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JournalISSN: 1446-1242

Health Sociology Review 

Taylor & Francis
About: Health Sociology Review is an academic journal published by Taylor & Francis. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Health care & Mental health. It has an ISSN identifier of 1446-1242. Over the lifetime, 666 publications have been published receiving 13465 citations. The journal is also known as: Journal of the Health Section of the Australian Sociological Association.


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TL;DR: A United States sample of 166 transgender adults including 50 maleto-females (MTFs), 52 female-to-males (FTMs), and 64 genderqueers (neither completely female nor completely male), were surveyed about identity development, levels of disclosure of transgender status, and relationship to community as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: A United States sample of 166 transgender adults including 50 male-to-females (MTFs), 52 female-to-males (FTMs), and 64 genderqueers (neither completely female nor completely male), were surveyed about identity development, levels of disclosure of transgender status, and relationship to community. There was no difference among transgender groups in age of first experiencing oneself differently from assigned birth sex. MTFs first identified as other than their assigned sex earlier than FTMs. However, they did not present themselves to others in a gender-congruent way until much later than FTMs. MTFs were less likely to disclose their gender identity to their parents than were FTMs. Disclosure of assigned birth sex was more common among younger participants. There was no difference in the extent to which individuals felt connected to the transgender community. Genderqueers felt more connected to the lesbian, gay, and bisexual community than did MTFs or FTMs. Implications for health care professional...

173 citations

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TL;DR: The authors examine three recent American cases, which involve suicide, to elucidate how the culture of hegemonic masculinity in the US creates a sense of aggrieved entitlement conducive to violence.
Abstract: School shootings have become more common in the United States in recent years. Yet, as media portrayals of these ‘rampages’ shock the public, the characterisation of this violence obscures an important point: many of these crimes culminate in suicide, and they are almost universally committed by males. We examine three recent American cases, which involve suicide, to elucidate how the culture of hegemonic masculinity in the US creates a sense of aggrieved entitlement conducive to violence. This sense of entitlement simultaneously frames suicide as an appropriate, instrumental behaviour for these males to underscore their violent enactment of masculinity.

163 citations

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TL;DR: A brief review of how masculinity has been understood in men's health research can be found in this paper, where a vignette drawn from a study examining young men's responses to the death of a peer is used to illustrate how the communities of practice framework can be applied.
Abstract: Sex comparisons reveal men as more likely than women to die earlier and experience debilitating injury. Historically, this trend has been positioned as somewhat inevitable, an outcome of men’s ‘natural’ biologically charged tendencies for risk-taking and reluctance around help-seeking. More recently, gender research has emerged to describe cultural norms about masculinity and explore their relationships to men’s health and illness practices. Empirically, masculinities and men’s health research has revealed diverse practices that suggest some men’s risky health behaviours are amenable to change. This article provides a brief review of how masculinity has been understood in men’s health research before making recommendations for where we might next go in theorising social constructions of masculinities. Specifically, a vignette drawn from a study examining young men’s responses to the death of a peer is used to illustrate how the communities of practice framework can be applied, and might conceptual...

158 citations

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Evan Willis1
TL;DR: This stock-taking of status of doctors, doctoring and professionalism as the authors head into the 21st century considers the various challenges to medical dominance of health systems including neo-liberalism and economic rationalism.
Abstract: More than 20 years have elapsed since the book that is the subject of this special edition was published. The aim in this scene-setting introductory paper is to undertake a stock-taking of status of doctors, doctoring and professionalism as we head into the 21st century. It considers the various challenges to medical dominance of health systems including neo-liberalism and economic rationalism, a growth in consumerism and associated litigiousness, the change from a cottage industry basis to mass markets as medicine has been industrialised, the rise of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and changing roles of other health care professionals.

145 citations

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TL;DR: The role that social factors (such as socio-economic status, class and age) play in an individual's willingness to trust is explored in this paper, where the authors demonstrate a need for further empirical research into the multidimensionality of trusting relationships, while suggesting new directions for research in public health.
Abstract: Social theory provides a lens through which we can analyse the role of trust in health systems However, the majority of theoretically informed trust literature addresses ‘institutional’ or ‘interpersonal’ trust individually, failing to investigate trust as determined by a ‘web’ of mutually interacting relationships between individuals and social systems Current theoretical assumptions are also problematic as they fail to recognise the role that social factors (such as socio-economic status, class and age) play in an individual’s willingness to trust Through the analysis and critique of existing social theories of trust, this paper demonstrates a need for further empirical research into the multidimensionality of trusting relationships, while suggesting new directions for research in public health

133 citations

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No. of papers from the Journal in previous years
YearPapers
202315
202217
202133
202029
201921
201821