Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Extra Issue 1995

Forty Years of Medical Sociology: The State of the Art and Directions for the Future

Guest Editors: Mary Fennell and Bernice A. Pescosolido.

Cover and Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Editor's Statement

Brief Essay:

Time for Creative Integration in Medical Sociology
Sol Levine

Special Reviews:

Health, Illness, and Healing in an Uncertain Era: Challenges From and For Medical Sociology
Bernice A. Pescosolido and Jennie J. Kronefeld

Naming and Framing: The Social Construction of Diagnosis and Illness
Phil Brown

Stress, Coping, and Social Support Processes: Where Are We? What Next?
Peggy A. Thoits

Social Conditions as Fundamental Causes of Disease
Bruce G. Link and Jo Phelan

Medical Sociology and the Study of Severe Mental Illness: Reflections on Past Accomplishments and Directions for Future Research
Judith A. Cook and Eric R. Wright

Women's Health Research: Public Policy and Sociology
Judith D. Auerbach and Anne E. Figert

Professional Dynamics and the Changing Nature of Medical Work
Frederic W. Hafferty and Donald W. Light

Through the Lenses of Organizational Sociology: The Role of Organizational Theory and Research in Conceptualizing and Examining Our Health Care System
Ann Barry Flood and Mary L. Fennell

Medical Sociology and Health Policy: Where Are the Connections?
Bradford H. Gray and Sarah R. Phillips