From Phil_Brown@brown.edu Sat Nov 9 16:48:51 1996 Received: from brown.edu (brown.edu [128.148.128.9]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with ESMTP id QAA06275 for ; Sat, 9 Nov 1996 16:48:49 -0700 (MST) Received: from PPP-81-26.BU.EDU (PPP-81-26.BU.EDU [128.197.8.46]) by brown.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA05482 for ; Sat, 9 Nov 1996 18:48:45 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 9 Nov 1996 18:48:45 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199611092348.SAA05482@brown.edu> X-Sender: Phil_Brown@postoffice.brown.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: medsoc@csf.colorado.edu From: Phil_Brown@brown.edu (Phil Brown) Subject: awards, website Hi, Just in case people haven't seen it in the Newsletter (not all people on this list are Med Soc Section members), I want to call attention to these two awards, so that nominations can be made. 1997 SIMMONS DISSERTATION AWARD COMPETITION The Section announces its annual competition for the Roberta G. Simmons Outstanding Dissertation Award for the best doctoral dissertation in Medical Sociology as summarized in article form. Eligible candidates must be members of the Medical Sociology Section and have been awarded the doctoral degree (not necessarily from a department of sociology) in the two years ending August 31, 1997. The winner will receive travel support to the 1997 ASA meetings in Toronto, where the winning paper will be presented at the Section business meeting. Members of this year's Awards Committee include: Robert S. Broadhead (University of Connecticut), Phil Brown (Brown University), Monica Casper (University of California, Santa Cruz), Mark Peyrot (Loyola College, Baltimore), and Debra Umberson (University of Texas, Austin). Applicants should submit five copies of a sole-authored published or unpublished paper, based on the dissertation, that is no more than 30 double-spaced typed (10 or 12 pitch) pages inclusive of text and references. (If published, do not send reprints.) Deadline for submission is May 1, 1997. Send the copies to Robert S. Broadhead, Department of Sociology, U-Box 68, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269. CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE 1997 LEO G. REEDER AWARD Nominations are again invited for the Leo G. Reeder Award for Distinguished Service to Medical Sociology and should be sent to Cathy Riessman, chair-elect of the Section (Catherine Kohler Riessman, Dept. of Sociology and School of Social Work Boston University 264 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215, Ph: 617-353-3757, E-mail: riessman@acs.bu.edu). Nominations must be made by letter and be received by July 1. If possible, supporting materials, particularly a copy of the nominee's CV, should be included. Nominations should be made without the knowledge or consent of the nominee. Readers are also reminded that the award is for a distinguished career in medical sociology, which would typically include several of the following elements: scholarly productivity, service to the Section and to the discipline, mentoring and training of students, teaching and research. Also, I want to recruit someone to maintain our section website on the ASA's home page. There is much exciting possibility there, and it may likely be seen by far more people than our MEDSOC discussion list. Please let graduate students know about this MEDSOC list. It can be a useful place to post research queries and to link up with other grad students. Phil Phil Brown, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology Brown University Box 1916 Providence RI 02912 (401) 863-2633 (secretary 863-2367) fax (401) 863-3213 From Chloe_Bird@brown.edu Fri Nov 15 10:09:42 1996 Received: from golden.brown.edu (golden.brown.edu [128.148.128.3]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with ESMTP id KAA16220 for ; Fri, 15 Nov 1996 10:09:41 -0700 (MST) Received: from pc215.chcr.brown.edu ([128.148.65.215]) by golden.brown.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA11152 for ; Fri, 15 Nov 1996 12:09:38 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199611151709.MAA11152@golden.brown.edu> X-Sender: Chloe_Bird@postoffice.brown.