Mapping the Sociology of Health and Medicine

This book studies the sociology of health and medicine across three different countries, the USA, UK and Australia, examining the nature of disciplines and their specialties and posing sociological questions about the formation of intellectual fields and their social relations.

"This handsomely produced book provides a muscular reworking of past studies of disciplines and medical sociology at a time when "professors are increasingly marginalized" (p. 71). Universities are no longer envisioned as centers of scholarship but as institutions run by professional managers for training highly skilled workers and for producing intellectual capital. Given what she found in her survey, some serious discussions about the role, values, and functions of both the specialty and discipline would be timely." - Donald W. Light, American Journal of Sociology 119(1)

"Mapping the Sociology of Health and Medicine is unique and fascinating and highly recommended." - Stephanie Doris Short, Health Sociology Review

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Autorentext
FRAN COLLYER Sociologist at the University of Sydney, Australia, National Convenor of the Health Section of The Australian Sociological Association, a member of the Health Governance Network, and former editor of the Health Sociology Review. She has previously published Public Enterprise Divestment: Australian Case Studies.

Inhalt
List of Illustrations Theoretical Frameworks and Beginnings Past and Present: Three National Sociologies of Health and Medicine Disciplines, Professions and Specialities The Study and its Methods National Trends in the Sociology of Health and Medicine Since 1990 Old Roads and New Pathways: Reflections, Conclusions and a Way Forward End Notes References Index and Glossary