RC15 Sociology of Health

Program Coordinators:

Guido GIARELLI, University Magna, Italy, guido_giarelli@tin.it

Amelie QUESNEL-VALLEE, McGill University, Canada, amelie.quesnelvallee@mcgill.ca


Sessions:


Aging Society and New Welfare Policies

Aging, Health and Life Course: Theoretical Issues and Methodological Problems. Joint Special Session of the Global Health Sociology Network: ISA RC15, ESA RN16 and ESHMS

Constrained Choice and Health Disparities

Drug Use and Local and Global Public Policies of Health: New Tensions, Complementation or Changes for Not Change?

E-Health (Electronic Health) and Informaticization of Medicine

Exploring the Nexus of Health, Religion/Spirituality and Healing

Families and Health: An Emphasis on Same Sex Families

Gender, Health and Migration in Transnational Context. Rights, Policies, Accessibility

Health Inequalities in Comparative Perspective

Integrating Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Healthcare

Language on Health and Disease

Migration of Physicians and Nurses: Global Health (Non) Governance?

Missing in Action? Sociological Analysis and the Provision of Public/Private Healthcare

On Social Plasticity: The Transformative Power of Pharmaceuticals on Health, Nature and Identity

RC15 Roundtable session 1

RC15 Roundtable session 2

The Future Heath Workforce We Need: Professions, Policy and Planning. Part I

The Future Heath Workforce We Need: Professions, Policy and Planning. Part II

Towards a Comparative Perspective on Citizens’ and Civil Society Organizations’ Participation in Healthcare

Welfare States and Health Care Systems: In Search for Solutions to Social Inequalities in Health