SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH AND MEDICINE

Facts and Figures

  • The members of this committee are sociologists and other social scientists with a special interest in health and medicine research.
  • The committee consists of approximately 100 registered members.
  • It was founded in 1978.
  • The members of the committee’s board represent the different linguistic regions of Switzerland.

Key Note Speech:
Objects, groups and rituals : recent and emerging directions in the sociology of health, illness and risk
(Patrick Brown, University of Amsterdam)

Presentations:
Understanding Vaccine Hesitancy and Under-Immunization with Childhood and
Human Papilloma Virus Vaccines in  Switzerland: A Qualitative Study
(Michael J. Deml, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel)

Thesis Presentation
(Audrey Linder, Haute École de Santé Vaud, Lausanne)

Posters:
The COVID 19 Social Monitor Monitoring Social and Public Health Consequences of the Pandemic in Switzerland
(Sarah Heinger, Winterthur Institute of Health Economics, Zurich University of Applied Sciences)

The Use of Digital Tools within Physiotherapy: Facilitators and Barriers
(Fabienne Keller, Haute École de Santé Vaud, Lausanne)

Welfare Regimes Modify the Association of Disadvantaged Adult-life – Socioeconomic Circumstances on Self-rated Health in Old Age
(Stefan Sieber, Swiss NCCR “LIVES – Overcoming Vulnerability: Life Course Perspectives”, University of Geneva, Switzerland)

Dynamiques associatives du don d’organes en Suisse romande
(Raphaël Hammer, Haute École de Santé Vaud, Lausanne)

The scope of sociology of health and medicine covers a wide and diverse range of topics related to social and cultural aspects of health, illness, medicine, health care organization and policy.

In modern societies, health inequalities are persisting, chronic diseases and mental health troubles are disseminating. At the same time there is a growing importance of cultural interpretative models that define historically recent health problems as a result of individual life styles and emphasise the limits of modern medicine. While the “autonomous patient” becomes a social ideal, prevention of disease and health promotion become more and more important points of reference. Changes in the system of health professions, the emergence of new professions and inter-professional struggles accompany these developments in the context of a health care system with escalating costs and smaller incomes. This is characterised by measures of restructuring, rationalisation and of the transformation of health care institutions into enterprises.

Sociology of health and medicine is part of the field of sociology, and at the same time it is part of the interdisciplinary health sciences/public health. It plays an important role in social and preventive medicine, in research of health professions and in other fields. Studies in sociology of health and medicine are carried out by both researchers from classic universities as well as from universities of applied sciences.

The committee provides a platform for sociologists working in different fields, allowing them to exchange ideas and to be part of a professional body, whether they are active in research or in the teaching and further education of students or members of all types of health professions (medical doctors, nurses, public health experts, etc.). The committee also plays an active role in political and institutional processes by being involved in health policy formulation.

  • To promote sociology of health and medicine in Switzerland, in academia and in applied domains.
  • To constitute a national professional body of sociologists in order to facilitate exchange, networking, and collaborations with other groups and associations with similar interests.
  • To collect and distribute information about local, national and international events relevant to our field, such as congresses, call for papers, job advertisements and publications.
  • To organise scientific meetings (e.g. congresses, workshops) in order to increase the dynamics in the field and facilitate networking among researchers in Switzerland.

2017

  • Preparation for the participation at the three-country congress of Germany/Austria/Switzerland of sociology of health, on 5/6 April 2018 in Graz, Austria. Topic of the congress: “Sociological Analyses of Work, Age and Health”. Planning of a contributing panel entitled “Age, Health, Self-Measuring”.
    The three-country congress is traditionally organised by the section “Sociology of Medicine and Health” of the German Sociological Association, the German Society for Medical Sociology, the section “Sociology of Health and Medicine” of the Austrian Sociological Association, and us, the research committee “Sociology of Health and Medicine” of the Swiss Sociological Association (SGS).
  • Conducting a session of the committee at the congress of the Swiss Sociological Association, 21-23 June 2017 in Zurich. Topic of the congress: “Common Good and Self-Interest”. Topic of the session: “Disease, Health, Beauty: Between Health Care and Health Market”. Head of the session: Ursula Streckeisen.

