Health and Illness Interactions

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Health and Illness Interactions is written by Tracey Collett and published by Frontiers Media SA. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 2832563295 (ISBN 10) and 9782832563298 (ISBN 13).

The aim of this Research Topic is to bring together researchers and theorists interested in health and illness interactions. By health and illness interactions, we refer to (at least) exchanges between: patient(s), carers, practitioners and/or healthcare organisations, social scientists and policy makers, healthcare workers and politicians. Sociological research and theory exploring interactions is broad, offering perspectives on every-day, taken for granted, processes, meanings and experiences with reference to health, illness, healthcare, and public understandings of all of these. Research that considers/has considered interactions with respect to health and illness contributes significantly to sociological understandings of social and cultural practices and has influenced public thinking and social policy. Here we draw attention to the ‘value’ of focusing on health and illness interactions; explore the scope and direction of current work; highlight contemporary examples of sociological research and thinking and consider this in the light of previous sociological literature. Our core goal is to highlight the value of research and theoretical reflections on health and illness interactions, attending to both positive and negative experiences with respect to access and barriers to health and healthcare. Analysis and reflection will likely be related to power, culture, lived experience, in/equality, difference and diversity (of status and identity), inclusion/exclusion, the body, self and other relationships, emotion (including management of) and risk.