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Lay experiences of health and illness: past research and future agendas

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Julia, Lawton·2003·Sociology of Health & Illness
DOI 10.1111/1467-9566.00338
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Abstract This article presents an overview and appraisal of work published during the 25‐year history of Sociology of Health and Illness that has contributed to our understandings of lay experiences of health and illness. It highlights an important and welcome shift from an ‘outsider’ perspective as epitomised in the Parsonian concept of the ‘sick role’ to one that focuses directly upon people's subjective experiences within the contexts of their daily lives. Particular attention is paid to the ways in which early work by Bury (1982), Charmaz (1983), and Williams (1984) has helped pave the way to an understanding of lay experiences that is sensitive to a broad range of micro‐ and macro‐contextual influences. The article looks to the future as well as the past by pointing to ‘uncharted terrain’ and ‘missing voices’ within the medical sociology literature. It discusses some recently published work in the Journal that has opened the door to what may prove to be a 21 st century sociology of health and illness. It concludes with a call for medical sociologists to be more open‐minded to the use of novel and seemingly unconventional theoretical and methodological approaches.

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Authors
Julia, L.
Venue
Sociology of Health & Illness
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2003-03-14
Volume
25
Issue
3
Pages
23-40
ISSN
  • 0141-9889 (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-9566
DOI
10.1111/1467-9566.00338
OpenAlex
W1504678047
Cited by
328
References
69
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 16 · 2016: 17 · 2015: 24 · 2014: 20 · 2013: 10 · 2012: 16
FWCI
10.30
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations
  • Sociology of Health & Illness (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Education › Qualitative research in health
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health, Medicine and Society
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Medicine, History, and Philosophy
Keywords
medical sociology, sick role, subjective experience, emic perspective, illness experience, theoretical and methodological approaches
MeSH terms
Attitude to Health, Chronic Disease, Humans, Research, Self Concept, Sociology, Medical

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