Current Online First Articles: A Digest

摘要: This new feature for MSo provides a personal selection of articles shortly to be published in range relevant journals ‐ Health; Qualitative Health Research (QHR); Social Science and Medicine (SSM); Sociology & Illness (SHI). The spread current certainly reflects the breadth medical sociology (both relation topics studied methods employed) its international reach. At quantitative end spectrum, Semyonov, Lewin-Epstein Maskileyson have analysed data from 16 countries order explore “wealth-health” gradient. “Where wealth matters more health: wealth-health gradient countries” (SSM). They found that, although average health national populations rises as economic resources increase, tie between does not weaken. However, equitable distribution improve at population level, but link is weakened. In SHI there another paper on “Suicide rates socioeconomic factors Eastern European after collapse Soviet Union” by Kolves, Milner Varnik. former USSR kept suicide secret unpublished until transition period 1990s when reporting suggested were increasing. number GPs was used proxy social integration regulation wider societal level. study shows that impacted Europe since Union. While Baltic Slavic republics Union decreased mid1990s, this region continues highest world, especially men. authors claim having educated doctors would increase available recognise treat potential suicides. Still addressing topic inequalities, focusing Norwegian experience Kravdal (SSM) addresses poorer cancer survival amongst unmarried examines role played co-morbidities. Drawing an ethnographic study, Spencer (Health) takes critical look notion empowerment young people offers conceptual framework understanding generative concept. She explains these forms capture synthesize individual, structural ideological elements power differentially, sometimes inconsistently, shape possibilities people. Another which looks relationship conceptualization behaviour featured website. Baart Widdershoven entitled “Bipolar disorder: idioms susceptibility disease ‘genes’ illness explanations”. reports focus group identified two contrasting orientations members Dutch Association People with Bipolar Disorder. particular explores implications approaches self-management.