Matthew Tieu

Dr Matthew Tieu

School of Public Health

College of Health


My work demonstrates how philosophy, ethics, and the social sciences underpin, inform, and shape our understanding and practice of healthcare. A large part of my work is therefore conceptual and theoretical, but grounded in scientific and practical realities.

In my previous research roles I have led and assisted in numerous qualitative research and theory development projects across a broad range of areas including aged and dementia care, digital health technology, user experience (UX) research, knowledge translation, cancer survivorship, health sociology, healthcare related life course theory development, health simulation, and health professions education. I have also taught applied ethics, analytic philosophy, and political theory at the University of Adelaide and Flinders University. 

Outside of academia I have worked in various project management, policy analysis, stakeholder engagement, social advocacy, and professional consultancy roles.

Year Citation
2026 Lawless, M. T., Tieu, M., Golley, R. K., & Kitson, A. L. (2026). Defining Life Stages and Mapping Care Trajectories: A Narrative Review of Life-Course Theories, Models and Frameworks. Journal of Advanced Nursing.
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2025 Pinero de Plaza, M. A., Hutchinson, C., Beleigoli, A., Tieu, M., Lawless, M., Conroy, T., . . . Kitson, A. A. (2025). The Caring Life Course Theory: Opening new frontiers in care-A cardiac rehabilitation example. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 81(8), 5163-5180.
DOI Scopus8 WoS11 Europe PMC7
2025 Tieu, M. (2025). Cancer Survivorship and the Significance of an Integrated Diachronic Life Course Perspective.. Sociology of health & illness, 47(2), e70012-1-e70012-15.
DOI Scopus4 WoS4 Europe PMC4
2025 Pollock, D., Marley, C., McBride, G., Dias, M., Kanukula, R., Hasanoff, S., . . . Davies, E. (2025). Simulated clinical placements in health care education: a scoping review and evidence and gap map protocol. JBI Evidence Synthesis, 23(6), 1207-1220.
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2025 Pinero de Plaza, M. A., Gulyani, A., Bulto, L. N., Allande-Cussó, R., Pearson, V., Lange, B., . . . Hendriks, J. M. (2025). Telehealth as a Care Solution for Homebound People: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Healthcare Utilization, Quality of Life, and Well-Being Outcomes. Health and Social Care in the Community, 2025(1), 1-32.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2025 Lisy, K., Tieu, M., Gore, C., Schofield, P., Chan, R. J., Emery, J., . . . Jefford, M. (2025). Oncologist and General Practitioner Perspectives of Shared Care for Colorectal Cancer Survivors: A Qualitative Study. Psycho Oncology, 34(7), 12 pages.
DOI Europe PMC1
2025 Lawless, M. T., Tieu, M., Archibald, M. M., Pinero De Plaza, M. A., & Kitson, A. L. (2025). From Promise to Practice: How Health Researchers Understand and Promote Transdisciplinary Collaboration. Qualitative Health Research, 35(1), 3-16.
DOI Scopus11 WoS10 Europe PMC1
2024 Tieu, M., Cussó, R. A., Collier, A., Cochrane, T., Pinero de Plaza, M. A., Lawless, M., . . . Kitson, A. (2024). Care biography: A concept analysis. Nursing Philosophy, 25(3), e12489-1-e12489-14.
DOI Scopus10 WoS10 Europe PMC8
2024 Tieu, M. (2024). The machine of caring: A book review of Philosophy of Care By Boris Groys, London, New York: Verso Books. 2022. pp. 112. $22.95 AUD. ISBN: 9781839764929. Nursing Philosophy, 25(1), e12465-1-e12465-2.
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2024 Tieu, M., & Matthews, S. (2024). The Relational Care Framework: Promoting Continuity or Maintenance of Selfhood in Person-Centered Care. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 49(1), 85-101.
DOI Scopus13 WoS12 Europe PMC6
2024 Lawless, M. T., Tieu, M., Golley, R., & Kitson, A. (2024). How and where does "care" fit within seminal life-course approaches? A narrative review and critical analysis. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 80(3), 871-883.
DOI Scopus11 WoS11 Europe PMC7
2023 Tieu, M., & Kitson, A. L. (2023). Care Depersonalized: The Risk of Infocratic “Personalised” Care and a Posthuman Dystopia. The American Journal of Bioethics, 23(9), 89-91.
