Allied Health Insights Vol.2, No.12: The Sociology of Allied Health Professions
NAIDOC Week 2023
AHP Workforce honours the contributions made by First Nations elders to healthcare outcomes and their collaboration with allied health practitioners. Through their consultation and collaborative work, healthcare services align with the needs and values of First Nations communities.
Acknowledgement of Country
We would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we live and work. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present, and emerging, and acknowledge the ongoing connection and contribution they make to the life of this country. We recognise that this land holds deep cultural, spiritual, and historical significance for the First Nations people. We acknowledge the wisdom, traditions, and custodianship of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their unique and enduring relationship with this land.
Featured in this edition
- In what way are AHPs “allied” and to whom, and why have they become identified in this way? Are their current roles changing in a way which makes the term more or less meaningful? Professor Alan Borthwick looks at why the term “allied health” is so well recognised and acknowledged but so poorly defined.
- The Allied Health Professions: A Sociological Perspective, co-authored by Professor Susan Nancarrow and Professor Alan Borthwick, compares the allied health professions both as a collective and as individual disciplines, in Australia and the United Kingdom (UK). We provide a sneak peek at the work and look at why sociology is important for the allied health professions.
- Author David A. Nicholls looks at the importance of social theory or social constructivist ways of thinking for allied health undergraduates.
