Choice and Constraint in Healthcare

Monday, 7 July 2025: 15:00-16:45
Location: FSE030 (Faculty of Education Sciences (FSE))
RC15 Sociology of Health (host committee)

Language: English

The language of choice permeates contemporary health, medicine and healthcare. ‘Choice’ implies individual control over the exercise of options and self-responsibility for decisions. But what does ‘choice’ mean in healthcare systems confronting constraints of many kinds: epistemological, financial, sociocultural, political, and technical? This session will explore how the logic and language of choice manifests in and shapes views on and practices regarding health, medicine and healthcare, whether these be at the personal, institutional or societal level. Papers will discuss the dynamics of ‘choice’ in relation to issues such as views on responsibility for health and care, on access to certain roles in healthcare, and on the financing of treatment and care.
Session Organizer:
Jonathan GABE, Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom
Chair:
Lindsay BALFOUR, United Kingdom
Oral Presentations
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Health Insurance Governance and Regulatory Frameworks in Kosovo
Besnik FETAHU, Public International Business College Mitrovica, Kosovo
Joints, Eyes and Public Services: Autoethnographic Reflection on the Logic of (Self)Care during War
Valerii MILOSERDOV, Ukraine
Mapping the Thematic Evolution of Qualitative Approaches in Food Environment Research: A Bibliometric Analysis (1995-2025).
Bruna MENEGASSI, University of Salamanca, Spain; Jesus RIVERA NAVARRO, Salamanca university, Spain; Isotta MAC FADDEN, Department of Sociology and Communication, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Salamanca, Spain
Healthy Food in Spanish Urban Adolescents from a Qualitative Perspective
Guadalupe RAMOS-TRUCHERO, University of Valladolid, Spain; Jesus RIVERA NAVARRO, Salamanca university, Spain; Raquel VIDAL BLANCO, Spain
“Coming to” Paramedicine: Discursively Exploring How Paramedics “Choose” to Become a Paramedic
Morgan KING-ROSKAMP, Canada
"Easy Way out" or Empowered Choice? Examining the Online Lived Experiences of Bariatric Surgery Patients
Mario VENTURELLA, INDIRE, Italy
Training, Expectations, and Opportunities in Italian Medical Schools: A Gender Perspective
Domenico CARBONE, University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy; Joselle DAGNES, University of Torino, Italy; Arianna ANTINORI, University of Eastern Piedmont "Amedeo Avogadro", Italy; Arianna RADIN, UniversitïÂz½ delgi studi di Torino, Italy; Sarah GINO, University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy; Barbara MOGNETTI, University of Torino, Italy; Marta RUSPA, University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy
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