Carl May
FAcSS
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(born 1961, in
Farnham
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,
Surrey
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) is a British
sociologist. He researches in the fields of
medical sociology
Medical sociology is the sociological analysis of health, Illness, differential access to medical resources, the social organization of medicine, Health Care Delivery, the production of medical knowledge, selection of methods, the study of action ...
and
Implementation Science. Formerly based at
Southampton University and
Newcastle University
Newcastle University (legally the University of Newcastle upon Tyne) is a public research university based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It has overseas campuses in Singapore and Malaysia. The university is a red brick university and a mem ...
, he is now Professor of Health Systems Implementation at the
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is a public university, public research university in Bloomsbury, central London, and a constituent college, member institution of the University of London that specialises in public hea ...
. Carl May was elected an
Academician
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Accor ...
of the
Academy of Learned Societies in the Social Sciences
An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...
in 2006. He was appointed a Senior Investigator at the
National Institute for Health and Care Research
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) is the British government's major funder of clinical, public health, social care and translational research. With a budget of over £1.2 billion in 2020–21, its mission is to "impr ...
(NIHR) in 2010. He was elected an Honorary Fellow of the
Royal College of General Practitioners
The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) is the professional body for general (medical) practitioners (GPs/ Family Physicians/ Primary Care Physicians) in the United Kingdom. The RCGP represents and supports GPs on key issues including ...
in 2020. He has honorary professorial appointments in primary care at the
University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne (colloquially known as Melbourne University) is a public university, public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in the state ...
, and in public health at
Monash University
Monash University () is a public university, public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia. Named after World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the ...
.
May is best known for his contributions to
Implementation Science and his work is represented by many studies of the interaction between health technologies and their users. In
Implementation Science his work investigates how innovations become routinely embedded in health care and other organizational systems. This research has led to
Normalization Process Theory
Normalization process theory (NPT) is a sociological theory, generally used in the fields of science and technology studies (STS), implementation research, and healthcare system research. The theory deals with the adoption of technological and o ...
, developed with Tracy Finch and others, including
Victor Montori. This is a
sociological theory
A sociological theory is a that intends to consider, analyze, and/or explain objects of social reality from a sociological perspective,Macionis, John and Linda M. Gerber. 2010. ''Sociology'' (7th Canadian ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson ...
of the
implementation
Implementation is the realization of an application, execution of a plan, idea, scientific modelling, model, design, specification, Standardization, standard, algorithm, policy, or the Management, administration or management of a process or Goal ...
, embedding, and integration of new technologies and organizational
innovations. May and colleagues have applied Normalization Process Theory to explaining patient non-compliance with treatment, proposing that a proportion of non-compliance is structurally induced by healthcare systems themselves as patients are overburdened by treatment. To counter this, they have proposed
Minimally Disruptive Medicine,
[May C, Montori VM, Mair FS. We need minimally disruptive medicine. BMJ 2009;339:b2803] which seeks to take account of its effects on patients' workload.
References
External links
Normalization Process Theory Website
Carl May's academia.edu pageCarl May's personal website*
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1961 births
Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences
Academics of Newcastle University
British sociologists
Medical sociologists
People from Farnham
Living people
Academics of the University of Southampton
Science and technology studies scholars
NIHR Senior Investigators
Philosophers of technology