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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

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Medical Sociology

Guidelines

Submit your research

Author guidelines

Editor guidelines

Peer review

Publishing fees

Editors

hannah bradby

maria berghs

sangeeta chattoo

cláudia de freitas

Articles

Redefining disease in the age of blood-based biomarkers

Third Clean Resubmission of Original Research Article to Frontiers in Sociology Special issue: The cost of war: sociological approaches to the societal and individual wounds of combat Veteran Welfare Past and Present: A Sociological Analysis of the Civil War Petitions

Understanding Ukrainian Military Chaplains as Defenders of the Human Soul

Engaging in moral learning: veterans’ perspectives on how the moral dimensions of moral injury are addressed in one-on-one meetings with Dutch military chaplains

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