Chrystal Jaye

Chrystal Jaye is a New Zealand medical anthropologist, and is a full professor at the University of Otago, specialising in social science in health care. She has researched social discourse around euthanasia, prevention of age-related workplace injuries, and rural health and wellbeing.

Chrystal Jaye
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Otago
Academic work
Institutions	University of Otago

Academic career

Jaye is a medical anthropologist.^[1] Jaye completed a Bachelor of Arts, a PhD and a Postgraduate Diploma of Tertiary Teaching at the University of Otago. Jaye then joined the faculty of the University of Otago, rising to associate professor in 2012,^[2] and full professor in 2023.^[3][4] Since 2020, Jaye has been the Associate Dean (Postgraduate) for the Division of Health Sciences at the university.^[5][3] She has previously been head of the university's General Practice and Rural Health Department.^[6]

Jaye has varied research interests. She has published on the need for greater interventions in the workplace to prevent injuries for older workers.^[7] That study found that during their study period, more than a fifth of traumatic work injuries ACC claims were for workers aged 55–79 years.^[7] The researchers pointed out that as the number of people working past retirement age is predicted to double by 2036, more would be need to be done to reduce hazards.^[7]

Jaye also conducted an analysis of social media discourse related to the End of Life Choice Act 2019 on euthanasia, and investigated spirituality in a hospice setting.^[8] Another research interest is rural health and well-being, especially how the Mycoplasma bovis outbreak affected farmers.^[3]

Selected works

• Tony Egan; Chrystal Jaye (1 January 2009). "Communities of clinical practice: the social organization of clinical learning". Health. 13 (1): 107–125. doi:10.1177/1363459308097363. ISSN 1363-4593. PMID 19103718. Wikidata Q37356706.
• Richard Egan; Rod MacLeod; Chrystal Jaye; Rob McGee; Joanne Baxter; Peter Herbison (November 2011). "What is spirituality? Evidence from a New Zealand hospice study". Mortality. 16 (4): 307–324. doi:10.1080/13576275.2011.613267. ISSN 1357-6275. Wikidata Q60684071.
• Chrystal Jaye (1 October 2002). "Doing qualitative research in general practice: methodological utility and engagement". Family Practice. 19 (5): 557–562. doi:10.1093/FAMPRA/19.5.557. ISSN 0263-2136. PMID 12356712. Wikidata Q30332008.
• Chrystal Jaye; Tony Egan; Sarah Parker (1 August 2006). "'Do as I say, not as I do': Medical Education and Foucault's Normalizing Technologies of Self". Anthropology and Medicine. 13 (2): 141–155. doi:10.1080/13648470600738450. ISSN 1364-8470. PMID 27267978. Wikidata Q47193699.
• Chrystal Jaye; Jason Hope; Isobel R Martin (27 September 2002). "What do general practice patients know about their prescription medications?". The New Zealand Medical Journal. 115 (1162): U183. ISSN 0028-8446. PMID 12386662. Wikidata Q39633630.
• Chrystal Jaye; Tony Egan; Kelby Smith-Han (1 April 2010). "Communities of clinical practice and normalising technologies of self: learning to fit in on the surgical ward". Anthropology and Medicine. 17 (1): 59–73. doi:10.1080/13648470903569388. ISSN 1364-8470. PMID 20419517. Wikidata Q51773651.
• Chrys Jaye; Murray Tilyard (1 May 2002). "A qualitative comparative investigation of variation in general practitioners' prescribing patterns". British Journal of General Practice. 52 (478): 381–386. ISSN 0960-1643. PMC 1314293. PMID 12014535. Wikidata Q34221719.