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 12:13:36 -0500 To: MedSoc@csf.colorado.edu From: Chloe Bird Subject: carpool Just a reminder that I won't be in town next week, so don't wait for me. See you the following week. Also, let me know if you want to try to leave a bit earlier the following week. I'm guessing that traffic may be worse because of the holiday. Chloe From jnl0@lehigh.edu Fri Nov 15 10:33:21 1996 Received: from nss2.CC.Lehigh.EDU (nss2.CC.Lehigh.EDU [128.180.1.26]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with ESMTP id KAA16754 for ; Fri, 15 Nov 1996 10:33:19 -0700 (MST) Received: from ns2-1.CC.Lehigh.EDU (root@ns2-1.CC.Lehigh.EDU [128.180.1.33]) by nss2.CC.Lehigh.EDU (8.8.2/8.8.2) with ESMTP id MAA259553 for ; Fri, 15 Nov 1996 12:33:15 -0500 Received: (from jnl0@localhost) by ns2-1.CC.Lehigh.EDU (8.8.2/8.8.2) id MAA62883; Fri, 15 Nov 1996 12:27:13 -0500 Message-Id: <199611151727.MAA62883@ns2-1.CC.Lehigh.EDU> Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 12:27:09 EST From: jnl0@lehigh.edu (Judith N. Lasker) Subject: Re: carpool To: MedSoc@csf.colorado.edu > Just a reminder that I won't be in town next week, so don't wait for me. >See you the following week. Also, let me know if you want to try to leave a >bit earlier the following week. I'm guessing that traffic may be worse >because of the holiday. > Chloe > I received this message from you, certainly an error. Have a good trip! Judith N. Lasker Department of Sociology and Anthropology Lehigh University, 681 Taylor St. Bethlehem, Pa. 18015, 610-758-3811 From evdongen@pi.net Fri Nov 15 13:14:30 1996 Received: from mailhost.pi.net (mailhost.pi.net [145.220.3.9]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with ESMTP id NAA25329 for ; Fri, 15 Nov 1996 13:14:21 -0700 (MST) Received: from pi-user.pi.net (sb30.pi.net [145.220.221.30]) by mailhost.pi.net (8.7.5/8.7.1) with SMTP id VAA26335; Fri, 15 Nov 1996 21:13:55 +0100 (MET) Posted-Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 21:13:55 +0100 (MET) Date: Fri, 15 Nov 96 22:07:05 PST From: evdongen Subject: Re: carpool To: MedSoc@csf.colorado.edu Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII >From the Netherlands: I hope everything will be okay and happy, but - I am very sorry- this is not the message I expected from MedSoc. Nevertheless, I wish everyone in the US a happy Thanksgiving. However, is there any problem to discuss? As far as I am concerned: I would like to know if there is research going on in the field of care for the elderly. I am stduying care for elderly with "double illness" so to speak: somatic and psychiatric problems. I am an anthropologist (sorry, that I am not a sociologist!) and carrying out fieldwork in a psychiatric hospital. The main problem I have is the difficulty in communication with some elderly, because some of them cannot not speak all too well for many reasons (dementia, strokes, severe psychiatric illness, etc.). My main question is how do the elderly experience the care? I am rather experienced in fieldwork, but within this research I realize that social scientists are highly dependent on verbal communication. Now, I cannot rely so much on verbal communication. Does somebody have experience with this? ---------------Original Message--------------- > Just a reminder that I won't be in town next week, so don't wait for me. >See you the following week. Also, let me know if you want to try to leave a >bit earlier the following week. I'm guessing that traffic may be worse >because of the holiday. > Chloe > I received this message from you, certainly an error. Have a good trip! Judith N. Lasker Department of Sociology and Anthropology Lehigh University, 681 Taylor St. Bethlehem, Pa. 18015, 610-758-3811 ----------End of Original Message---------- ------------------------------------- 11/15/9622:07:05 Dr. Els van Dongen Medical Anthropological Unit University of Amsterdam The Netherlands Homeadress: Gagelweg 1 4651 VL Steenbergen The Netherlands tel: ++31 (0)167 564967 fax: ++31 (0)167 564967 E-mail: evdongen@pi.net (evdongen) GSM: 06 54724175 ------------------------------------- From Chloe_Bird@brown.edu Fri Nov 15 14:44:31 1996 Received: from golden.brown.edu (golden.brown.edu [128.148.128.3]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with ESMTP id OAA27761 for ; Fri, 15 Nov 1996 14:44:02 -0700 (MST) Received: from pc215.chcr.brown.edu ([128.148.65.215]) by golden.brown.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA28644 for ; Fri, 15 Nov 1996 16:43:57 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199611152143.QAA28644@golden.brown.edu> X-Sender: Chloe_Bird@postoffice.brown.