The Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology

Contributors
Masahira Anesaki, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Nihon University School of
Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Ellen Annandale, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Leicester University,
Leicester, England.
Ofra Anson, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion
University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Sara Arber, Ph.D., Professor and Head, Department of Sociology, University of
Surrey, Guildford, England.
B. Singh Bolaria, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Carol A. Boyer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor and Associate Director, Institute for
Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, Rutgers University, New
Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
Roberto Castro, Ph.D., Coordinator of the Research Program on Health,
Violence, and Society, Regional Center for Multidisciplinary Research, National
Autonomous University of Mexico, Cuernavaca, Mexico.
Meei-shia Chen, Ph.D., Professor and Director, Department of Public Health,
College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.