''Sociology of Health & Illness'' (SHI) is a

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which covers the

sociological Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of empirical investigation and ...

aspects of

health Health, according to the World Health Organization, is "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity".World Health Organization. (2006)''Constitution of the World Health Organ ...

illness A disease is a particular abnormal condition that negatively affects the structure or function of all or part of an organism, and that is not immediately due to any external injury. Diseases are often known to be medical conditions that a ...

medicine Medicine is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care pr ...

, and

health care Health care or healthcare is the improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people. Health care is delivered by health pr ...

. It is published by

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on behalf of the Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness. Established in 1979, the journal was originally published by Routledge and Kegan Paul (up to 2002). The Editorial Team is currently led by Karen Lowton (University of Sussex) and Flis Henwood (University of Brighton) as joint Editors in Chief. Other members of the team are: Dr Catherine Will, Dr Ben Fincham, Dr Catherine Theodosius, Professor Gillian Bendelow and Dr Sasha Scambler. During the years, the annual number of issues has risen from three to four (1986), five (1993), six (1998) and seven (2003) to eight times a year since 2012. According to the ''

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'', the journal had an

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of 1.735 in 2012, 1.89 in 2016, and currently stands at 2.122 in 2018. The journal was ranked in 2017 as follows: ISI Journal Citation Reports @ Ranking: 2017:46/156 (Public, Environmental & Occupational Health (Social Science)) ISI Journal Citation Reports @ Ranking: 2017:10/42 (Social Sciences, Biomedical) ISI Journal Citation Reports @ Ranking: 2017:29/146 (Sociology)

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* {{Official website, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1467-9566
Foundation for the Sociology of Health & Illness
Wiley-Blackwell academic journals English-language journals Publications established in 1979 Sociology journals

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