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Contact Details

Phone
64 3 479 5767
Email
chrystal.jaye@otago.ac.nz
Position
Professor and Associate Dean (Postgraduate), Division of Health Sciences
Department
Department of Primary Health Care (Dunedin)
Qualifications
BA(Hons) PGDipTertT PhD
Research summary
Chrys is a medical anthropologist who applies an anthropological imagination to health studies.
Teaching

Convenes GENA 825: Culture, Health, and Society. Available to supervise Masters’ and PhD research.

Memberships
General Editor of Sites: A journal of social anthropology and cultural studies

Research

Medical education and the hidden curriculum, teamwork in clinics, communities of practice and communities of clinical practice, general practice and public health, medical anthropology and sociology studies in NZ healthcare, moral economy and moral capital, ageing studies, death and dying.

Additional details

Named co-investigator on HRC Partnerships for NZ Health Delivery funded project 2010 Healthcare Otago Charitable Trust

Publications

Hussain, F. M., Jaye, C., Cameron, C., & Stokes, T. (2026). From values to practice: Exploring health workforce choices in a Small Island Developing State. Proceedings of the Australian & New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators (ANZAHPE) Conference: Weaving Connection Nau te routou, naku te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi. 495. Retrieved from https://www.anzahpe.org Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Winters, J. P., Walker, S., Pickering, N. J., & Jaye, C. (2025). Conduit or conductor? Physician providers' descriptions of their role as MAiD assessors in the first years after legalisation in Canada. Journal of Medical Ethics. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1136/jme-2024-110518 Journal - Research Article

Fernandes, L. G., Davies, C., Jaye, C., Hay-Smith, J., & Devan, H. (2025). “We do not stop being Indigenous when we are in pain”: An integrative review of the lived experiences of chronic pain among Indigenous peoples. Social Science & Medicine, 373, 117991. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.117991 Journal - Research Article

Penfield Winters, J., Jaye, C., Pickering, N. J., & Walker, S. (2025). Providing medically assisted dying in Canada: A qualitative study of emotional and moral impact. Journal of Medical Ethics, 51(6), 400-410. doi: 10.1136/jme-2024-110137 Journal - Research Article

Jaye, C., McLean, R., Lin, J., Beardsmore, K., & George, D. (2024). An evaluation of the New Zealand SilverTech smartphone course for older adults. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 44(8), 1338-1348. doi: 10.1177/07334648241306941 Journal - Research Article

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