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Fran Collyer
Department of Sociology & Social Policy, University of Sydney, NSW
Toni Schofield
Behavioural and Community Health Sciences, University of Sydney, NSW
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In this issue of Health Sociology Review we have been very fortunate to attract excellent papers for our readers. We have a good mix of both empirical and theoretical studies of health care and health policy. The theoretical papers investigate the relations between health, gender, class, policy, and the labelling of disease, and concepts such as social capital. The empirical papers examine the use of technologies in clinical work and the management and funding of the health care system, as well as offering case studies from various countries including Palestine, Samoa, Canada and Australia. We expect all our readers to find something of interest in this international journal of health sociology.
In our next general issue of HSR, readers will find an expanded editorial team. Joining Toni Schofield and Fran Collyer as Editors in Chief, and Dorothy Broom as our Book Editor, will be two new editors - Jane Edwards and Peter Gale - recently appointed by The Australian Sociological Association (TASA), our sponsoring organisation.
Jane Edwards is affiliated with the University of South Australia at the Spencer Gulf Rural Health School, and has expertise in gender, sexuality and health, rural health, social capital, as well as the relationship between epistemology, biomedical knowledge and public policy. Readers may remember a symposium on rural health in volume 13(2) of HSR. This was guest edited by Jane. Peter Gale comes to us from the Unaipon School at the University of South Australia. His expertise is in the analysis of reconciliation, racism, indigeneity and immigration, the media and identity.
We warmly welcome both Jane and Peter aboard, and to assure readers that the expanded team will mean an even better journal can be brought to you throughout the year. We have room on the editorial team for one more appointment. If you have editing experience, are a member of TASA, and would like to express an interest, please contact the Editors in Chief. If you don't have experience as an editor, but would like to learn, why not become a reviewer for us? It is an excellent way to keep abreast of new developments in the field and contribute to the scholarly community.
As always, we wish to end our editorial with sincere thanks to our readers, authors, reviewers, board members, publisher, and TASA, for assisting with the tumultuous but exciting task of producing this issue of HSR. Thank you.
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