Sociology of Health and Illness Monograph Series
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Current titles
Materialities of Care: Encountering Health and Illness Through Artefacts and Architecture (2018)
edited by Christina Buse, Daryl Martin and Sarah Nettleton
Ageing, Dementia and the Social Mind (2017)
edited by Paul Higgs and Chris Gilleard
The Sociology of Healthcare Safety and Quality (2016)
edited by Davina Allen, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Jane Sandall and Justin Waring
Children, Health and Well-being: Policy Debates and Lived Experience (2015)
edited by Geraldine Brady, Pam Lowe and Sonja Olin Lauritzen
From Health Behaviours to Health Practices: Critical Perspectives (2014)
edited by Simon Cohn
Pandemics and Emerging Infectious Diseases: The Sociological Agenda (2013)
edited by Robert Dingwall, Lily M Hoffman and Karen Staniland
The Sociology of Medical Screening: Critical Perspectives, New Directions (2012)
edited by Natalie Armstrong and Helen Eborall
Body Work in Health and Social Care: Critical Themes, New Agendas (2011)
edited by Julia Twigg, Carol Wolkowitz, Rachel Lara Cohen and Sarah Nettleton
Technogenarians: Studying Health and Illness Through an Ageing, Science, and Technology Lens (2010)
edited by Kelly Joyce and Meika Loe
Communication in Healthcare Settings: Policy, Participation and New Technologies (2009)
edited by Alison Pilnick, Jon Hindmarsh and Virginia Teas Gill
Pharmaceuticals and Society: Critical Discourses and Debates (2009)
edited by Simon J. Williams, Jonathan Gabe and Peter Davis
Ethnicity, Health and Health Care: Understanding Diversity, Tackling Disadvantage (2008)
edited by Waqar I. U. Ahmad and Hannah Bradby
The View From Here: Bioethics and the Social Sciences (2007)
edited by Raymond de Vries, Leigh Turner, Kristina Orfali and Charles Bosk
The Social Organisation of Healthcare Work (2006)
edited by Davina Allen and Alison Pilnick
Social Movements in Health (2005)
edited by Phil Brown and Stephen Zavestoski
Health and the Media (2004)
edited by Clive Seale
Partners in Health, Partners in Crime: Exploring the Boundaries of Criminology and Sociology of Health and Illness (2003)
edited by Stefan Timmermans and Jonathan Gabe
Rationing: Constructed Realities and Professional Practices (2002)
edited by David Hughes and Donald Light
Rethinking the Sociology of Mental Health (2000)
edited by Joan Busfield
Sociological Perspectives on the New Genetics (1999)
edited by Peter Conrad and Jonathan Gabe
The Sociology of Health Inequalities (1998)
edited by Mel Bartley, David Blane and George Davey Smith
The Sociology of Medical Science (1997)
edited by Mary Ann Elston
Health and the Sociology of Emotion (1996)
edited by Veronica James and Jonathan Gabe
Medicine, Health and Risk (1995)
edited by Jonathan Gabe
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Originally published as Volume 40, Issue 2 of The Sociology of Health & Illness
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Christina Buse Department of Sociology, University of York, UK
Daryl Martin Department of Sociology, University of York, UK
Sarah Nettleton Department of Sociology, University of York, UK
Julie Brownlie School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, UK
Helen Spandler School of Social Work, University of Central Lancashire, UK
Kate Weiner Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield, UK
Catherine Will Department of Sociology, University of Sussex, UK
Gemma Mangione Teachers College, Columbia University, USA
Christian Heath School of Management and Business, King's College London, UK
Paul Luff School of Management and Business, King's College London, UK
Marcus Sanchez-Svensson InUse Ab, Malmo, Sweden
Maxim Nicholls Anaesthesia, critical care and acute pain management, Wye Valley NHS Trust, Hereford, UK
Susan E. Bell Department of Sociology, Drexel University, USA
Paul Jones Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology, University of Liverpool, UK
Julia Twigg Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
Julie Ellis Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield, UK
Melanie Lovatt Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK
Joanna Latimer SATSU, Department of Sociology, University of York, York, UK