Sociology of Health and Illness Monograph Series
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Cardiff School of Social Sciences
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Current titles
Children, Health and Well-being: Policy Debates and Lived Experience
edited by Geraldine Brady, Pam Lowe and Sonja Olin Lauritzen
From Health Behaviours to Health Practices: Critical Perspectives
edited by Simon Cohn
Pandemics and Emerging Infectious Diseases: The Sociological Agenda
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
This edition first published 2015
Originally published as Volume 37, Issue 2 of The Sociology of Health & Illness
Chapters © 2015 The Authors.
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Geraldine Brady Centre for Communities and Social Justice, Coventry University, UK
Pam Lowe School of Languages and Social Sciences, Aston University, UK
Sonja Olin Lauritzen Department of Education, Stockholm University, Sweden
Disa Bergnehr Department of Child Studies, Linköping University, Sweden
Karin Zetterqvist Nelson Department of Child Studies, Linköping University, Sweden
Ellie Lee SSPSSR Cornwallis Building, University of Kent, UK
Jan Macvarish CHSS, University of Kent, UK
Gillian M. Martin Department of Sociology, University of Malta, Malta
Stephanie A. Alexander School of Public Health, l'Université de Montréal, Canada
Caroline Fusco Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto, Canada
Katherine L. Frohlich Institut de recherche en santé publique de l'Université de Montréal, University of Montréal, Canada
Terese Wilhelmsen Norwegian Centre for Child Research, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Randi Dyblie Nilsen Norwegian Centre for Child Research, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Lise Mogensen Medical Education Unit, School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Jan Mason School of Social Sciences and Psychology, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Sarah Bernays London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Janet Seeley London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK and MRC/UVRI Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Uganda
Tim Rhodes London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Zivai Mupambireyi Centre for Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Research, Zimbabwe and University College, London, UK
Marie-Louise Stjerna Södertörn University, School of Culture and Education, Sweden
Laura Jenkins University of Sheffield, UK
Berry Mayall Social Science Research Unit, UCL Institute of Education, University of London, UK