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 16:47:56 -0500 To: MedSoc@csf.colorado.edu From: Chloe Bird Subject: Introductions Perhaps it would be helpful for us to following Dr. van Dongen's lead and introduce ourselves. Since this list is just starting, there should not be too many of us to do this. My name is Chloe Bird. I am a medical sociologist. Most of my work focuses on social determinants of gender differences in health. However, I am also doing some research on women's representation as subjects in medical research. I am particularly interested in how gender inequality in society, in the labor force, and in the home, affects men's and women's mental and physical well-being. I am also looking for articles that could provide a sociological critique of end of life decision-making. I am interested in whether and how new technologies may increase physician authority and decrease the patients' or their family's autonomy in making health care decisions. Such work might mirror recent research on the impact of technology on fertility treatments and decisions related to pregnancy. From Phil_Brown@brown.edu Sun Nov 17 19:55:52 1996 Received: from brown.edu (brown.edu [128.148.128.9]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with ESMTP id TAA19343 for ; Sun, 17 Nov 1996 19:55:44 -0700 (MST) Received: from PPP-92-25.BU.EDU (PPP-92-25.BU.EDU [128.197.9.77]) by brown.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id VAA05808; Sun, 17 Nov 1996 21:55:32 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 21:55:32 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199611180255.VAA05808@brown.edu> X-Sender: Phil_Brown@postoffice.brown.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: medsoc@csf.colorado.edu, bethany_kantrowitz@brown.edu, eunike_suci@brown.edu, mubasyir@brown.edu, jenifer_allsworth@brown.edu, acp@chcrv1.chcr.brown.edu, rangel@jeeves.la.utexas.edu, sysan@ice.csv.warwick.ac.uk, sbell@polar.Bowdoin.EDU, ceb@chcrv1.chcr.brown.edu, broadhea@uconnvm.uldaa.edu, M.Bury@rhbnc.ac.uk, charmaz@SONOMA.EDU, ann_dill@brown.edu, ecc@ohstsoca.sbs.ohio-state.edu, mary_fennell@brown.edu, j.gabe@rhbnc.ac.uk, g.h.williams@sociology.salford.ac.uk, fhaffert@ub.d.umn.edu, avhorw@pci.rutgers.edu, MCL3@columbia.edu, el12@columbia.edu, sally@msoc.mrc.gla.ac.uk, johnm@neri.org, Lois_Monteiro@brown.edu, joe_morrissey@unc.edu, vnavarro@phnet.sph.jhu.edu, pescosol@indiana.edu, conrad@binah.cc.brandeis.edu, A.R.Radley@lboro.ac.uk, riessman@ACS1.BU.EDU, SCHLESL%SNYPLAVA.BITNET@brownvm.brown.edu, umberson@jeeves.la.utexas.edu, waitzkin@humc.edu, Albert_Wessen@brown.edu, qefa2@maila.central.susx.ac.uk, wildavid@umich.edu From: Phil_Brown@brown.edu (Phil Brown) Subject: Sol Levine passed away Dear friends and colleagues, I am sorry to report that Sol Levine passed away Sunday November 17, 1996. He was in a hospital for a minor problem, passed out, and could not be resuscitated. Sol was a wonderful man, a mentor and colleague to so many, a leading light in our field, and a "mensch," the Yiddish word for an all-around fine person. Several years ago Sol was deservedly a recipient of the Leo G. Reeder Award for Distinguished Contribution to Medical Sociology. In 1996 he also received the Medical Sociology Section's Certificate of Appreciation for lonstanding service to the Section. In recent years, Sol had worked hard to develop a line of research concerning social inequalities in health status and health care. Through his research at the Health Institute of Tufts New England Medical Center, through his faculty involvement at the Department of Health and Social Behavior of the Harvard School of Public Health, and through the Society and Health Working Group that he co-founded, Sol carried out his own research, nourished the work of others, and connected up with people in other countries working in this area. His recent co-edited collection, Society and Health, is a fine example of that direction in his work. I was fortunate to have worked with Sol in the Society and Health Working Group, and to have known him as a friend and colleague. I will miss him, and I am sure so many of you will too. Perhaps some of you would like to share thoughts and memories about Sol on the MEDSOC discussion list. I hope we will be able to have a memorial for Sol at the ASA meetings in Toronto. Phil Phil Brown, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology Brown University Box 1916 Providence RI 02912 (401) 863-2633 (secretary 863-2367) fax (401) 863-3213 From Phil_Brown@brown.edu Mon Nov 18 17:24:21 1996 Received: from brown.edu (brown.edu [128.148.128.9]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with ESMTP id RAA02568 for ; Mon, 18 Nov 1996 17:24:19 -0700 (MST) Received: from PPP-94-24.BU.EDU (PPP-94-24.BU.EDU [128.197.9.148]) by brown.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id TAA14446; Mon, 18 Nov 1996 19:23:56 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 19:23:56 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199611190023.TAA14446@brown.edu> X-Sender: Phil_Brown@postoffice.brown.