Public Health 11:416.

Williams, A.M, J.A. Eby, V.A. Crooks, K. Stajduhar, M. Giesbrecht, M. Vuksan, R. Cohen, K. Brazil, D. Allan (2011) 鈥溾&苍产蝉辫; BMC Public Health 11:335.

Crooks, V.A. and J. Snyder (2011) 鈥.鈥  Canadian Family Physician 57(5): 527-529.

Snyder, J., S. Dharamsi, and V.A. Crooks (2011) 鈥.鈥 Globalization & Health 7:6.

Crooks, V.A., L. Turner, J. Snyder, R. Johnston, P. Kingsbury (2011) 鈥淧romoting Medical Tourism to India: Messages, Images, and the Marketing of International Patient Travel.鈥&苍产蝉辫; Social Science & Medicine 72: 726-732.

Crooks, V.A., M. Hynie, K. Killian, M. Giesbrecht and H. Castleden (2011) 鈥淔emale Newcomers鈥 Adjustment to Life in Toronto, Canada: Sources of Mental Stress and their Implications for Delivering Primary Mental Health Care.鈥&苍产蝉辫; GeoJournal 76(2): 139-149.

Crooks, V.A., H. Castleden, N. Hanlon, N. Schuurman (2011) 鈥溾楬eated political dynamics exist鈥︹: Examining the politics of palliative care in rural British Columbia, Canada.鈥&苍产蝉辫; Palliative Medicine 25(1): 26-35.

Crooks, V.A., N. Schuurman, J. Cinnamon, H. Castleden, R. Johnston (2011) 鈥淩efining a location analysis model using a mixed-method approach: Community readiness as a key factor in siting rural palliative care services.鈥&苍产蝉辫; Journal of Mixed Methods Research 5(1): 77-95.

Crooks, V.A, S.D. Stone, M. Owen (2011) 鈥淧roblem-focused coping strategies used by Canadian academics with multiple sclerosis to enable university teaching.鈥&苍产蝉辫; Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy 78(1): 45-49.

V.A. Crooks, J. Bristeir, L. Turner, J. Snyder, V. Casey, R. Johnston (November 2011) 鈥.鈥  Department of Geography, 尤物视频 (7 pages).

V.A. Crooks, J. Snyder, R. Johnston, P. Kingsbury (September 2011) 鈥.鈥&苍产蝉辫; Department of Geography, 尤物视频 (19 pages).

V.A. Crooks, J. Snyder, R. Johnston, P. Kingsbury (September 2011) 鈥.鈥 Department of Geography, 尤物视频 (16 pages).

V.A. Crooks, S.D. Stone, M. Owen, V. Casey (June 2011) 鈥淟es mesures d鈥檃daptations pour les professeurs handicap茅s ou qui ont des soucis continus de sant茅s - Un compte rendu au sujet des universit茅s canadiennes.鈥 Department of Geography, 尤物视频. (6 pages)

V.A. Crooks, S.D. Stone, M. Owen, V. Casey (June 2011) 鈥淎ccommodating Academics with Disabilities and Ongoing Health Concerns in the Workplace 鈥 A report on Canadian Universities.鈥 Department of Geography, 尤物视频. (5 pages)

I. Tromp-van Meerveld, V.A. Crooks, R. Johnston, E. Baird, S. Spencer (February 2011) 鈥.鈥&苍产蝉辫; Department of Geography, 尤物视频.  (9 pages)

 

2010

Giesbrecht, M., Crooks, V.A., Williams, A. (2010) 鈥淪cale as an Explanatory Concept: Evaluating Canada鈥檚 Compassionate Care Benefit.鈥&苍产蝉辫; Area 42(4): 457-467.

Johnston, R., V.A. Crooks, J. Snyder, P. Kingsbury (2010) 鈥溾&苍产蝉辫; International Journal for Equity in Health 9:24.

Giesbrecht, M., V.A. Crooks, A. Williams (2010) 鈥淧erspectives from the Frontlines: Palliative Care Providers鈥 Expectations of Canada鈥檚 Compassionate Care Benefit Program.鈥&苍产蝉辫; Health & Social Care in the Community 18(6): 643-652.

