… to appreciate the scope of the sociology of health and illness. The study of health, illness and
society will … These include the analysis of medical knowledge, lay perceptions of health and …

… the mainstreaming of the sociology of medicine and its re-designation as 'health and illness'.
… units and continuing the epidemiological tradition of work started by the nineteenth-century …

… I highlight the value of visual methodology projects within qualitative approaches to … techniques
in the sociology of health and illness are examined, drawing mainly on studies in the field…

… We do this to demonstrate to students the empirical basis of sociology, the origin of sociological
knowledge, and the fascinating types of research conducted in medical sociology. We …

… for sociological concern with the problem of health and illness is proposed here, one which
draws on the … the words death and life for the words illness and health, we come closer to …

… services, and the influence of medical industries, and to direct our primary attention to the
social production of disease and illness and the social organization of the medical care system…

… , health and illness are inevitably caught up in the social relationships that constitute our
everyday lives and the … On the other hand, the sociological study of health and illness, as has …

… ■ Provides a curriculum for the comprehensive training of professionals across the ■ … of
mental health and related services for the elderly. The authors, recognized ■ authorities in the …

… This constitutes our third core feature of recent work within the sociology of health and illness.
The … that our sense of what the body is and what it might become is increasingly uncertain. …

… of disciplines, not just sociology researchers. Also we empha… a sociological account; hence
we have retained the indefinite … that the sociology of health and illness (or ‘medical sociology’…