New Issue of Sociology of Health & Illness is Now Available

July 1, 2009

Sociology of Health & Illness (Volume 31, Issue 2, March 2009) is now available by subscription only.

Articles Include:

  • “Bridging gaps in risk discourse: home care case management and client choices” by Christine Ceci and Mary Ellen Purkis, 201-214.
  • “The impact of pay-for-performance on professional boundaries in UK general practice: an ethnographic study” by Suzanne Grant, Guro Huby, Francis Watkins, Kath Checkland, Ruth McDonald, Huw Davies, and Bruce Guthrie, 229-245.
  • “Doing accountability: a discourse analysis of research ethics committee letters” by Michelle O’Reilly, Mary Dixon-Woods, Emma Angell, Richard Ashcroft, and Alan Bryman, 246-261.
  • “Practising Open Disclosure: clinical incident communication and systems improvement” by Rick Iedema, Christine Jorm, John Wakefield, Cherie Ryan, and Stewart Dunn, 262-277.

Book Reviews Include:

  • HIV in South Africa: talking about the big thing – by Squire, C.” by Catherine Kohler Riessman, 300-301.
  • Health, Technology and Society: A Sociological Critique – by Webster, A” by Tiago Moreira, 301-302.
  • Sociologies of Disability and Illness – by Thomas, C.” by Sarah Cunningham-Burley, 302-303.
  • Disability Rights and Wrongs – by Shakespeare, T.” by Cassandra Phillips, 303-304.
  • Medicines and Society: Patients, Professionals and the Dominance of Pharmaceuticals – by Britten, N” by Paul Bissell, 304-305.
  • The Politics of Healthcare in Britain – by Harrison, S. and McDonald, R” by David J Hunter, 306-307.