Crooks, V.A., P. Kingsbury, J. Snyder, R. Johnston (2010) 鈥溾&苍产蝉辫; BMC Health Services Research.  10:266.

Schuurman, N, V.A. Crooks, O. Amram (2010) 鈥淎 protocol for determining differences in the consistency and depth of palliative care service provision across community sites.鈥&苍产蝉辫; Health & Social Care in the Community 18(5): 537-548.

Castleden, H, V.A. Crooks, N. Hanlon and N. Schuurman (2010) 鈥淧roviders鈥 perceptions of Aboriginal palliative care in British Columbia鈥檚 rural interior.鈥&苍产蝉辫; Health & Social Care in the Community 18(5): 483-491.

Williams, A.M., V.A. Crooks, K. Whitfield, M-L. Kelley, J-L. Richards, L. DeMiglio, S. Dykeman (2010) 鈥淭racking the evolution of hospice palliative care in Canada: A comparative case study analysis of seven provinces.鈥&苍产蝉辫; BMC Health Services Research 10:147.

Crooks, V.A., H. Castleden and I. Tromp-van Meerveld (2010) 鈥淭eaching Research Methods Courses in Human Geography: Critical Reflections.鈥&苍产蝉辫; Journal of Geography in Higher Education 34(2): 155-171.

Andrews, G.J. and V.A. Crooks (2010) 鈥溾&苍产蝉辫; Aporia: The Nursing Journal 2(2): 7-16.

Schuurman, N., M. Berube and V.A. Crooks (2010) 鈥淢easuring Potential Spatial Access to Primary Health Care Physicians Using a Modified Gravity Model.鈥&苍产蝉辫; The Canadian Geographer 54(1): 29-45.

Castleden, H., V.A. Crooks, N. Schuurman, N. Hanlon (2010) 鈥溾業t鈥檚 not necessarily the distance on the map鈥︹: Using place as an analytic tool to elucidate geographic issues central to rural palliative care.鈥&苍产蝉辫; Health & Place 16(2): 284-290.

Castrodale, M. and V.A. Crooks (2010) 鈥淭he Production of Disability Research in Human Geography: An introspective examination.鈥&苍产蝉辫; Disability & Society 25(1): 89-102.

Crooks, V.A. and J. Snyder (2010) 鈥溾 The Lancet 376(9751): 1465-1466.

Snyder, J. and V.A. Crooks (2010) 鈥淢edical tourism and bariatric surgery: More moral challenges.鈥&苍产蝉辫; American Journal of Bioethics 10(12): 28-30.

Crooks, V.A. (2010) 鈥淕eography of Disability.鈥 In B. Warf (ed.) Encyclopedia of Geography.  Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.

Crooks, V.A. and A. Williams (2010) 鈥淏ecoming an informal caregiver for a dying family member.鈥 In Family Geographies: The spatiality of families and family life, B. Hallman (ed.), Oxford University Press.  Pp. 208-217.

Crooks, V.A. (2010) 鈥淲omen鈥檚 Changing Experiences of the Home and Life Inside it After Becoming Chronically Ill.鈥&苍产蝉辫; In V. Chouinard, E. Hall and R. Wilton (eds.) Towards Enabling Geographies: 鈥楧isabled鈥 Bodies and Minds in Society and Space.  Aldershot and Vermont: Ashgate Publishers.  Pp. 45-62.

A. Williams, V.A. Crooks, M. Giesbrecht, S. Dykeman (March 2010) 鈥.鈥 School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University.  (24 pages)

A. Williams, V.A. Crooks, M. Giesbrecht, S. Dykeman (March 2010) 鈥溾 School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University.  (24 pages)

 

2009

Crooks, V.A., H. Castleden, N. Schuurman, N. Hanlon (2009) 鈥溾&苍产蝉辫; BMC Palliative Care 8:15.

Schuurman, N., J. Cinnamon, V.A. Crooks, M. Hameed (2009) 鈥溾&苍产蝉辫; BMC Public Health 9:233.

