Position/s:
Associate Dean (Research)
Associate Professor
Phone:
(08) 8201 5353Fax:
(08) 8201 1602
Email:
sheryl.delacey@flinders.edu.au
Location:
N216Postal address:
Sheryl de Lacey c/o School of Nursing & Midwifery Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, South Australia 5001 AustraliaQualifications
RN, Dip.App.Sci(Nurs), B.App.Sci(Nurs), MA(Adelaide), PhD (Flinders)
Teaching interests
Undergraduate and Postgraduate Research, Reproductive Health, Assisted Reproductive Technology, Biological Donation, Bioethics, Undergraduate Nursing, Higher Degrees Supervision.
Research interests
Current projects
de Lacey, S, Rogers, W, Naffine, N, Braunack-Mayer, A, Richards, B & Ballantyne, 'A consent in the void: moral, legal and community values in decisions about human biological donations’.
de Lacey, S, Sayers, S & Graham, A ‘Embryo donation: a study of the perspectives on family relationships and child welfare of embryo donors and embryo recipients’.
de Lacey, S, Tremellen, K & Lane, M ‘Women’s reproductive decision-making in relation to the ‘egg-timer test’ and oocyte storage’.
de Lacey, S, Lane, M & Davies, M ‘A cohort study of the storage, management and outcomes of human embryos in South Australia 1994-2004’.
Completed projects
Wang, J, de Lacey, S, Davies, M, Taplin, J, Alvino, H & Norman, R ‘A study of patients’ understanding of pregnancy rate and risk of adverse outcomes’.
de Lacey, S ‘ Embryo disposition: a study of the attitudes and values of patients in decision-making about their excess human embryos’.
de Lacey, S ‘All for nothing: a post-modern reading of the thwarted search for motherhood through infertility treatment, unpublished thesis for the award of PhD, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA.
deLacey, S ‘Beyond self interest: donor's views of egg donation’, unpublished thesis presented for the award of Master of Arts (Women’s Studies), University of Adelaide.
Professional and community engagement
Member: Fertility Society of Australia, Fertility Nurses of Australasia, Australian & New Zealand Infertility Counsellors Association, European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (Special Interest Group—Ethics & Law), Ethics Centre for South Australia, Australian Bioethics Association. Ministerial Appointee, South Australian Council on Reproductive Technology (2007-2010), Ministerial Appointee, Eligibility Review Panel (1999), Member, Advisory Committee, Pregnancy Advisory Clinic (2006), NHMRC, Australian Health Ethics Committee, Review of supplementary note 5 sub-committee: Research involving women who are pregnant and the foetus or foetal tissue (2005), NHMRC Australian Health Technology Assessment Committee, Working Party on Assisted Reproduction (1996-98), NHMRC Australian Health Ethics Committee, Working Party on Assisted Reproduction guidelines (1994-96), NHMRC Women’s Health Committee (1995), National Bioethics Consultative Committee (1989-1994).
Journal articles—Refereed
de Lacey, S, Davies, M, Homan, G, Briggs, N & Norman, R 2007, ‘One embryo or two?: what factors and perceptions influence women’s decisions for single embryo transfer during in vitro fertilisation treatment’. (Submitted to Human Reproduction April 2007.)
de Lacey, Sheryl 2007, ‘Patient’s decisions for the fate of frozen embryos: fresh insights into their thinking and rationales for donating or discarding embryos’, Human Reproduction, vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 1751-1758.
de Lacey, S 2006, ‘Patient’s attitudes to their embryos and their destiny—social conditioning?’, Controversies in assisted reproductive technologies, Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology. (in press—available online at: http://www.sciencedirect.com)
de Lacey, S 2006, ‘Commercialisation in embryo research—is disclosing profit to embryo donors enough?’, Human Reproduction, vol. 21, no. 7, pp. 1662-1667.
de Lacey, S & Brown, S 2006, ‘Trigger shot administration in EDs’, Australian Journal of Emergency Nursing, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 135-136.
de Lacey, Sheryl 2005, ‘Parent standpoint and virtual children: why patients discard rather than donate embryos to another couple’, Human Reproduction, vol. 20, no. 6, pp. 1661-1669.