2016

  • Co-hosting and participation at the round table (Ursula Streckeisen) at the three-country congress Germany/Austria/Switzerland of sociology of health in Nuremberg, Germany, 31 March/1 April 2016. Congress topic: “Education and Health”.
  • Organisation of a session at the conference of the European Society for Health and Medical Society, ESHMS, on 27-29 June 2016 in Geneva (Head of the congress: Claudine Burton-Jeangros). Topic of the Congress: “Healthy Lives: Technologies, Policies and Experiences”. Topic of the session: “Health Professions in Transition” (Head of the session: Julie Page).
    Former sessions were organised by Claudine Burton-Jeangros and Raphaël Hammer.

2015

  • Organisation of a workshop at the congress of the Swiss Sociological Association in Lausanne, 3–5 June 2015. Topic of the congress: “Collective Dynamics, Social (De-)Regulation and Public Spheres”. Topic of the workshop: “Regulatory Changes in the Health Field and Social Mobilization”(Head of the workshop: Andreas Bänziger).

2014

  • Co-hosting and participation at the round table (Ursula Streckeisen) at the three-country congress Germany/Austria/Switzerland of sociology of health, in Villach, Austria, 17-19 September 2014. Topic of the congress: “Health Literacy as Basic Competence in a Health Society”.

2013

  • Publishing of two congress volumes on the congress “Health Professions in Transition” on 1/2 June 2012, in Winterthur:
    • Josef Estermann, Julie Page, Ursula Streckeisen (editors) (2013). Alte und neue Gesundheitsberufe. Soziologische und gesundheitswissenschaftliche Beiträge zum Kongress „Gesundheitsberufe im Wandel“, Winterthur 2012. Zurich: LIT, Luzern: Orlux.
    • Maffi Irene, Burton-Jeangros Claudine, Hammer Raphaël (editors) (2014). Accompagner la naissance. Terrains socio-anthropologiques en Suisse romande. Lausanne, BSN Press, Collection A Contrario Campus.
  • Workshop at the congress of the Swiss Sociological Association on 27 June 2013, in Bern. Congress topic: “Inequality and Integration in Times of Crises”. Topic of the workshop: “Describing and Explaining the Social Gradient in Health”.
  • Claudine Burton-Jeangros and Julie Page were part of the preparatory group of the Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences (SAGW/ASSH) organising the convention “Health Research. Perspectives in Social Sciences”, on 14 June 2013, in Fribourg, Switzerland.

2012

  • Publishing the bulletin no 142 of the Swiss Sociological Association, November 2012.
    Topic of the bulletin: “Success and Setbacks in the Collaboration between Sociology and Medicine”. Editors: Claudine Burton-Jeangros & Julie Page.
  • Organisation of the three-country congress Germany/Austria/Switzerland of sociology of health, 1/2 June 2012, at the School of Health Professions, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur, Switzerland. Congress topic: “Health Professions in Transition”.

2010

  • Co-organisation of the congress on 29/30 October 2010, at the University of Teacher Education Thurgau, organised by the three research committees “Social Problems”, “Sociology of Health and Medicine” and “Interpretative Sociology” of the Swiss Sociological Association.
    Congress topic: “On the Relationship between Research and Practice in Social Science: Reference (Dis-)Information”.

2009

  • Participation at the joint congress of the Sociology of Health committees of the German, Austrian and Swiss Sociological Associations, on 26-28 March 2009, at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in Halle, Germany. Congress topic: “In Need of Care in a Health Society”.
  • Organisation of a workshop at the congress of the Swiss Sociological Association on 7-9 September 2009, at the University of Geneva. Congress topic: “Identity and Lifestyles Transformations”. Workshop topic: “Identity and Chronic Illness”.

2008

  • Co-organisation of the joint congress of the Sociology of Health committees of the German, Austrian and Swiss Sociological Associations, on 27-29 March 2008, in Bad Gleichenberg, Austria. Congress topic: “Heading towards a Health-Centred Society?”.