Evans, J.D, V.A. Crooks and P.T. Kingsbury (2009) 鈥淭heoretical Injections: On the Therapeutic Aesthetics of Medical Spaces.鈥 Social Science & Medicine 69: 716-721.

Giesbrecht, M., V.A. Crooks, N. Schuurman, A. Williams (2009) 鈥淪patially Informed Knowledge Translation: Informing Potential Users of Canada鈥檚 Compassionate Care Benefit.鈥 Social Science & Medicine 69: 411-419.

Crooks, V.A. and G. Andrews (2009) 鈥淐ommunity, Equity, Access: Core Geographic Concepts in Primary Health Care.鈥&苍产蝉辫; Primary Health Care Research & Development 10(3): 270-273.

Cinnamon, J., N. Schuurman and V.A. Crooks (2009) 鈥淎ssessing the suitability of host communities for secondary palliative care hubs: A location analysis model.鈥&苍产蝉辫; Health & Place 15(3): 792-800.

Crooks, V.A., S.D. Stone and M. Owen (2009) 鈥淢ultiple Sclerosis and Academic Work: Socio-spatial strategies adopted to maintain employment.鈥&苍产蝉辫; Journal of Occupational Science 16(1): 24-30.

Crooks, V.A. and G. Andrews (eds.) (2009) Aldershot and Vermont: Ashgate Publishers.

Crooks, V.A. and G. Andrews (2009) 鈥淭he Geographies of Primary Health Care: A Summary and Agenda.鈥 In V.A. Crooks and G.J. Andrews (eds.) Primary Health Care: People, Practice, Place.  Aldershot and Vermont: Ashgate Publishers.  Pp. 261-274.

Andrews, G.J. and Crooks, V.A. (2009) 鈥淕eographical Perspectives on Health Care: Ideas, Disciplines, Progress.鈥&苍产蝉辫; In V.A. Crooks and G.J. Andrews (eds.) Primary Health Care: People, Practice, Place. Aldershot and Vermont: Ashgate Publishers.  Pp. 21-41.

Crooks, V.A. and G. Andrews (2009) 鈥淭hinking Geographically About Primary Health Care.鈥&苍产蝉辫; In V.A. Crooks and G.J. Andrews (eds.) Primary Health Care: People, Practice, Place.  Aldershot and Vermont: Ashgate Publishers.  Pp. 1-20.

Crooks, V.A. and G. Agarwal (2009) 鈥淐onsidering the Clinic Environment: Implications for Practice and Primary Health Care.鈥&苍产蝉辫; In V.A. Crooks and G.J. Andrews (eds.) Primary Health Care: People, Practice, Place. Aldershot and Vermont: Ashgate Publishers.  Pp. 187-202.

I. Tromp-van Meerveld, H. Castleden, V.A. Crooks, E. Baird, R. Johnston (October 2009) 鈥溾&苍产蝉辫; Department of Geography, 尤物视频. (11 pages)

H. Castleden, V.A. Crooks, V.S. Morgan, N. Schuurman, N. Hanlon, and Inter Tribal Health Authority (September 2009) 鈥溾 School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University. (16 pages)

V.A. Crooks (April 2009) 鈥淎 Timeline of Palliative Care Policy and Practice in British Columbia, Canada.鈥&苍产蝉辫; Department of Geography, 尤物视频. (15 pages)

 

2008

Crooks, V.A. and G. Agarwal (2008) 鈥溾&苍产蝉辫; BMC Family Practice 9:65.

Egeli, N., V.A. Crooks, D. Matheson, M. Ursa and E. Marchant (2008) 鈥淧atients鈥 views: improving care for people with fibromyalgia.鈥&苍产蝉辫; Journal of Clinical Nursing 17(11c): 362-369.

Agarwal, G. and V.A. Crooks (2008) 鈥淭he Nature of Informational Continuity of Care in General Practice.鈥 British Journal of General Practice 58(556): e17-e24.

