Caryl Merryn Gott is a New Zealand social science academic specialising in

palliative care Palliative care (from Latin root "to cloak") is an interdisciplinary medical care-giving approach aimed at optimizing quality of life and mitigating or reducing suffering among people with serious, complex, and often terminal illnesses. Man ...

. She is currently a full professor at the

University of Auckland The University of Auckland (; Māori: ''Waipapa Taumata Rau'') is a public research university based in Auckland, New Zealand. The institution was established in 1883 as a constituent college of the University of New Zealand. Initially loc ...

Academic career

After a 2000

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titled '' 'Sexual activity, sexually transmitted diseases and risk behaviour among older adults' '' at the

University of Sheffield The University of Sheffield (informally Sheffield University or TUOS) is a public university, public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Its history traces back to the foundation of Sheffield Medical School in 1828, Fir ...

, She was appointed a full professor at the

. Gott won the 2014 Research Medal (now the

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) from the

New Zealand Association of Scientists The New Zealand Association of Scientists is an independent association for scientists in New Zealand. It was founded in 1941 as the New Zealand Association of Scientific Workers, and renamed in 1954.Gregory, G., 2013. Not to be forgotten: New ...

. In 2016 she was named NEXT Woman of the Year Health and Science In 2019, Gott was elected a

Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand A fellow is a title and form of address for distinguished, learned, or skilled individuals in academia, medicine, research, and industry. The exact meaning of the term differs in each field. In learned or professional societies, the term refers ...

. Gott is perhaps best known for working in bi-cultural palliative care.

Selected works

* Gott, Merryn, and Sharron Hinchliff. "How important is sex in later life? The views of older people."

Social Science & Medicine ''Social Science & Medicine'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering social science research that is relevant to health. The disciplines covered by the journal include anthropology, economics, geography, psychology, social epidemiology, soc ...

56, no. 8 (2003): 1617–1628. * Gott, Merryn, Elisabeth Galena, Sharron Hinchliff, and Helen Elford. "“Opening a can of worms”: GP and practice nurse barriers to talking about sexual health in primary care."

Family practice Family medicine is a medical specialty that provides continuing and comprehensive health care for the individual and family across all ages, genders, diseases, and parts of the body. The specialist, who is usually a primary care physician, is ...

21, no. 5 (2004): 528–536. * Gott, Merryn, Sharron Hinchliff, and Elisabeth Galena. "General practitioner attitudes to discussing sexual health issues with older people."

58, no. 11 (2004): 2093–2103. * Gott, Merryn, Jane Seymour, Gary Bellamy, David Clark, and Sam Ahmedzai. "Older people's views about home as a place of care at the end of life." Palliative medicine 18, no. 5 (2004): 460–467. * Gott, Merryn, and Sharron Hinchliff. "Barriers to seeking treatment for sexual problems in primary care: a qualitative study with older people."

20, no. 6 (2003): 690–695. * Broad, Joanna B., Merryn Gott, Hongsoo Kim, Michal Boyd, He Chen, and Martin J. Connolly. "Where do people die? An international comparison of the percentage of deaths occurring in hospital and residential aged care settings in 45 populations, using published and available statistics." International journal of public health 58, no. 2 (2013): 257–267.

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