DOI Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC2
2023 Mudd, A., Feo, R., Pinero de Plaza, M. A., Tieu, M., Paia, S. Y., Cleland, J., . . . Lange, B. (2023). The Use of Digital Technologies in the Inpatient Setting to Promote Communication During the Early Stage of an Infectious Disease Outbreak: A Scoping Review. Telemedicine and e-Health, 29(2), 172-197.
DOI Scopus3 WoS4 Europe PMC3
2023 Chan, R. J., Knowles, R., Hunter, S., Conroy, T., Tieu, M., & Kitson, A. (2023). From Evidence-Based Practice to Knowledge Translation: What Is the Difference? What Are the Roles of Nurse Leaders?. Seminars in Oncology Nursing, 39(1), 151363-1-151363-6.
DOI Scopus12 WoS9 Europe PMC7
2023 Lawless, M. T., Tieu, M., Chan, R. J., Hendriks, J. M., & Kitson, A. (2023). Instruments Measuring Self-Care and Self-Management of Chronic Conditions by Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Scoping Review. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 42(7), 1687-1709.
DOI Scopus26 WoS26 Europe PMC20
2023 Tieu, M., Lawless, M., Hunter, S. C., Pinero de Plaza, M. A., Darko, F., Mudd, A., . . . Kitson, A. (2023). Wicked problems in a post-truth political economy: a dilemma for knowledge translation. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 10(1), 280-1-280-11.
DOI Scopus9 WoS8 Europe PMC3
2023 Chan, R. J., Milch, V. E., Crawford-Williams, F., Agbejule, O. A., Joseph, R., Johal, J., . . . Hart, N. H. (2023). Patient navigation across the cancer care continuum: An overview of systematic reviews and emerging literature. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 73(6), 565-589.
DOI Scopus200 WoS192 Europe PMC171
2022 Pinero de Plaza, M. A., Beleigoli, A., Brown, S., Bulto, L. N., Gebremichael, L. G., Nesbitt, K., . . . Hendriks, J. M. (2022). Effectiveness of telehealth versus standard care on health care utilization, health-related quality of life, and well-being in homebound populations: a systematic review protocol.. JBI Evidence Synthesis, 20(11), 2734-2742.
DOI Scopus4 WoS4 Europe PMC2
2022 Sivertsen, N., Abigail, W., Tieu, M., Eastman, M., McCloud, C., Thomson, W., & Tonkin, H. (2022). What women want: Women’s health in Rural and Regional Australia – Insights from an interprofessional research collaboration between academic researchers, nursing clinicians, and industry professionals. Health and Social Care in the Community, 30(5), e2236-e2244.
DOI Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC5
2022 Tieu, M., Mudd, A., Conroy, T., Pinero de Plaza, A., & Kitson, A. (2022). The trouble with personhood and person-centred care. Nursing Philosophy, 23(3), e12381-1-e12381-14.
DOI Scopus36 WoS34 Europe PMC22
2021 Tieu, M. (2021). Truth and diversion: Self and other-regarding lies in dementia care. Bioethics, 35(9), 857-863.
DOI Scopus9 WoS9 Europe PMC6
2021 Lawless, M. T., Tieu, M., Feo, R., & Kitson, A. L. (2021). Theories of self-care and self-management of long-term conditions by community-dwelling older adults: A systematic review and meta-ethnography. Social Science & Medicine, 287, 114393-1-114393-16.
DOI Scopus55 WoS50 Europe PMC39
2009 Tieu, M. M. (2009). Altruistic surrogacy: The necessary objectification of surrogate mothers. Journal of Medical Ethics, 35(3), 171-175.
DOI Scopus47 WoS33 Europe PMC12
2008 Tieu, M. M. (2008). Surrogate Motherhood and the Politics of Reproduction. MEDICINE HEALTH CARE AND PHILOSOPHY, 11(4), 491-492.

2023 - National Foundation for Australia China Relations (NFACR) Grants Program ($300k) - Principle Investigator

2022 - Cancer Australia - Priority-driven Collaborative Cancer Research Scheme ($479k) - Principle Investigator

My philosophy of teaching and learning is captured by Noam Chomsky's views here on what it means to be truly educated. 

I previously taught the following topics in the Department of Philosophy at the School of Humanities.

  • PHIL1100 – Mind, Knowledge and God
  • PHIL1101 – Argument and Critical Thinking
  • PHIL1102 – Mind and World
  • PHIL1103 – Morality, Society and the Individual
  • PHIL2035/3035 – Foundations of Modern Philosophy
  • PHIL2036/3036 – How Should I Live? Contemporary Ethical theories

I have also taught related topics at Flinders University. Click here for details


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