Crooks, V.A., V. Chouinard and R.D. Wilton (2008) 鈥淯nderstanding, Embracing, Rejecting: Women鈥檚 negotiations of disability constructions and categorizations after becoming chronically ill.鈥&苍产蝉辫; Social Science & Medicine 67: 1837-1846.

Crooks V.A. and A. Williams (2008) 鈥溾&苍产蝉辫; BMC Palliative Care 7:14.

Crooks, V.A., M. Dorn and R.D. Wilton (2008) 鈥淓merging Scholarship in the Geographies of Disability.鈥&苍产蝉辫; Health & Place 14(4): 883-888.

Cinnamon, J, N. Schuurman and V.A. Crooks (2008) 鈥溾 BMC Health Services Research 8:140.

Chouinard, V. and V.A. Crooks (2008) 鈥淣egotiating Neo-Liberal Environments in British Columbia and Ontario, Canada: Restructuring of state-voluntary sector relations and disability organizations鈥 struggles to survive.鈥&苍产蝉辫; Environment & Planning C: Government and Policy 26(1): 173-190.

Dunning, H., A. Williams, S. Abonyi and V.A. Crooks (2008) 鈥淎 Mixed Method Approach to Quality of Life Research: A Case Study Approach.鈥&苍产蝉辫; Social Indicators Research 85(1): 145-158.

Crooks, V.A. and N. Schuurman (2008) 鈥淩eminder: palliative care is a rural medicine issue.鈥 Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine 13(3): 139-140.

Williams, A.M. and V.A. Crooks (2008) 鈥淪pace, Place, and the Geographies of Women鈥檚 Caregiving Work.鈥&苍产蝉辫; Gender, Place, & Culture 15(3): 243-347.

Crooks, V.A. and G. Agarwal (2008) 鈥淐hronically ill patients鈥 and family caregivers鈥 perspectives on the use of computer technologies in family practice: implications for the development of informational continuity of care.鈥&苍产蝉辫; In J.B. Garner and T.C. Christiansen (eds.) Social Sciences in Health Care and Medicine.  New York: Nova Science Publishers.  Pp. 167-180.

 

2007

Crooks, V.A., A. Williams, K. Stajduhar, D. Allan and S.R. Cohen (2007) 鈥淭he Information Transfer and Knowledge Acquisition Geographies of Family Caregivers: An Analysis of Canada鈥檚 Compassionate Care Benefit.鈥&苍产蝉辫; Canadian Journal of Nursing Research 39(3): 36-54.

Crooks, V.A. (2007) 鈥淲omen鈥檚 experiences of developing musculoskeletal diseases: employment challenges and policy recommendations.鈥&苍产蝉辫; Disability & Rehabilitation 29(14): 1107-1116.

Crooks, V.A. (2007) 鈥淓xploring the altered daily geographies and lifeworlds of women living with fibromyalgia syndrome: a mixed-method approach.鈥&苍产蝉辫; Social Science & Medicine 64(3): 577-588.

Masuda, J.R. and V.A. Crooks (2007) 鈥(Re)thinking the scales of lived experience.鈥 Area 39(3): 257-258.

Crooks, V.A. and J.D. Evans (2007) 鈥淭he writing鈥檚 on the wall: decoding the interior space of the hospital waiting room.鈥&苍产蝉辫; In A. Williams (ed.) Therapeutic Landscapes. Aldershot and Vermont: Ashgate Publishers.  Pp. 165-180.

 

2006

Crooks, V.A. (2006) 鈥溾&苍产蝉辫; ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies 5(1): 50-69.

Crooks, V.A. and V. Chouinard (2006) 鈥淎n Embodied Geography of Disablement: Chronically Ill Women鈥檚 Struggles for Enabling Places in Spaces of Health Care and Daily Life.鈥&苍产蝉辫; Health & Place 12(3): 345-352.

Williams, A., Crooks, V.A., Stajduhar, K., Cohen, R. and D. Allan (2006) 鈥淐anada鈥檚 Compassionate Care Benefit: Views of family caregivers in chronic illness.鈥&苍产蝉辫; International Journal of Palliative Nursing 12(8): 438-449.

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