Michael Wilson

Michael Wilson

Adelaide Nursing School

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Michael's research interests currently (2023) focused on the impact of social forces (e.g., law, professions, employers) impact nurses' responses to requests for voluntary assisted dying (VAD) in South Australia. Does Australia's most restrictive VAD law promote gatekeeping in nurses' decisions to support or inhibit a person's request for an assisted death?

Also working with a research team led by Dr Jayne Hewitt and Professor Melissa Bloomer at Griffith University, investigating private healthcare providers' readiness to accommodate VAD law requirements in Queensland.

Past research has surveyed Australian nurses and New Zealand doctors and nurses about their willingness to participate in assisted dying when it becomes legal. Before that, my research interests were in service improvements in mental health, and drug and dietary interventions on metabolic and cardiovascular risk factors.

  • Journals
    Year Citation
    2022 Oliver, P., Wilson, M., McLaren, C., & Jonquiere, R. (2022). Providing Legal Assisted Dying and Euthanasia Services in a Global Pandemic: Lessons for Ensuring Service Continuity. Omega (United States), 20 pages.
    DOI Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC1
    2021 Wilson, M., Wilson, M., Edwards, S., Cusack, L., & Wiechula, R. (2021). Role of attitude in nurses' responses to requests for assisted dying.. Nursing ethics, 28(5), 670-686.
    DOI Scopus5 WoS4 Europe PMC1
    2021 Wilson, M., Ostroff, C., Wilson, M. E., Wiechula, R., & Cusack, L. (2021). Profiles of intended responses to requests for assisted dying: a cross-sectional study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 124, 104069.
    DOI Scopus1 WoS1
    2020 Wilson, M. R., Wiechula, R., Cusack, L., & Wilson, M. (2020). Nurses' intentions to respond to requests for legal assisted dying: a Q-methodological study.. J Adv Nurs, 76(2), 642-653.
    DOI Scopus3 WoS2 Europe PMC1
    2019 Wilson, M. R., Oliver, P., & Malpas, P. (2019). Nurses’ views on legalising assisted dying in New Zealand: a cross-sectional study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 89, 116-124.
    DOI Scopus10 WoS9 Europe PMC3
    2017 Oliver, P., & Malpas, P. (2017). New Zealand doctors’ and nurses’ views on legalising assisted dying in New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 130(1456).
    2014 Byrne, L., Wilson, M., Burke, K. J., Gaskin, C. J., & Happell, B. (2014). Mental health service delivery: a profile of mental health non-government organisations in south-east Queensland, Australia. AUSTRALIAN HEALTH REVIEW, 38(2), 202-207.
    DOI WoS1
    2013 Sutton, D., Wilson, M., Van Kessel, K., & Vanderpyl, J. (2013). Optimizing arousal to manage aggression: A pilot study of sensory modulation. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH NURSING, 22(6), 500-511.
    DOI WoS46 Europe PMC19
    2012 Stewart, M. W., Wilson, M., Bergquist, K., & Thorburn, J. (2012). Care coordinators: A controlled evaluation of an inpatient mental health service innovation. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH NURSING, 21(1), 82-91.
    DOI WoS8 Europe PMC8
    2012 Stewart, M. W., Wilson, M., Bergquist, K., & Thorburn, J. (2012). Care coordinators: A controlled evaluation of an inpatient mental health service innovation. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH NURSING, 21(1), 82-91.
    DOI WoS8 Europe PMC8
    1996 Swinburn, B. A., Carmichael, H. E., & Wilson, M. R. (1996). Dexfenfluramine as an adjunct to a reduced-fat, ad libitum diet: Effects on body composition, nutrient intake and cardiovascular risk factors. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY, 20(11), 1033-1040.
    WoS14 Europe PMC9

  • Committee Memberships
    Date Role Committee Institution Country
    2022 - ongoing Member Voluntary Assisted Dying : Education and Training Work Group South Australia Health Australia
    2022 - ongoing Member Voluntary Assisted Dying: Clinical Guidelines Working Group SA Health Australia
Connect With Me
External Profiles