Sociology of Health and Illness
SCOPUS (1979-2023)SSCI-ISI
0141-9889
1467-9566
Anh Quốc
Cơ quản chủ quản: WILEY , Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Lĩnh vực:
Health (social science)Health PolicyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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The methodology of Focus Groups: the importance of interaction between research participantsAbstract What are focus groups? How are they distinct from ordinary group discussions and what use are they anyway? This article introduces focus group methodology, explores ways of conducting such groups and examines what this technique of data collection can offer researchers in general and medical sociologists in particular. It concentrates on the one feature whi... ...
Tập 16 Số 1 - Trang 103-121 - 1994
Sociology of diagnosis: a preliminary reviewAbstract Diagnoses are the classification tools of medicine, and are pivotal in the ways medicine exerts its role in society. Their sociological study is commonly subsumed under the rubrics of medicalisation, history of medicine and theory of disease. Diagnosis is, however, a powerful social tool, with unique features and impacts which deserve their own specific ana... ...
Tập 31 Số 2 - Trang 278-299 - 2009
‘Ignorance is bliss sometimes’: constraints on the emergence of the ‘informed patient’ in the changing landscapes of health informationAbstract In this paper we describe and analyse results from an empirical study designed to provide insight into factors facilitating and/or inhibiting the emergence of the much‐heralded ‘informed patient’ and its sociological equivalent, the ‘reflexive patient’ or ‘reflexive consumer’. In particular, we seek to examine the relationship between information and empower...
Tập 25 Số 6 - Trang 589-607 - 2003
The practice of medical technologyAbstract In this article, we review 25 years of sociological scholarship published inSociology of Health and Illness on medical technologies. We divide the literature into three theoretical perspectives: technological determinism views medical technology as a political force to shape social relationships, social essentialism emphasizes how me...
Tập 25 Số 3 - Trang 97-114 - 2003
Theorising class, health and lifestyles: can Bourdieu help us?Abstract What is the relationship between class, health and life‐styles, and to what extent does health‐related knowledge influence subsequent behaviour? These issues have been a source of considerable debate for medical sociologists and others concerned with promoting ‘healthier’ life‐styles over the years. Yet despite a wealth of empirical material, there has been... ...
Tập 17 Số 5 - Trang 577-604 - 1995
Is There a Place for Geography in the Analysis of Health Inequality?This paper considers how ideas and evidence concerning geographical health variation are used in discourses relating to health inequalities. We consider the different concepts of space and place which are employed in these debates. Much of the discussion in the literature focuses on the relative importance of compositional and contextual effects in determining health variation between diff... ...
Tập 20 Số 5 - Trang 645-672 - 1998
Accounts of health and illness: Dilemmas and representationsAbstract This paper argues that people's views of health and illness are best understood as accounts that they give to others. In that sense, such beliefs are neither the expression of fixed inner attitudes, nor evidence for shared social representations. Instead, we emphasise the importance of seeing health talk as both ideological and dilemmatic. The paper explore... ...
Tập 18 Số 2 - Trang 220-240 - 1996
Theorising Inequalities in Health: The Place of Lay KnowledgeThis paper contributes to the development of theory and research on inequalities in health. Our central premise is that these are currently limited because they fail adequately to address the relationship between agency and structure, and that lay knowledge in the form of narrative has a significant contribution to make to this endeavour. The paper is divided into three sections. In the fi... ...
Tập 20 Số 5 - Trang 619-644 - 1998
Mortality, the Social Environment, Crime and ViolenceStarting out from the relationship between income equality and indicators of social cohesion and social trust, this paper explores the social processes which might account for the relationship between greater income equality and lower population mortality rates. We note that: homicide shows an even closer relationship to income inequality than does mortality from all other causes combined;... ...
Tập 20 Số 5 - Trang 578-597 - 1998
The impact of management on medical professionalism: a reviewAbstract In the last three decades, medical doctors have increasingly been exposed to management control measures. This phenomenon has been reflected in a number of studies in various disciplines, including sociology, organisation studies, management, and health service research. This article seeks to provide a comprehensive overview of the studies dealing with the ... ...
Tập 34 Số 4 - Trang 626-644 - 2012