Andreas Bänziger – self-employed social scientist, docyard GmbH (treasurer), Zurich

Maria Caiata Zufferey – University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI), Lugano

Valeska Cappel – University of Lucerne

Stéphane Cullati – University of Fribourg and University Hospital Geneva

Jérôme Debons – Unisanté, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, IUMSP, Lausanne

Josef Estermann – Orlux Social Research and Institute of Sociology, University of Zurich

Michael Gemperle – Zurich University of Applied Sciences, ZHAW, Winterthur (co-president)

Raphaël Hammer – University of Health Sciences (Haute Ecole de Santé Vaud), University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Lausanne (co-president)

Damian Hedinger – Swiss Health Observatory Obsan, Neuchâtel (webmaster)

Ursula Meidert – Zurich University of Applied Sciences, ZHAW, Winterthur

Julie Page – Red Cross Switzerland, Bern

Marilène Vuille – University Institute for History of Medicine and Public Health in Lausanne, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne

The members of the board meet once or twice a year in Bern.

Thomas Abel, Prof. Dr. Dr., Institute of Social and  Preventive Medicine, Berne

Laila Burla, MA, research assistant, Swiss Health Observatory, Neuchâtel (Lic. rer. soc., Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Gesundheitsobservatorium, Neuenburg)

Claudine Burton-Jeangros, Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Geneva

Claudia König, PhD, Associate Partner at BEG & Partners AG, Schaffhausen

Peter C. Meyer, Prof. Dr., PC.Meyer-Expertisen, Zurich, formerly Zurich University of Applied Sciences and University of Zurich

Maja Mylaeus-Renggli, MA managing director, SanaCert Suisse, Berne) (lic. phil. I Geschäftsführerin Schweizerische Stiftung für die Zertifizierung der Qualitätssicherung im Gesundheitswesen, SanaCERT Suisse, Bern)

Sophie Paroz, Department of Community Medicine and Public Health, Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland

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The list below shows a sample of recent publications produced by some of the members (in bold) of our research committee. These references give an overview of the diversity of the research in the sociology of health and medicine (or in the health sciences) conducted in or concerning Switzerland. This list will be updated regularly.

Ballif E. (2019). Policing the Maternal Mind: Maternal Health, Psychological Government, and Swiss Pregnancy Politics. Social Politics, 1–23.

Bänziger A. et al. (2012). Gesundheitsforschung in der Schweiz. Bern: SAGW, von Gunten

Baumann I., Altwicker-Hámori S., Juvalta S., Baer N., Frick U., Rüesch P. (2018). Employment prospects of young adults with mental disorders. Swiss Journal of Sociology, 44(Special Issue “Vulnerability in Health Trajectories: Life Course Perspectives”): 259-280.

Baumann H., I. Bischel, M. Gemperle, U. Knobloch, B. Ringger, and H. Schatz, Eds. 2013. Care statt Crash: Analysen und Impulse zur Politik. Denknetz Jahrbuch 2013. Zürich: edition 8.

Bochatay N. (2018) Individual and collective strategies in nurses’ struggle for professional identity, Health Sociology Review, 27:3, 263-278, DOI: 10.1080/14461242.2018.1469096

Bonjour-Theurillat F., Widmer D., Spencer B., Despland J.-N., Sommer J., Lefebvre D., Gurny M., Herzig L. (2018) Comment le médecin généraliste induit le processus du changement chez son patient : l’exemple de la douleur chronique. Exercer. 29(143):204-211

Burton-Jeangros C., Hammer R. and Maffi I. (eds) (2014) Accompagner la naissance. Terrains socio-anthropologiques en Suisse romande, A Contrario Campus, BSN Press, Lausanne.

Caiata-Zufferey M. (2015). Genetically at-risk status and individual agency. A qualitative study on asymptomatic women living with genetic risk of breast/ovarian cancer. Social Science & Medicine, 132, 141-148.

Caiata-Zufferey M. (2018). The abductive art of discovery. Insights from a qualitative study on asymptomatic women managing genetic risk of breast/ovarian cancer. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 17, 1-11.

