Health Sociology Review

Aims & Scope: An international, scholarly, peer-reviewed journal, Health Sociology Review (ISSN 1446-1242) explores the contribution of sociology and sociological research methods to understanding health and illness; to health policy, promotion and practice; and to equity, social justice, social policy and social work.

INDEXED IN Thomson ISI Science Citation Index/Social Sciences from January 2007

Health Sociology Review is published in association with The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) under the editorship of Dr Fran Collyer in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at The University of Sydney. Health Sociology Review publishes original theoretical and research articles, literature reviews, symposia, commentaries and book reviews:

Editor-in-Chief: Fran Collyer
Editors: Jane Edwards Peter Gale Simon Kitto Pauline Savy	Book Review Editor: Dorothy Broom

Health Sociology Review publishes at least two regular issues of feature articles and two topic-based special issues per annum. Special issues in 2008 include:

Re-imagining Preventative Health: Theoretical Perspectives
(volume 17/2, June 2008) Guest Edited by Chris Beasley and Megan Warin
Community, Family, Citizenship and the Health of LGBTIQ People
(volume 17/3, October 2008) Guest Edited by Jane Edwards and Damien Riggs
Integrative, Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Challenges for Biomedicine? (volume 17/4, December 2008) Guest Edited by Hans Baer and Ian Coulter

Special issues are also released as books with their own ISBN for use as course readers or separate sale to non-subscribers. Health Sociologists are invited to contact the editors with proposals for special issues. Contributors to regular issues are requested to follow the Author Guidelines link in the left hand column.

Institutional print subscribers also receive their subscription and access to back issues online through atypon-link.com. Multicampus multiuser IP licenses and single user password access may be arranged for subscriptions. Pay per View (PPV) access for individual articles is also available. To facilitate copyright, ach article carries its own Digital Object Identifier (DOI).

Health Sociology Review is aggregated and indexed in: Science Citation Index/Social Sciences (SSCI), Cengage, EBSCO Publishing, ProQuest, CINAHL Information Services, PsychINFO, Ovid, Meditext/InfoRMIT, AMI - Australian Medical Index, APAIS - Australian Public Affairs Information Service, EBSCOHost, IBSS, eBooks, eBrary, MyiLibrary, NetiLibrary and Questia. It is listed in Cabell's, Ulrich's and with DEST - Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training as a refereed journal.

Call for Papers

Expert Patient Policy
Deadline for submissions: 15th August 2008
Publishing in June 2009 as Vol 18/2

Cultures of Life: Transitions and limits in the governance of ageing
Deadline for submissions: 20th February 2009
Publishing in December 2009 as Vol 18/4