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In­ge­borg Rose Vad

Ph.d. Fellow

Emner
Sundhed Offentlig sektor Kvalitativ metode Sociologi Inklusion Velfærd

Primary research areas

Health­care sys­tems
Med­ic­al so­ci­ology
Or­gan­iz­a­tion Stud­ies

I aim to bring pa­tient per­spect­ives to the cen­ter of re­search on health­care.

I am interested in the organization of healthcare and how organizational factors affect health and illness. Especially, I am concerned with social inequality and vulnerability in relation to healthcare organization. My research focuses on cancer treatment among individuals with mental illness. In my research, I investigate the experiences of treatment courses, collaboration between sectors, and organizational barriers from the points of view of cancer patients with mental illness in the Danish social psychiatric sector.  

In my research, I use qualitative, ethnographic methods to observe patients in their everyday life and in the healthcare sector. I am curious about how participatory approaches can be used when conducting research with a vulnerable patient group. 

Recent research projects

Or­gan­iz­ing Men­tal Ill­ness and Can­cer (MENCA)

The MENCA pro­ject is fun­ded by the Dan­ish Can­cer So­ci­ety. The pro­ject aims at in­vest­ig­at­ing the or­gan­iz­a­tion of can­cer treat­ment among pa­tients with a pre-ex­ist­ing men­tal ill­ness.