Cappel  V. & Kappler K.E. (2019). Plurality of values in mHealth:  Conventions and ethical dilemmas. In Bächle, Thomas Christian &  Wernick, Alina (Hrsg.), The futures of eHealth. Social, ethical and legal challenges  (S. 31–37). Berlin: Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and  Society (HIIG). Abgerufen von  https://www.hiig.de/publication/the-futures-of-ehealth-social-ethical-and-legal-challenges/

Cullati S, Hudelson P, Ricou B, Nendaz M, Perneger T, Escher M, (2018) “Internists’ and Intensivists’ Roles in Intensive Care Admission Decisions: A Qualitative Study”, BMC Health Services Research, 18(1): 620. [Pubmed]

Cullati S, Kliegel M, Widmer E, (2018) “Development of reserves over the life course and onset of vulnerability in later Life”, Nature Human Behaviour, 2(8): 551-558. [Abstract]

Cullati S, Mukhopadhyay S, Sieber S, Chakraborty A, Burton-Jeangros C, (2018) “Is the single self-rated health item reliable in India? A construct validation study”, BMJ Global Healh, 3: e000856. [Abstract]

Diebold M. & Hedinger D. (2018). Behandlungen jenseits der Landesgrenze. Abschluss des Pilotprojekts «GRUEZ» zur grenzüberschreitenden Zusammenarbeit im Gesundheitswesen Basel-Stadt und Basel-Landschaft mit dem Landkreis Lörrach (Obsan Bulletin 3/2018). Neuchâtel: Schweizerisches Gesundheitsobservatorium.

Estermann J., Page J., Streckeisen U. (Hrsg.) (2013), Alte und neue Gesundheitsberufe. Soziologische und gesundheitswissenschaftliche Beiträge zum Kongress ‚Gesundheitsberufe im Wandel’, Winterthur 2012. Wien: LIT Verlag und Luzern: ORLUX.

Froidevaux A., Baumann I., Maggiori C., Wieber F. & Rossier J. (2017). Retirement planning: How to deal with different adjustment trajectories? In B. J. Ertelt & M. Scharpf, Berufliche Beratung Älterer [Career Guidance for Older People]. Peter Lang Verlag.

Gantschnig B., Nilsson I., Fisher A.G., Künzle C., Page J. (2016). Feasibility study of a single-blind randomised controlled trial of an occupational therapy intervention. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy. 23(4), S. 260-271. Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.3109/11038128.2015.1115548

Gardey D., Vuille M. (Dir.) (2018). Les Sciences du désir. La sexualité féminine de la psychanalyse aux neurosciences, Lormont, Le Bord de l’Eau.

Gemperle M. 2019 (in press). «The Social Space of Work Orientations: The Case of Nursing». in Empirical Investigation of Social Space, Methodos Series, edited by J. Blasius, B. Le Roux, F. Lebaron, and A. Schmitz. New York, Oxford: Springer International Publishing. 17p.

Gemperle M. 2016. «Wem dient “Interprofessionalität”?» Obstetrica (Hebamme.ch) (9):9–11.

Gemperle M. 2014a. «“Noch nicht genug” oder “zu viel des Guten”? Die Veränderung der Beziehung zwischen Ärzteschaft und Pflege aus der Sicht eines Leitenden Arztes und einer Pflegedienstleiterin». p. 207–222 in Im öffentlichen Dienst. Kontrastive Stimmen aus einer Arbeitswelt im Wandel, edited by F. Schultheis, B. Vogel, and K. Mau. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag.

Gemperle M. 2014b. «„Der Patient wird nicht gesunder, wenn wir sagen, wir müssen betriebswirtschaftlich denken“ – Fallstudie zum Strukturwandel der Arbeit im schweizerischen Krankenhausbereich». p. 31–56 in Im Dienste öffentlicher Güter. Metamorphosen der Arbeit aus der Sicht der Beschäftigten, edited by J. Flecker, F. Schultheis, and B. Vogel. Berlin: Edition Sigma.

Gemperle M. 2014d. «Wenn Manager in öffentlichen Diensten regieren». p. 243–56 in Im Dienste öffentlicher Güter. Metamorphosen der Arbeit aus der Sicht der Beschäftigten, edited by J. Flecker, F. Schultheis, and B. Vogel. Berlin: Edition Sigma.

