Social Science & Medicine

Special Issue

Sociology of Diagnosis: Negotiation, mediation and contingency

Guest Editors

Annemarie Jutel and Sarah Nettleton

Social Science and Medicine is calling for papers for a special issue on the

sociology of diagnosis to be guest edited by Annemarie Jutel and Sarah

Nettleton.  Papers may focus on diagnosis as classification or as process;

on professional or lay-diagnosis; on the micro and macro levels of

diagnosis; or on any other aspect of the social framing or consequences of

diagnosis.

This special issue will provide the opportunity to crystallise discussions

and forge an innovative strand of work within the sociology of health and

illness, and engage pertinent sociological questions such as:

*       What constitutes a diagnosis?

*       How is diagnosis negotiated within the clinic?

*       How do structural variables such as gender, 'race,' age, and class

permeate the diagnostic process?

*       What are the social and experiential consequences of 'expert' and 'lay'

diagnoses?

*       How do lay people identify and communicate diagnoses?

*       How, and/or to what extent, do market forces contribute to the fabrication

and dissemination of a diagnostic category?

*       To what extent are diagnoses contested, challenged and or politicised?

*       What are the drivers and the consequences of innovations in diagnostic and

predictive technologies?

*       Will diagnosis have a different place within the surveillance medicine of

an increasingly risk-based social context?

The deadline for submission is 30th June 2010 and papers should be submitted

here http://ees.elsevier.com/ssm/. When asked to choose an Article Type,

authors should stipulate "Special Issue Article", and in the 'Enter

Comments' box the title of the Special Issue should be inserted, plus any

further acknowledgements. All submissions must meet the Social Science &

Medicine guide for authors which can be found on the above website.

If you have any questions, please contact either Annemarie Jutel on

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