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tesearch for

purposes


of

social engineering

(Popper)

or

to



‘en1ighten' administrators have been criticiscd

as elitist.

The current fashion is

to

apply



research to

a j d


people at

the ‘qrass roots'.

we

see this in feminism and in



attempts to work with

self-help

groups.

In

turn‚ this



has

been


criticised for

an

over-simplified view



of

the


link between

knowledge and

power

(Foucau1t‚



Arney

3

Bergen).



Speakers will examine

such


issues in the light

of

their



own

field


research

in

a



wide range

of

institutional settings.



A

combination

of

lectures and workshops is planned.



Numbers

are limited.

Prices will include lunch and will

be

reduced for



students,

UB40s etc.

If

you are interested in



attending

please


write

to:


David

Silverman‚

Sociology

Department‚

Goldsmiths' Colleqe,

London


SE14 6Nw

a.s.a.p.


Joint

Conference

orqanizers:

Jaber


Gubrium (University

of

Florida, Gainesville)



and David Silverman (University

of

Goldsmiths' College).



48

.Meetings

at the


Wellcome

Institute for the

History of

Hedicine


(a)

Research

Seminars


* 12

January


The

syriac Background

to

Humayn's


Translation

Technigues

Dr.


Sebastian

Brock


" 1 3 January

The

Military Solution

to Plague :

Venetian


Poficy in Fruili

1598-1714

Dr.

Richard


Palmer

'

26



January

Hibatallan

Ibn Gumay's History

of

Medicine.



TBe Risala as-sala

hixxa


Dr.

Paül


Fenton

" 2 7


January

The Leipzig Disputation

as

Syphilis


,

Dr. Roger



French

'

Meetings



held

at

4.30 pm



in

the


Seminar Room

(2nd


Floor)

183, Euston Road‚ NH1.

**Meetings

held


at

5.30—7.00

pm in

the


Seminar Room

(Znd Floor)

183

Euston


Road‚

Nwl.


( b )

Sxmgosia

* 26 February

Medicine

and

War


* 22 April

The

Medical


History of

Haters


and Spas

*

13



May

Historx


of

Patholggx

'

To



be

held


at

183,


Euston

Road‚


NH1.

Please


contact the

Secretary of

the Academic Unit

(O1—387


4477

x

3 2 5 3 )



for

further details.

49


Rescarch

For Health

For

All


On

the final day of this year's



BSA

Mcdical Sociology

Conference‚

a

workshop on "Rescarch for



Health

for


All“

(RHFA)


was convened

by Meg


Stacey.

Onc


purpose

of

the workshop



was

to let lnterested



members

of

the



qroup

know about

the

WHO


initlative

on RHFA, which aims

to

promote


research

appropriate

to wH0's

Health for

All"

(HFA)


targets.

Another purpose was

to

see what input



Group

members

wished to

offer to the

developing

programme

of

research policy.



The

workshop was

rather

small


but discussion

was

lively and wide-ranging, and

a

small workinq group aqreed to meet again



in

Edinburgh.

Discussion at

the workinq

qroup

meetinq


( h o l d

on 28


O c t o b e r )

centred


around

two


doCuments:-

1.

The HHO Regional Office



{ o r

Europe


document

on

RHFA;



and

2.

A



commentary on this initiative

by

Hannu



Vuori,

Chief‚


Research

promotion and

Development

at

the



Regional

Office


( ' w H 0

--

A



source

of

inspiration for



researchers? Scand.

J.

Soc. Med.‚ 15:57-61,



1 9 8 7 )

The

major


theme

of

these



documents

was that


WHO

now

intends


to

take


on

the role of

stimulating research

as woll


as service

and


tochnical developments in pursuit

of

its



health targots.

In

particu1ar‚ five



areas

of

priority



were

established:

A.

Health


policy and organlsational

behaviour;

B.

Inequities in



health:

C.

Community participation and intersectoral



collaborationl

D.

Development



of

information

systems

and


indicators

related to the targets; and

E.

International



collaborative

studies (particularly

of

health


care

systems).

It

seems that



there

is

now



an

opportunlty

to

increase


communication

and

collaboration

between

those


members of

the


Medical Sociology group whose research is relevant to the

achievement

of

HFA

and

those involved in



such

activities

es

community



health

initiatives

and

health planning.



In

particu1ar‚

this

might


be

the


time

to promote

the

development



of

such collaboration

on

a

regional basis.



