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Dr

Helen MacDonald

Honorary
Historical and Philosophical Studies
arts & humanities
history & philosophy of science
science & technology
history
life sciences & biomedicine
health care sciences & services
humans
history, 20th century
death
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Helen MacDonald

 
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Primary Interest
Cultural histories of organ transplantation
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Projects

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Spare Parts: The Cultural History of Organ Transplantation

Organ transplantation is of considerable contemporary concern to Australians. Despite decades of campaigns seeking organ donors, this countr..

2011 - 2017
Completed
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POSSESSING THE DEAD, THE ARTFUL SCIENCE OF ANATOMY

This project has applied benefits which lie in its ability to stimulate and inform broad participation in an important contemporary national..

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Projects

Project Types

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Research Grant

Scholarly Works

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Telerehabilitation for Chronic Respiratory Disease: A Cochrane Systematic Review

NS Cox, S Dal Corso, CF McDonald, CJ Hill, P O'Halloran, H Macdonald, P Zanaboni, JA Alison, H Hansen, AE Holland

Conference Proceedings  |  2020  |  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

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Corpse Stories: Anatomy, Bodies and a Colonial World

H MACDONALD

Book Chapter  |  2017

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Crossing the Rubicon: Death in 'The Year of the Transplant'

Helen MacDonald

Journal article  |  2017  |  MEDICAL HISTORY

How death should be measured was a subject of intense debate during the late 1960s, and one in which transplant surgeons had a par..

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The Hanged Man and the Body Thief: Finding Lives in a Museum Mystery

Helen MacDonald

Journal article  |  2016  |  AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL STUDIES

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The Transplant Imaginary: Mechanical Hearts, Animal Parts, and Moral Thinking in Highly Experimental Science

Helen MacDonald

Journal article  |  2015  |  BULLETIN OF THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE

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Guarding the Public Interest: England's Coroners and Organ Transplants, 1960-1975

Helen MacDonald

Journal article  |  2015  |  JOURNAL OF BRITISH STUDIES

From the mid-twentieth century, England's coroners were crucial to the supply of organs to transplant, as much of this material wa..

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Conscripting Organs: "Routine Salvaging" or Bequest? The Historical Debate in Britain, 1961-75

Helen Macdonald

Journal article  |  2015  |  JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND ALLIED SCIENCES

The period 1961-76 was one of marked contestation in Britain about how organs should be obtained from recently deceased people's b..

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Review of Fiona Hutton's The Study of Anatomy in Britain, 1700-1900

HP MacDonald

Journal article  |  2014  |  Social History of Medicine

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Considering Death: The Third British Heart Transplant, 1969

HP MacDonald

Journal article  |  2014  |  Bulletin of the History of Medicine

On May 29, 1969, London’s newspapers carried dramatic headlines:“Donor’s Heart ‘Switched Off’ by Doctors.” Margaret Sinsbury had d..

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Unclaimed and Indecent: Burial Practices in Hobart

HP MacDonald

Journal article  |  2013  |  Agora (Sungrapho)

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Keyword Analysis

Historical Studies
Understanding Past Societies
Expanding Knowledge
History and Philosophy of Specific Fields
Art History, Theory and Criticism
Cardiovascular Medicine and Haematology
Clinical Health
Ethics

Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2006

Victorian Premier's Literary Award for a First Book of History

State Library of Victoria
2006

Ernest Scott Prize, Shortlist

Australian Historical Association
2005

Max Kelly Medal

History Council of New South Wales

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Honorary

Historical and Philosophical Studies

Member, Editorial Board

Editorial Board, Australian Historical Studies

Member

Australian Historical Association

Member, Advisory Board

Advisory Board, Writing Centre for Scholars and Researchers

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

University of Melbourne

Master of Arts (honours)

University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Arts (honours)

Monash University