Sociology of Health and Illness

The latest edition of the journal Sociologu of Health and Illness - Volume 29 Issue 6 Pages 795-956 (September 2007) - has just been published. This journal is available in full text via the UEL Online catalogue and a full table of contents can be found via the Blackwell Synergy web site at: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/shil/29/6

Details of articles are as follows:

Special Issue Ethnicity, health and health care: understanding diversity, tackling disadvantage

Locating ethnicity and health: exploring concepts and contexts Waqar I. U. Ahmad and Hannah Bradby pages 795–810

The Black diaspora and health inequalities in the US and England: does where you go and how you get there make a difference? James Nazroo, James Jackson, Saffron Karlsen and Myriam Torres pages 811–830

Race and nutrition: an investigation of Black-White differences in health-related nutritional behaviours Peter Riley Bahr pages 831–856

Describing depression: ethnicity and the use of somatic imagery in accounts of mental distress Sara Mallinson and Jennie Popay pages 857–871

Hospice or home? Expectations of end-of-life care among white and Chinese older people in the UK Jane Seymour, Sheila Payne, Alice Chapman and Margaret Holloway pages 872–890

Contextualising accounts of illness: notions of responsibility and blame in white and South Asian respondents’ accounts of diabetes causation Julia Lawton, Naureen Ahmad, Elizabeth Peel and Nina Hallowell pages 891–906

Long-term health conditions and Disability Living Allowance: exploring ethnic differences and similarities in access Sarah Salway, Lucinda Platt, Kaveri Harriss and Punita Chowbey pages 907–930

Interpreted consultations as ‘business as usual’? An analysis of organisational routines in general practices Trisha Greenhalgh, Christopher Voisey and Nadia Robb pages 931–954

Retraction Clive Seale pages 955–955

‘Racism, ethnicity, identity, and health: UK and US comparative perspectives’ Nancy Krieger pages 956–956