Developing

reqional


netwotks

could


begin to establish

a

form



of

practice


which

facilitates

both Lhe communication of

felt


needs

to

researchers and of new knowledqe to



consumers

and other

partlcipants in policy

discussion

and implementation

Hannu Vuori's

paper

explicitly reminds



us

Chat wHO's

constitution "charges the organisation with the promotion

of

rcsearch



and co—operation among scientific and professional

groups”.


However‚

it

also reminds



us

that the


HHO

is

NOT a



fundinq

agency.


Target

32

of



the

8

objectives



adopted

by

the



Regional Committee in

1984


requosts

memher


states

to producc

national research stratnqies in

Support


of

HFA.


The Medical

Soclology Group may wish to ask major

UK funding aqonCies‚

both


within

and

outside


governmont‚

to

rlarify



thnir

rosponses to

this

agrned policy.



A

national


RHFA

policy


would

take


euch tarqet and

carry


out

a

series of



steps:

1.

Ask



whether it

has

been achieved.

2.

If

so.



perhaps

carry out a

policy analysis in

order


to

beqin


to

establish

models

of

successful



practice.

This


would

accord


wich priority

A

above.



3.

If

the



target has

not


been

achieved,

research

will be


necessary

to

discover



the

cause of


failure.

this may


encompass...

4.

...Investigation of



the

incidence, prevalence



and

aetiology the

health

problem.


5.

Sociological and organisational studies

to clarify

why

the problem is

not

being


appropriately

dealt


with

(for


examp1e‚

inaccessibility

of

unacceptability of



preventive

s e r v i c e s ) .

In

the


case

of

class and



racial

inequities in hea1th‚ steps might

be

considered



unnecessary

and


the choice would

be

for



policy

studies


to explain

why

well-established

understanding does not‚

in

some cases‚



lead

to policy action

(which

would


meet

priorities

A

and


B

a b o v e ) .

In

the


case

of

gender



inequities

there


may

be

a



need

for


the development of

better indicators of

inequity

through


collaboration

with


women's

groups


active

around


health

issues


(meeting

priorities

C

and

D shown


above).

WHO


sees the

RHFA


document

as

an



opening

towards


the

research


community.

It

is



a

neu departure‚

which

raises difficult



issues related to

the independence

of

researchers



and

the riqht

of

scientific speciality groups to



determine their

own

agendas


and criteria of

excellence.

But

WHO


asks

only that the

research

community

take note

of

RHFA



and regard it

wich an open

mind.

Futthermore‚



such objectives as increasing community

participation in the definition of

health

problems


and

in

planning steps



to

overcome

them‚


as

well


as reduction if

inequity‚ have long been

valued

by many



in the field

of

medical



sociology.

With


these

points in mind‚

the

working


qroup will convene a

workshop and information exchange on

5th

March 1988



at

Aston


Universitx.

Further details can

be

o

ta1ne



rom:

Mike


Ke11y‚

Department

of Community Medicine

University of Glasgow,

2 Lilybank

Gardens‚


Glasgow G12

900.


51

Conference

Rcgort

Teaching


Behavioural

Sciences in

Medicine

and

Dentistry

A

conference



was

held in Glasgow

from Ist-3rd

September

on

the


topic of

teaching


behavioural sciences

in medicine and

dentistry‚

( t h e


term

'behavioura1

sciences'‚

although


not

liked


by

everyone


passed without

comment

over


the

two


days).

The


conference‚

a follow-up to that held in

Leeds two years

ago,


attracted about seventy

a t t e n d e r s ‚

with

a

qreater



proportion

of

psychologists



than

sociologists, and

an

interested



group

of

dentists.



There

were several aims to

the Conference.

The


first was

to

review



proqress

in teachinq behavioural sciences

in

medical


and dental

schools.


Teaching hours, types

of

courses‚ and their



orientation‚

content of

teaching

(our


image

as socio1ogists‚ teachinq 'po1itical'

i s s u e s )

were


all

recurrent

topics.

It

quickly became



apparent that there

was

considerably

more

hours


allocated

to

the teaching of



psycho1ogy‚ but for

everyone‚

there

was

a

feeling



that

our lot


within

medical


schools

had improved.

A

discussion



of

the


innovation of behavioural

sciences teaching on the

dental

curricula



was

new


on the agenda‚ although (again) the bias

was

towards psycholoqy.

There

is

no



doubt

that such

a

gathering



re-establishes

contact with

others in the fie1d‚

an

important



function‚

especially for those who work

in

isolation.



