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Social Science & Medicine 70 (2010) 1866

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Social Science & Medicine

journal homepage: www.elsevier .com/locate/socscimed

Call for papers: Sociology of diagnosis: Negotiation, mediation and contingency

Annemarie Jutel, Sarah Nettleton

Social Science & Medicine is calling for papers for a special issueon the sociology of diagnosis to be guest edited by Annemarie Juteland Sarah Nettleton. Papers may focus on diagnosis as classificationor as process; on professional or lay-diagnosis; on the micro andmacro levels of diagnosis; or on any other aspect of the socialframing or consequences of diagnosis.

This special issue will provide the opportunity to crystallisediscussions and forge an innovative strand of work within thesociology of health and illness, and engage pertinent sociologicalquestions such as:

� What constitutes a diagnosis?� How is diagnosis negotiated within the clinic?� Howdo structural variables such as gender, ‘race,’ age, and classpermeate the diagnostic process?

� What are the social and experiential consequences of ‘expert’and ‘lay’ diagnoses?

� How do lay people identify and communicate diagnoses?

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� How, and/or to what extent, do market forces contribute to thefabrication and dissemination of a diagnostic category?

� To what extent are diagnoses contested, challenged and orpoliticised?

� What are the drivers and the consequences of innovations indiagnostic and predictive technologies?

� Will diagnosis have a different place within the surveillancemedicine of an increasingly risk-based social context?

The deadline for submission is 30th June 2010 and papersshould be submitted here http://ees.elsevier.com/ssm/. Whenasked to choose an Article Type, authors should stipulate “SpecialIssue Article”, and in the ‘Enter Comments’ box the title of theSpecial Issue should be inserted, plus any further acknowledge-ments. All submissions must meet the Social Science & Medicineguide for authors which can be found on the above website.

If you have any questions, please contact either Annemarie Jutelon ajutel@vodafone.co.nz or Sarah Nettleton on sjn2@york.ac.uk.