This paper explores the growth and social implications of what are regarded as highly
innovative technologies in health. Conventional medical sociology and the sociology of …

Medicine, health care, and the wider social meaning and management of health are
undergoing major changes. In part this reflects developments in science and technology …

This book presents a map of 150 years of social theory as it applies to technology. In
constructing this map I have aimed for as broad and as meaningful a representation of the …

This special monograph issue builds on sociology of health and illness scholarship and
expands the analytical lens to examine how old people, healthcare professionals, and …

In this article, we review 25 years of sociological scholarship published in Sociology of
Health and Illness on medical technologies. We divide the literature into three theoretical …

In this selective review of the literature on medical sociology's engagement with technology,
we outline the concurrent developments of the American Sociological Association section on …

In this editorial introduction, we explore how digital health is being explored at the
intersection of sociology of health and science and technology studies (STS). We suggest …

The first social transformation of American medicine institutionally established medicine by
the end of World War II. In the next decades, medicalization—the expansion of medical …

Much of the argument of this book has dealt in one way or another with the relationship
between technology and society. Rather than studying the social impact of technology, the …

This paper (re) considers the role of medical technology at three interrelated levels: first, the
extent to which medical technology renders our bodies increasingly “uncertain” at the turn of …