Welcome to the BSA Medical Sociology Group 44th Annual Conference 2012

The BSA Medical Sociology Group Annual Conference is always an essential networking event for Medical Sociology academics and professionals. The group celebrates its 44th Anniversary conference in 2012 and interest in the field of Medical Sociology continues to increase. The conference programme includes research papers from all areas of study within the field of medicine, health and illness.  High profile plenary speakers have been selected for the 2012 conference:

• Kathy Charmaz, University of California, San Francisco and
• David Armstrong, King College London

With a broad and varied programme including symposia, poster presentations and social events we hope to continue to host the leading UK event for medical sociologists.  The conference will take place at the University of Leicester, from 5-7 September 2012.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Abstract submission is now open.  Papers, posters and other forms of presentation will be structured around streams that include:

1. Cancer 2. Citizenship and health 3. Complimentary and alternative medicines 4. Critical public health 5. Embodiment and Emotion 6. Ethics 7. Ethnicity 8. Experiences of health and illness 9. Evidence 10. Gender 11.Health Policy 12.Health Service Delivery 13. Health Care Organisations 14. Screening and diagnosis

15. STS and medicine 16. Individual, Collective and Global Risk 17. Inequalities 18. Lifecourse - reproductive health; chronic conditions; ageing; death and dying 19. Mental Health 20. Methods 21. Patient –professional interaction 22. Pharmaceuticals 23. Politics of Health 24. Professions 25. Theory 26. Open Stream

The abstract submission deadline is 20 April 2012. 

Who should attend? 

Delegates attending the BSA Medical Sociology Group Annual Conference include Sociology and Medicine academics, and in addition to these, the conference always attracts health professionals such as, nurses, doctors, medical social workers and community health workers and postgraduates from across both the UK and internationally.

It provides a rare opportunity for publishers with titles in health and illness to bring lists to the attention of important sections of the target community. We welcome a wide range of books in the sociology of health and illness, politics of health care and health policy, women’s health, health and ethnicity, reproduction, prevention, health education and promotion, disability, genetics, ageing, the social history of medicine and specific health problems such as HIV/AIDS.