journal of sociology of health and illness

  1. Hutan

    Mapping the Social Organisation of Neglect in the Case of Fibromyalgia: Using Smith's Sociology for People...Literature Review, 2025, Cupit et al

    Fibromyalgia is a syndrome characterised by persistent unexplained pain and fatigue. People with fibromyalgia report receiving little support to manage symptoms, difficult interactions with healthcare practitioners and stigma associated with this contested condition. In this article, we employ...
  2. Andy

    Working knowledge, uncertainty and ontological politics: An ethnography of UK long covid clinics, 2024, Greenhalgh et al

    Abstract Long covid (persistent COVID-19) is a new disease with contested aetiology and variable prognosis. We report a 2-year ethnography of UK long covid clinics. Using a preformative lens, we show that multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) built working knowledge based on shared practices, mutual...
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  3. Sly Saint

    Getting back to normal? Identity and role disruptions among adults with Long COVID 2023,Spence et al

    Abstract Long COVID is a novel chronic illness with a variety of symptoms that people who have labelled themselves ‘long-haulers’ experience for an extended duration following a COVID-19 infection. We draw on in-depth interviews conducted in March–April 2021 with 20 working-aged adults in the...
  4. Sly Saint

    The long tail of COVID and the tale of long COVID: Diagnostic construction and the management of ignorance 2022 Barker et al

    Abstract We bring together insights from the sociology of diagnosis and the sociology of ignorance to examine the early diagnostic unfolding of ‘Long COVID’ (LC). Originally described by patient activists, researchers set out to ponder its unwieldy clinical boundaries. Using a scoping review...
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