Gemperle M. und A. Pfeuffer. 2013. «Die Ökonomien der Dokumentationskritik». p. 74–94 in Alte und neue Gesundheitsberufe. Soziologische und gesundheitswissenschaftliche Beiträge zum Kongress «Gesundheitsberufe im Wandel», Winterthur 2012, Soziologie: Forschung und Wissenschaft, edited by J. Estermann, J. Page, and U. Streckeisen. Münster/Luzern: Lit Verlag/orlux.

Gouilhers S., Meyer Y., Inglin S., Pfister Boulenaz S., Schnegg C., Hammer R. (2019) Pregnancy as a transition: First‐time expectant couples′ experience with alcohol consumption, Drug and Alcohol Review, [online first]: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/dar.12973.

Hammer R. (2019) ‘I can tell when you’re staring at my glass …’: self- or co-surveillance? Couples’ management of risks related to alcohol use during pregnancy, Health, Risk & Society, DOI: 10.1080/13698575.2019.1682126.

Hammer R. (2017) Risk of malpractice claims and changes in professional autonomy: A qualitative study of obstetrician-gynaecologists in Switzerland, Swiss Journal of Sociology, 43(1), 163-182.

Hammer R. and Inglin S. (2014) ‘I don’t think it’s risky, but…’ : pregnant women’s risk perceptions of maternal drinking and smoking, Health, Risk & Society, 16:1, 22-35.

Hedinger D., Tuch, A., Jörg, R. & Widmer, M. (2018). Qualität der stationären Leistungen unter der neuen Spitalfinanzierung. Monitoring der Qualitätsindikatoren 2009 – 2016 (Obsan Bulletin 4/2018). Neuchâtel: Schweizerisches Gesundheitsobservatorium. Erstellt im Auftrag des Bundesamts für Gesundheit (BAG).

Hedinger D. (2016). Soziale Ungleichheit der Gesundheitsversorgung am Lebensende. Eine retrospektive Analyse anhand von Heim- und Spitalaufenthalten vor dem Tod sowie unterschiedlichen Sterbeorten in der Schweiz. VS Verlag: Wiesbaden.

Hedinger, D., V. Kaplan & M. Bopp (2016). Determinants of aggregate length of hospital stay in the last year of life in Switzerland. BMC Health Services Research.

Hedinger, D., O. Hämmig & M. Bopp (2015). Social determinants of duration of last nursing home stay at the end of life in Switzerland: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Geriatrics 15: 114.

Hedinger D., J. Braun, U. Zellweger & M. Bopp (2014). Moving to and Dying in a Nursing Home Depends Not Only on Health – An Analysis of Socio-Demographic Determinants of Place of Death in Switzerland. PLoS One. 9(11):e113236.

Karayannis N. V., Baumann I., Sturgeon J. A., Melloh M., Mackay S. (2019). The Impact of Social Isolation on Pain Interference: A Longitudinal Study. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 53, 65-74.

Katapodi M.C., Viassolo V., Caiata-Zufferey M., Nikolaidis C., Bührer-Landolt R., Bürki N., Graffeo R., Horváth H.C., Kurzeder C., Rabaglio M., Scharfe M., Urech C., Erlanger T.E., Probst-Hensch N., Heinimann K., Heinzelmann-Schwarz V., Pagani O., Chappuis P.O. (2017). Cancer Predisposition Cascade Screening for Hereditary Breast/Ovarian Cancer and Lynch Syndromes in Switzerland: Study Protocol. Journal of Medical Internet Research – Research Protocols, 6(9):e184.

Linder A. (2016). Maladie psychique et sujet : les attributions de responsabilité dans une unité psychiatrique de réhabilitation, Sociologies [En ligne],http://journals.openedition.org/sociologies/5338

Linder A., Meyer M. & Skuza K. (2016). Police et psychiatrie. Polyphonie des postures professionnelles face à la crise psychique, Genève : Editions Georg

Linder A., Widmer D., Fitoussi C., De Roten Y., Despland J.-N. & Ambresin G. (2018). Les médecins généralistes face à la “dépression chronique”. Représentations et attitudes thérapeutiques, Revue Française des Affaires Sociales, 4​, pp. 239-258

Longchamp P. (2014). Goûts de liberté, goûts de nécessité. Quand la diététique s’en mêle. Sociologie et sociétés, 46(2), 59‑82.

