Research in the Sociology of Health Care

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ISSN: 0275-4959

Editor: Professor Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld
Subject: Health Care Management / Healthcare (view other series in this subject area) 
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Editorial Objectives

Research in the Sociology of Health Care covers health, health care services, and sociological concerns. Each volume addresses an issue of importance in both the US health care system and health care systems across the world.

Previously covered topics include:

• Research on social inequalities
• Social disparities
• Chronic diseases
• Population health
• Research on access, quality and utilization of health care services

Theoretical, qualitative and quantitative papers deal with complex understandings of macro system issues in the following areas:

• The impact of the patient and individual factors on health and health care
• The impact of the provider and interaction between providers and patients
• Gender, race and poverty as sources of inequality in modern societies

Articles vary greatly in their coverage, with some focusing on the US as a whole, and others on specific sections of the US or subgroups within the population such as African American women or the elderly. Other articles focus on issues from an international or comparative perspective.

Each volume includes information that is essential reading for medical sociologists and people working in other social science disciplines studying health-related issues. The volume also provides vital information for health services researchers, policy analysts and public health researchers.

Just Published

Volume 33 - Education, Social Factors, and Health Beliefs in Health and Health Care

This volume provides a unique sociological focus on education, social factors and health beliefs in health and health care, including a review of the literature to date.

The Editor

Professor Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld is a faculty member of the Cente of Popular Dynamics at Arizona State University. She conducts research in medical sociology, especially in health care utilization, health care behavior and aging, as well as more broadly health across the life course and health policy issues. With some of the CePod faculty and other ASU faculty, she is currently working on a variety of issues related to adolescent obesity. She is also working on projects on utilization of health care services using national databases such as the Health Interview Survey and MEPS, including issues relating to specialty care use and CAM (complementary and alternative medicine). Professor Kronenfeld has conducted research in a variety of topics related to child health, including recruitment into SCHIP (state child health insurance program), obesity and immunization. Professor Kronenfeld is a past chair of the medical sociology section, American Sociological Association, and past secretary of the Medical Care section, American Public Health Association and a Fellow of the American Academy of Health Behavior.

Research in the Sociology of Health Care is included in:

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• International Bibliography of Social Sciences
• Scopus
• Thomson Reuters Book Citation Index
• The Database for Statistics on Higher Education, Norway (Level 1)

Contact the Editorial Team

Series Editor
Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld 
Arizona State University, USA
[email protected]

Publisher
Jen McCall
[email protected]

Publication ethics

This publication adopts the Emerald Publication Ethics guidelines which fully support the development of, and practical application of consistent ethical standards throughout the scholarly publishing community.
 

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Online table of contents

For more information about any of the volumes listed below, or to purchase a print copy, please click on the relevant volume title:

• Special Social Groups, Social Factors and Disparities in Health and Health Care, Volume 34
• Education, Social Factors, and Health Beliefs in Health and Health Care, Volume 33
• Technology, Communication, Disparities and Government Options in Health and Health Care Services, Volume 32
• Social Determinants, Health Disparities and Linkages to Health and Health Care, Volume 31
• Issues in Health and Health Care Related to Race/Ethnicity, Immigration, SES and Gender, Volume 30
• Access to Care and Factors that Impact Access, Patients as Partners in Care and Changing Roles of Health Providers, Volume 29
• The Impact of Demographics on Health and Health Care: Race, Ethnicity and Other Social Factors, Volume 28
• Social Sources of Disparities in Health and Health Care and Linkages to Policy, Population Concerns and Providers of Care , Volume 27
• Care for Major Health Problems and Population Health Concerns: Impacts on Patients, Providers and Policy, Volume 26
• Inequalities and Disparities in Health Care and Health: Concerns of Patients, Providers and Insurers , Volume 25
• Access, Quality and Satisfaction with Care: Concerns of Patients, Providers and Insurers , Volume 24
• Health Care Services, Racial and Ethnic Minorities and Underserved Population: Patient and Provider Perspectives, Volume 23
• Chronic Care, Health Care Systems and Services Integration, Volume 22
• Reorganizing Health Care Delivery Systems: Problems of Managed Care and Other Models of Health Care Delivery , Volume 21
• Social Inequalities, Health and Health Care Delivery , Volume 20
• Changing Consumers and Changing Technology in Health Care and Health Care Delivery, Volume 19
• Health, Illness and Use of Care: The Impact of Social Factors, Volume 18
• Health Care Providers, Institutions, and Patients: Changing Patterns of Care Provision and Care Delivery, Volume 17
• Quality, Planning of Services, and Access Concerns: Impacts on Providers of Care, Health Care Institutions, and Patients, Volume 16
• Consumers and Evolving Health Care Delivery System: Necessary Changes for Providers of Care, Volume 14
• Patients, Consumers, Providers and Care Givers, Volume 12

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