Norman, RJ, de Lacey, S & Wang, JX 2005, ‘Recombitant or urinary gonadotrophins—an Australian perspective’, Reproductive Biomedicine Online, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 543-544.
Davies, Michael, de Lacey, Sheryl & Norman, Robert 2005, ‘Towards less confusing terminology in reproductive medicine: clarifying medical ambiguities to the benefit of all’, Human Reproduction, vol. 20, no. 10, pp. 2669-2671.
de Lacey, Sheryl & Norman, RJ 2004, ‘What should we do with donated embryos that may be genetically affected?’, Human Reproduction, vol. 19, no. 6, pp. 1-4.
de Lacey, Sheryl 2002, ‘IVF as lottery or investment: contesting metaphors in discourses of infertility’, Nursing Inquiry, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 43-51.
de Lacey, Sheryl 1998, ‘Assisted reproduction: who qualifies?’, Collegian: Journal of the Royal College of Nursing Australia, vol. 5, no. 4, October, pp. 28-36.
Book chapters
Sandelowski, Margarete & de Lacey, Sheryl 2001, ‘The uses of a ‘disease’: infertility as rhetorical vehicle’, in Marcia Inhorn & Frank Van Balen (eds), Infertility around the globe: new thinking on childlessness, gender, and reproductive technologies, University of California Press, US.
Published abstracts—Refereed
Allan, HT, Finnerty, G, Westwood, O, de Lacey, S, Payne, D & Barber, D 2007, ‘The socio-cultural context of care delivery in new reproductive technologies: the impact of new reproductive technologies on interdisciplinary roles within fertility clinics’, British Sociological Association.
de Lacey, S 2006, ‘Women’s reproductive effort: the missing ingredient in the regulation of embryo research’, 8th World Congress of Bioethics & the 6th International Congress of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, Beijing, China, August.
de Lacey, S 2006, 'Patient’s decisions for residual embryos: outcomes of a qualitative follow-up study of IVF patients in South Australia', 22nd Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, Prague, Czech Republic, 18-21 June.
de Lacey, S 2005, Preserving embryos and ‘paying forward’: patients who donate embryos to other patients, Fertility Society of Australia, Christchurch, New Zealand.
de Lacey, S 2004, ‘Why do couples decide to discard rather than donate excess embryos?’, Fertility Society of Australia, Adelaide.
de Lacey, Sheryl, Albury, Rebecca, Gunson, Jessica S, & Ripper, Margie 2004, ‘Revisiting new reproductive technologies in the 21st century’, The Sociological Association of Australia, Beechworth.
de Lacey, S 2004, ‘Why do couples decide to discard rather than donate excess embryos?’, The Sociological Association of Australia, Beechworth.
de Lacey, S & Norman, R 2004, ‘Screening out donated embryos that may be genetically affected: should we discard them?’, IFFS, Montreal 23-28 May.
de Lacey, S & Norman, R 2004, ‘Should parents of ‘genetically dubious’ embryos be allowed to donate them to another couple?’, poster presentation, Fertility Society of Australia, Perth.
de Lacey, S 2001, ‘The politics of women’s conversations: what are we doing about women who do not become mothers?’, 4th Australian Women’s Health Conference, Adelaide, February 19-21.
de Lacey, S 2001, ‘Is having IVF treatment the same as tossing dice?’, The 12th International Congress on Women’s Health Issues, Wilmington, North Carolina, June 20-23.
de Lacey, S 2001, ‘Do IVF and gambling have anything in common?: how should we view recipients of our care?’, Contesting conversations in practice, education, research and policy, Adelaide, November 4-7.
de Lacey, S 2001, ‘Women’s narratives about disciplining their bodies in IVF treatment’, The 7th World Congress on Fertility and Sterility, Melbourne, November 25-30.
Other outputs
National Health and Medical Research Council 2003, Adequacy of supply of excess ART embryos for research, confidential report to Council of Australian Governments.