A

final,


and

more ptactical goal

of

the


conference

was

that


we

should discuss



ways of

developinq strategies for strengthening

our

position within medical



( a n d d e n t a l )

schools.


The timinq

of

the



conference

was propitious‚

for

only months



previously the

CMC


produced a document in which our problem as

teachers in

these

subjects had been sympathetically spelled



out.

On

the final day, Lhe details



of

teaching courses were

set aside

to

listen to



representatives

from


the

GMC‚


the

GDC


and the UCG.

The tone was optimism tinged wich

fear:

few


can

predict the

development

of

Universities



over the

next


decade‚

and behavioural scientists are‚

by

their


own

admission‚ not

necessarily strong

players


in

the field.

what emerqed

was

that continuing to form links (through joint teaching or joint

r e s e a r c h )

with


the

more powerful

( c l i n i c a l )

members

in

the



faculty

was

a

strategy which might



not

only protect us within

the medical and dental

schools


in the.future‚ but might also

help


us

to

achieve qreater credibility with



the

students.

At

the


end

of

the Conference it



was agreed that we

should


meet

again in


two

years


time‚

and that


a mailing list

should


bc

drawn up


so that

the


qroup

could


be

circulated

with

information



about the

next


conference.

and

also


other

items of


relevance to

our work.

If

anyone


who did not attend the

conference

would

like


to have their names

put


down

on

the mailing



list‚

please


contact

Magqie


Pearson

at

thc Department



of

General


PracLicc‚

University

of

Liverpool, P.O.



Box

147.

Liverpool, as

she

is

in



Charge

of

the list.



Marqaret

R e i d ‚

University

of

Glasqow.



52

BSA

Medical


Sociology

Regional


Groups

There


are six regional

groups.


are given below:

Bristol


and South

west


1

Nick Fox‚

15

Regent Street‚



C1ifton‚

Bristol,


B58

4HW


London

Ulla Gustafsson,

31

Hillfield Avenue‚



London N8

7DS.


North—East

Malcolm Co11edge‚

School of

Behavioural Science,

Newcastle

Upon Tyne

Polytechnic,

Northumberland

Bui1ding‚

Northumberland Road,

Newcast1e—Upon—Tyne NE1 BST.

The


names and

addresses

of

contacts


North—West

Gareth


Wi11iams‚

ARC


Epidemiological Research

Unit


Stopford Building‚

Oxford Road‚

Manchester

M13 9PT


Scotland

Margaret Reid‚

Dept. of Community Medicine,

University

of

Glasgow,


2

Lilybank Gardens

Glasgow, G12

8QQ


Wales

Herman


Gilligan,

Institute of

Health

Care


Studies

University

College

of

Swansea‚



Singleton Park,

Swansea‚ SA2 BPP.

News from

the Grougs

Wales Medical

Sociology Group

2

February


Research

Psychological

Measures

in Health

Care

Dr. Mark Cook, University College



of

Swansea.


1 March

Ethical


Issues

in Health

Care

Research


Brigit Dimond, Polytechnic

of

Wales.



Both meetings will

be

held



at

2 pm in the North Arts

Building, University

Colleqe


of

Swansea.


London

Medical


Sociologx

Groug


PROGRAMME

for 1988


Everyone

is

welcome to attend



LMSG

meetings


-

the


group has no

formal


membership.

At

each



meeting

there


is

a presentation

by

a

speaker



-

often


about work in

progress


-

followed


by

discussion.

To

help


meet

speakers' traveliing

expenses‚ those

who

attend


meetings

are


asked to

contribute 25p each.

January

20

Policing



the

Hentaliy


Disordered: an

examination

of psychiatric

referrals

from

t h e

police.


Anne Rogers,

Universxty

of Nottinqham

February 17

A

Life


Course

Perspcctive on

Health

Inequalities



Mike Wadsworth‚

MRC

National


Survey of Hcalth

G

Deve1opment‚



London.

'

March



16

Aping the "Honstrous

Males"

?

Women



in medicine

and

the


vivisection

controversy‚ 1875-1912.

Mary

Ann

Elston, Bedford

G

Holloway


New

College/UCL,London

April 20

Drinking


Controlled:

health


promotion as

social


re ulation

Robin Bunten, co—ordinator‚

Alcohol

Concern,


waies

May


25

Quality


Contro1‚

Evaluation



and

the


Commodification cf

the


Bodx

Lyndsay


Pr1or‚

University

of

Ulster


June 22

Homens'


Accounts

of Gynaecological



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