Liminality was described more than 20 years ago as a major category explaining how
cancer is experienced. Since then, it has been widely used in the field of oncology research …

Background In this article we outline Burden of Treatment Theory, a new model of the
relationship between sick people, their social networks, and healthcare services. Health …

This widely researched study demonstrates convincingly that neither grandiose promises
nor nightmare scenarios have much to do with actual care practices employing telecare …

Background Theories are important tools in the social and natural sciences. The methods by
which they are derived are rarely described and discussed. Normalization Process Theory …

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Whether we like it or not, human beings need food and shelter, and so do the animals that
live with them/us. 1 Someone has to harvest or slaughter; someone has to milk; someone …

Background Understanding how new clinical techniques, technologies and other complex
interventions become normalized in practice is important to researchers, clinicians, health …

Background There has been an increased focus towards improving quality of care within the
NHS in the last 15 years; as part of this, there has been an emphasis on the importance of …

Conceptualising the doctor‐patient relationship has been a central project for both medicine
and medical sociology. This paper seeks to show how an understanding of the distributed …

Historically, medical sociologists have used the interrelated concepts of objectification,
commodification, and standardization to point to the pathologies of modern medicine, such …