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*British Sociological Association*
*London Medical Sociology Group*
*Wednesday 9th April*
*Clive Seale - Brunel University
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'Mapping the field of medical sociology: a comparative analysis of
journals/'*
/Abstract/
A comparative keyword analysis of the content of nine leading journals
is used to suggest potential new directions for medical sociology. The
major British and American journals in sociology and medical sociology
tend to publish authors based in their own countries, contrasting with
the internationalism of other social science disciplines relevant to
health, although Sociology of Health and Illness is an exception to
this. Medical sociology journals on both sides of the Atlantic focus on
individual experience more than general sociology journals, which focus
more on social systems levels of analysis. While journal contents reveal
British medical sociology to be relatively atheoretical when compared
with British general sociology journals, American medical sociology
appears relatively apolitical on the same comparison with American
general journals. American journals of sociology publish more
quantitative studies than their British equivalents, more studies
concerning race and other social divisions in American society, and less
work drawing on social constructionist perspectives or that is engaged
with social theory. Analysis of health and health care at societal and
global levels and a deeper engagement with the political and public
issues that concern non-sociologists represents a possible future for a
medical sociology that is internationally relevant and outward looking.
*Venue*
King's College London
Franklin Wilkins Building
Room 1.16
Stamford Street
London SE1 8WA
nearest train/tube station: Waterloo
Everyone is welcome to attend the LMSG meeting. The group has no formal
membership.
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