Longchamp P., Toffel K., Bühlmann F. & Tawfik A. (2018). L’espace professionnel infirmier. Une analyse à partir du cas de la Suisse romande. Revue française de sociologie59(2), 219‑258.

Meidert U. (2014). Die Gesundheit von Jugendlichen. In: Gesundheit im Kanton Zürich : Band 2 – Entwicklungen seit 2007. Zürich: Institut für Epidemiologie, Biostatistik und Prävention der Universität Zürich. S. 43-56. Gesundheit, Gesundheitsförderung und Gesundheitswesen im Kanton Zürich ; 20. Download unter: https://www.gesundheitsfoerderung-zh.ch/_Resources/Persistent/ce9e4cbecf1ef85a5aeb5015bd3b6ab8a5f2a603/Nr20_2014%20Gesundheit%20im%20Kanton%20Zu%CC%88rich_Bd2%20Entwicklungen%20seit%202007.pdf

Meidert U., Scheermesser M., Prieur Y., Hegyi S., Stockinger K., Eyyi G., Evers-Wölk M., Jacobs M., Oertel B., Becker H. K. (2018). Quantified Self: Schnittstelle zwischen Lifestyle und Medizin. Zürich: vdf Hochschulverlag. ISBN 978-3-7281-3891-0. Download under: https://vdf.ch/quantified-self-schnittstelle-zwischen-lifestyle-und-medizin-e-book.html

Meyer Peter C.; Brauchbar Mathis (2018). Trends und Herausforderungen im Gesundheitswesen der Schweiz. Schweiz Ärzteztg. 2018;99(33):1072-1075. https://saez.ch/de/article/doi/saez.2018.06842/

Meyer Peter C.; Sottas, Beat (2015). Berufe im Gesundheitswesen. in: Oggier, Willy (Hrsg.): Gesundheitswesen Schweiz 2015 – 2017, Hogrefe, Bern; 59-66.

Nikolaidis C., Ming C., Pedrazzani C., van der Horst T., Kaiser-Grolimund A., Ademi Z., Bührer-Landolt R., Bürki N., Caiata-Zufferey M., Champion V., Chappuis P.O., Kohler C., Erlanger T., Graffeo-Galbiati R., Hampel H., Heinimann K., Heinzelmann-Schwarz V., Kurzeder C., Monnerat C., Northouse L., Pagani O., Probst N., Rabaglio M., Schoenau E., Sijbrands E., Taborelli M., Urech C., Viassolo V., Wieser S., Katapodi M. (2019). Challenges and Opportunities for Cancer Predisposition Cascade Screening for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer and Lynch Syndrome in Switzerland: Findings from an International Workshop. Public Health Genomics, 1-12.

Page J., Roos K.C., Bänziger A. et al. (2015). Formulating goals in occupational therapy. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 22(6), S. 403 – 415.

Page J. (2019). Gesundheitliche Ungleichheiten. In: Bonvin, Jean-Michel; Hugentobler, Valérie; Knöpfel, Carlo; Tecklenburg, Ueli; Maeder, Pascal (Hrsg.) Wörterbuch der Schweizer Sozialpolitik. Zürich: Seismo

Page J., Glässel A. (2018). Was unterscheidet die gesunde Region gemäss der WHO von einer Gesundheitsregion? Eine Reflexion anhand der Schweizer Gesundheitsregion GeWint. In: Pfannstiel, Mario A.; Focke, Axel; Mehlich, Harald, (Hrsg.): Management von Gesundheitsregionen IV. Wiesbaden: Springer. S. 139-152. Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-16901-5

Pedrazzani C., Caiata-Zufferey M., Kaiser-Grolimund A., Bürki N., Pagani O., Katapodi M.C. (2019). CN115 Communication of genetic information to family members in hereditary cancers and healthcare providers’ role. Annals of Oncology, 30(Supplement 5), mdz277-008.

Pfeuffer A. und M. Gemperle. 2013. «Die Kodierfachkräfte. Eine Beschäftigtengruppe des Krankenhauses im Spannungsfeld zwischen medizinischen und ökonomischen Ansprüchen». p. 95–114 in Alte und neue Gesundheitsberufe. Soziologische und gesundheitswissenschaftliche Beiträge zum Kongress «Gesundheitsberufe im Wandel», Winterthur 2012, Soziologie: Forschung und Wissenschaft, edited by J. Estermann, J. Page, and U. Streckeisen. Münster/Luzern: Lit Verlag/orlux.

