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Do we need a strong programme in medical sociology?
Author(s) -
Bartley Mel
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
sociology of health and illness
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1467-9566
pISSN - 0141-9889
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9566.1990.tb00078.x
Subject(s) - medical sociology , sociology , field (mathematics) , medical science , engineering ethics , work (physics) , sociology of knowledge , sociology of scientific knowledge , social science , medical knowledge , epistemology , medicine , medical education , engineering , public health , nursing , philosophy , mechanical engineering , mathematics , pure mathematics
Medical sociology has traditionally been concerned with the ways in which medical knowledge is applied. Less work has been done on the construction of knowledge in the laboratories of the basic medical sciences. This paper aims to extend the field of interest of medical sociology by introducing some recent developments in the sociology of science and technology (the ‘strong programme’).