Volume 4 Issue 1 June 2009 Liverpool University Editorial Team: Helen Bromley, Sara Edwards, Paul Harrison (Web Editor), Julia Hiscock, Suzanne Hodge (Edition Co-ordinator), Paula Byrne, Ciara Kierans, Mona Killey (Book Review Editor), Pauline Lybert, Jude Robinson, Clare Thetford. Medical Sociology online University of Liverpool
[email protected] http://www.medicalsociologyonline.org/ Contents / Medical Sociology online volume 4, issue 1 (June 2009) Contents Editorial Forward Introducing the MSo Editorial Team 1 Articles ME: The rise and fall of a media sensation 2 Patricia de Wolfe Wearing two hats: interviewing older people as a nurse 14 researcher Lorraine Ritchie Opinion Piece Efficiency, equity and humanity – can we have it all? 25 Hannah Bradby How does an efficient and equitable health service also treat 28 patients with humanity and take their concerns seriously? A response to Hannah Bradby Sarah Collins Book Reviews Andrew Webster Health, Technology, and Society: A Sociological Critique 31 Reviewed by Kelly Joyce Alison Hann (ed) Health Policy and Politics 33 Reviewed by François Briatte Bruce M.Z. Cohen Mental Health User Narratives: New Perspectives on Illness 34 and Recovery Reviewed by Amy Chandler Sarah Payne The Health of Men and Women 36 Reviewed by Anna Gruszczynska Garrett, E., Galley, C., Shelton, N. & Woods, R. (Eds) Infant Mortality: A Continuing Social Problem 37 Reviewed by Valerie M Sheach Leith Margaret Voysey Paun A Constant Burden: The Reconstitution of Family Life 39 Reviewed by Paul ten Have Jonathan Ablard Madness