Pfeuffer A. und M. Gemperle. 2014. «Die Kodierfachkräfte. Eine Beschäftigtengruppe des Krankenhauses im Spannungsfeld zwischen medizinischen und ökonomischen Ansprüchen». p. 89-106 in Im Dienste öffentlicher Güter. Metamorphosen der Arbeit aus der Sicht der Beschäftigten, edited by F. Schultheis, B. Vogel, and K. Mau. Berlin: Sigma.

Schultheis F. und M. Gemperle. 2014. «Das Gesundheitswesen im Spannungsfeld von Gemeinwohlorientierung und betriebswirtschaftlichen Imperativen». p. 23–30 in Im Dienste öffentlicher Güter. Metamorphosen der Arbeit aus der Sicht der Beschäftigten, edited by J. Flecker, F. Schultheis, and B. Vogel. Berlin: Edition Sigma.

Schulze C., Page J., Lilja M., Kottorp A. B. M. (2017). Cross‐cultural validity of the German version of the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI‐G): a Rasch model application. Child. 43(1), S. 48-58. Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.1111/cch.12401

Seifert A., Meidert U. (2018). „Quantified seniors“: technisch unterstützte Selbstvermessung bei älteren Personen. Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung. S. 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11553-018-0646-1.

Streckeisen U. (2013) Gesundheitsförderung als Beruf? Zur Beschäftigung, Interessenspolitik und Identität von Public Health-ExpertInnen. In: Estermann, Josef, Julie Page, Ursula Streckeisen (Hrsg.), Alte und neue Gesundheitsberufe. Soziologische und gesundheitswissenschaftliche Beiträge zum Kongress ‚Gesundheitsberufe im Wandel‘, Winterthur 2012. Wien: LIT Verlag und Luzern: ORLUX, 235 – 255.

Streckeisen U., Estermann J., Page J. (2013), Alte und neue Gesundheitsberufe: Eine Einführung. In: Estermann, Josef, Julie Page, Ursula Streckeisen (Hrsg.), Alte und neue Gesundheitsberufe. Soziologische und gesundheitswissenschaftliche Beiträge zum Kongress ‚Gesundheitsberufe im Wandel‘, Winterthur 2012. Wien: LIT Verlag und Luzern: ORLUX, 1–19.

Streckeisen U. (2015) Plädoyer für eine kritische Weiterentwicklung der strukturtheoretisch orientierten Professionstheorie. In: Pundt, Johanne und Karl Kälble (Hrsg.), Gesundheitsberufe und gesundheitsberufliche Bildungskonzepte. Bremen: Apollon University Press, 39 – 62.

Streckeisen U. (2019) Gutes Sterben? Ein Überblick über gegenwärtige Diskurse. In: Zimmermann Markus et al., Das Lebensende. Individuelle und gesellschaftliche Perspektiven aus der Schweiz. Basel: Schwabe Verlag, 157 – 180.

Streckeisen U. (2019) Sterben und Tod. Thanatosoziologische Perspektiven. In: Schroeter, Klaus, Harald Künemund & Claudia Vogel (Hrsg.) Handbuch Soziologie des Alter(n)s. Wiesbaden: Springer VS (im Druck). Auf Springer Link bereits veröffentlicht.

Treusch Y., Page J., van der Luijt C., Beciri M., Benitez R., Stammler M., Marcar V.L. (2015). Emotional reaction in nursing home residents with dementia-associated apathy: a pilot study. Geriatric Mental Health Care. 3(1), S. 1-6. Verfügbar unter: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gmhc.2015.04.001

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If you would like to become a member of the research committee, please contact the website of the Swiss Sociological Association:
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Or contact the presidents, Raphaël Hammer and Michael Gemperle:

Raphaël Hammer
Haute Ecole de Santé Vaud
21, avenue de Beaumont
1011 Lausanne
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Michael Gemperle
ZHAW School of Health Professions
Institute of Midwifery
Technikumstrasse 81
8400 Winterthur
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