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hannah bradby

Uppsala University

Uppsala, Sweden

Specialty Chief Editor

Medical Sociology
maria berghs

De Montfort University

Leicester, United Kingdom

Associate Editor

Medical Sociology
sangeeta chattoo

University of York

York, United Kingdom

Associate Editor

Medical Sociology
cláudia de freitas

Institute of Public Health, University of Porto

Porto, Portugal

Associate Editor

Medical Sociology

Medical Sociology

Submit your research

Author guidelines

Editor guidelines

Peer review

Publishing fees

Editors

hannah bradby

maria berghs

sangeeta chattoo

cláudia de freitas

Articles

'[T]he most precise and thorough understanding of the situation we are struggling to change': Re-capturing Emancipatory Disability Research [Author]

Who decides on time? Mad time as a disruptor to normative research politics and practices

‘Unburden us and them’: encountering ‘the other’ in meetings between Bosnian genocide survivors and Dutch UN veterans

Narrative portraits: Affirmative approaches to understanding learning disability in the everyday

Research Topics

Enhancing Data Collection and Integration to Reduce Health Harms and Inequalities Linked to Violence

Critical perspectives on gendered mental health issues/women’s mental health

Novel Sociological Methods and Practices of Engagement across Disability Communities

Digital Health and Medical AI: Participatory Governance, Algorithmic Fairness and Social Justice