Established in 1959

Research into the sociology of health and illness is the primary objective of RC 15. It supports individual scholars, institutions, and associations that are concerned with such research. It promotes information exchange and scientific meetings at regional, national, and international levels. It encourages the generation of sociological knowledge that enables health professional administrators, officials, and planners to improve the delivery of health services in the domains of prevention, management, cure, and rehabilitation. It also stimulates the thinking of health scholars in search of the most vital concepts and analytical frameworks for understanding health and illness in society.

Statutes

President
William C. Cockerham, University of Alabama-Birmingham, USA, wcocker@uab.edu
Vice-President
Ellen Annandale, Leicester University, UK, eca7@le.ac.uk
Secretary and Treasurer
Robert Dingwall, University of Nottingham, UK, Robert.Dingwall@nottingham.ac.uk
Board members at large
Ishwar Modi, India International Institute of Social Sciences, The Universe, India
Jonathan Gabe, University of London, UK
Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, McMaster University, Canada
Leah Gilbert, Witwatersrand University, South Africa
Christopher Ntau, University of Botswana, Botswana

Past Boards

RC11 Sociology of Aging
RC46 Clinical Sociology
RC49 Mental Health and Illness
RC52 Sociology of Professional Groups

At least two Newsletters a year, distributed by mail and e-mail.
Editor: Ellen Kuhlmann, Germany, e.c.kuhlmann@bath.ac.uk

- March 2010 [pdf file, 461KB]
- October 2009 [pdf file, 221KB]
- April 2009 [pdf file, 280KB]
- October 2008 [pdf file, 420KB]
- April 2008 [pdf file, 190KB]
- October 2007 [pdf file, 351KB]
- May 2007 [pdf file, 293KB]

Dues USD 60 (USD 20 discount) for a 4 year period. ISA membership registration form is available on https://secured.com/~f3641/formisa.htm