The Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology

Contributors ix
William C. Cockerham, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Medicine, and Public
Health and Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Alabama at Birmingham,
Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Harley D. Dickinson, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology and Director of the Social
Research Unit, University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Elena Dmitrieva, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology and Politics and Chair
of Communicative Technologies, Nevsky Institute of Language and Culture,
St. Petersburg, Russia.
David Field, Ph.D., Professor, Center for Palliative Care Studies, Institute of
Cancer Research, London, England.
Eugene Gallagher, Ph.D., Professor of Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine,
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
OÈ rjan HemstroÈ m, Ph.D., Research Associate in the Department of Sociology,
Stockholm University, and at the National Institute for WorkingLife, Stockholm,
Sweden.
Professor Hana JanecÏkovaÂ, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Public Health,
Postgraduate Medical School, Prague, Czech Republic.
Olaf von dem Knesebeck, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Medical
Sociology, DuÈ sseldorf University, DuÈ sseldorf, Germany.
Eero Lahelma, Ph.D., Professor of Medical Sociology, Department of Public
Health, University of Helsinki, Finland.
Deborah Lupton, Ph.D., Associate Professor in Cultural Studies and Cultural
Policy and Director, Centre for Cultural Risk Research, Charles Sturt University,
Bathurst, Australia.
Professor Tsunetsugu Munakata, Dr. H.Sc., Professor of Health Behavioral
Science, Institute of Health and Sports Sciences, University of Tsukuba,
Tsukuba, Japan.
Sarah Nettleton, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and Social Work,
University of York, Heslington, York, England.
Charles Ngwena, LL.B., L.L.M., Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Department
of Procedural Law, Vista University, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Everardo Duarte NunÄ es, Sc.D., Professor of Social Sciences, College of Medical
Sciences, Campinas State University, SaÄo Paulo, Brazil.