Mapping the Sociology of Health and Medicine: America, Britain and Australia Compared

334 Pages·2012·1.678 MB·English

by  Fran Collyer (auth.)

Mapping the Sociology of Health and Medicine
AlsobyFranCollyer
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SouthAustralia2006(editor)
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Mapping the Sociology of
Health and Medicine
America, Britain and Australia Compared
Fran Collyer
UniversityofSydney,Australia
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This book is dedicated to Claire Williams, who taught me to be
rigorous with methodology but passionate about facts;
Bryan S. Turner, who provided my first opportunity to explore
medicine and health and showed me the enduring value of a
good yarn; Evan Willis, who has stood by as a constant
mentor, colleague and friend; Anna Yeatman, who showed me
how to get on with my work while keeping my head below the
trench wall; my mate Kevin White, who always says we should
never let facts get in the way of a good story, but agonises over
every word and date nevertheless; Stephanie Short, who has
always believed in me; Raewyn Connell, whose fearlessness
continues to inspire; and of course, Peter, without whom...
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Contents
ListofTables viii
Introduction 1
1 TheoreticalFrameworksandBeginnings 19
2 PastandPresent:ThreeNationalSociologiesofHealthand
Medicine 76
3 Disciplines,ProfessionsandSpecialities 139
4 TheStudyandItsMethods 167
5 NationalTrendsintheSociologyofHealthandMedicine
since1990 204
6 OldRoadsandNewPathways:Reflections,Conclusions
andaWayForward 255
Notes 277
References 279
Index 315
vii
Tables
4.1 Thejournals,1990–2010 177
4.2 Thetheoreticalframeworks 188
4.3 Healthormedicaltopics 194
4.4 Thedisciplinarydescriptors 201
5.1 Departmentsandschools 206
5.2 Departmentsandschools–Aggregated 209
5.3 Discipline/fieldidentities 211
5.4 Discipline/fieldidentities–Indetail 212
5.5 Common,dualdiscipline/fielddescriptors 214
5.6 Disciplineidentitiesandthesociologydepartments 217
5.7 Sociologicalidentitiesandmethod 220
5.8 Sociologicalidentitiesandtheuseoftheory 221
5.9 Divergentsociologies:Methodandtheory 225
5.10 Authorshipteams 227
5.11 Authorshipteamsovertime 229
5.12 Citationsbycountry 230
5.13 Subjectsandinterestsbycountry 236
5.14 Medicalsociologyfocusbycountry 239
5.15 Theoreticalframeworksbycountry 243
5.16 Externalresearchfunding 245
5.17 Externalresearchfundingandsponsorship 246
5.18 Externalresearchfundingandsponsorship–By
discipline 247
5.19 Orientationtowardsmedicine 248
5.20 Sociologists’orientationstowardsmedicine 249
5.21 Thefundingofresearchandorientationtowards
medicine 250
5.22 Orientationtowardsmedicinebyfundingandcountry 251
5.23 Sociologists,workunits,andorientationtowards
medicine 252
5.24 Orientationtowardsmedicinebyworkcontextand
country 253
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Introduction
Thisvolumeisacontributionfromwithinthesociologyofknowledgeto
on-goingdebatesaboutthehistoryofsociology,aboutthewayacademic
disciplines are formed, and how resilient they might be in the face of
rapid(andradical)changesintheuniversityenvironment.Itposesques-
tions about sociologists – the people who inhabit the discipline–and
theworktheydo.Itfurnishesanswerstosuchquestionsthroughacom-
parative study of the discipline in three countries, offering a history of
thesociologyofhealthandmedicineandaninvestigationofthecurrent
terrainofthisspecialityfield.
Thesociologyofhealthandmedicineisacurrentlyviableandflour-
ishingarenaofintellectualactivityfoundinmanycountries,including
Australia,theUnitedKingdomandtheUnitedStates.Asaspecialistfield
withintheuniversities,ithasdevelopedinstitutionallysinceabout1950
and currently represents about a quarter to one-third of the member-
shipofthesecountries’professionalassociations.Despitebeingamajor
areaofbothresearchandteaching,fewhistoriesofthefieldhavebeen
offered.As onemightexpect,some countrieshavebeen morecompre-
hensively studied than others, but to date the only monograph on the
historyofmedicalsociologyisaboutitsformationintheUnitedStates.
Even more rare have been substantial cross-national comparative anal-
yses. This monograph fills the gap, providing the growing population
of health and medical sociologists with a book about themselves, their
colleagues,theirdiscipline,andtheirhistory.
What’sinaname?
Sociological enquiry into the nature of health, illness and medicine is
knownbydifferentnamesacrosstheglobe.IntheUnitedKingdomthe
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