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: medsoc@csf.colorado.edu, bethany_kantrowitz@brown.edu, eunike_suci@brown.edu, mubasyir@brown.edu, jenifer_allsworth@brown.edu, acp@chcrv1.chcr.brown.edu, rangel@jeeves.la.utexas.edu, sysan@ice.csv.warwick.ac.uk, sbell@polar.Bowdoin.EDU, ceb@chcrv1.chcr.brown.edu, broadhea@uconnvm.uldaa.edu, M.Bury@rhbnc.ac.uk, charmaz@SONOMA.EDU, ann_dill@brown.edu, mary_fennell@brown.edu, j.gabe@rhbnc.ac.uk, g.h.williams@sociology.salford.ac.uk, fhaffert@ub.d.umn.edu, avhorw@pci.rutgers.edu, MCL3@columbia.edu, el12@columbia.edu, sally@msoc.mrc.gla.ac.uk, johnm@neri.org, Lois_Monteiro@brown.edu, joe_morrissey@unc.edu, vnavarro@phnet.sph.jhu.edu, pescosol@indiana.edu, conrad@binah.cc.brandeis.edu, A.R.Radley@lboro.ac.uk, riessman@ACS1.BU.EDU, SCHLESL%SNYPLAVA.BITNET@brownvm.brown.edu, umberson@jeeves.la.utexas.edu, waitzkin@humc.edu, Albert_Wessen@brown.edu, qefa2@maila.central.susx.ac.uk, wildavid@umich.edu From: Phil_Brown@brown.edu (Phil Brown) Subject: Sol Levine funeral and burial Sol Levine's funeral will be tomorrow at 3pm at Stanetsky Memorial Chapels, 1668 Beacon Street, Brookline. (that's 1 1/2 blocks West of Washington Street, on the north side). The burial will be Wednesday at 1:30pm, Mt. Pleasant Cemetary, 80 Commerce Street, Hawthorn, NY. Phil Brown, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology Brown University Box 1916 Providence RI 02912 (401) 863-2633 (secretary 863-2367) fax (401) 863-3213 From fhaffert@d.umn.edu Thu Nov 21 15:03:51 1996 Received: from mail.d.umn.edu (mail.d.umn.edu [131.212.109.2]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with ESMTP id PAA20650 for ; Thu, 21 Nov 1996 15:03:50 -0700 (MST) Received: from ub.d.umn.edu (ub-108.d.umn.edu [131.212.108.3]) by mail.d.umn.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA27946 for ; Thu, 21 Nov 1996 16:01:31 -0600 (CST) Received: (fhaffert@localhost) by ub.d.umn.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) id QAA28943; Thu, 21 Nov 1996 16:01:04 -0600 (CST) Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 16:01:04 -0600 (CST) From: frederic hafferty Subject: Re: distinctive orientations To: MedSoc@csf.colorado.edu In-Reply-To: <199611152143.QAA28644@golden.brown.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII I've done a literature review and have a couple of citations, but wanted to see if anyone out there has a favorite article that meaningfully captures core differences (and core similarities) among economics, sociology and psychology with respect to theories of human relationships (although I'll "settle" for anything that nicely tackles the issue of domains and perspectives). Thank you, Fred Hafferty Professor Department of Behavioral Sciences UMD School of Medicine From rose.weitz@asu.edu Fri Nov 22 11:34:24 1996 Received: from post6.inre.asu.edu (post6.INRE.ASU.EDU [129.219.13.73]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with ESMTP id LAA04911 for ; Fri, 22 Nov 1996 11:34:23 -0700 (MST) Received: from ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU by asu.edu (PMDF V5.0-4 #7723) id <01IC58H4A568941K48@asu.edu> for MedSoc@CSF.COLORADO.EDU; Fri, 22 Nov 1996 11:36:56 -0700 (MST) Received: from ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU by ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R3) with BSMTP id 0257; Fri, 22 Nov 1996 11:30:32 -0700 (MST) Received: from ASUACAD (NJE origin ATRXW@ASUACAD) by ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 6963; Fri, 22 Nov 1996 11:30:31 -0700 Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 11:30:26 -0700 (MST) From: Rose Weitz Subject: aids books To: MedSoc@CSF.COLORADO.EDU Message-id: <01IC58H4Q8EY941K48@asu.edu> Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT I have been asked by a local AIDS service organization to help them develop a library of books and other materials dealing with issues of and relevant to women, children, and families. If you have any suggestions--either of specific materials or of publishers or organizations I should contact--please let me know. Thanks. Rose Weitz Department of Sociology Arizona State University ROSE.WEITZ@ASU.EDU From gdowdall@sju.edu Fri Nov 22 11:53:13 1996 Received: from sjuphil.sju.edu (sjuphil.sju.edu [129.68.1.75]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with SMTP id LAA06783 for ; Fri, 22 Nov 1996 11:53:10 -0700 (MST) Received: from newshost.sju.edu by sjuphil.sju.edu (4.1/1.35) id AA26060; Fri, 22 Nov 96 13:48:39 EST Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 13:53:56 -0500 (EST) From: George Dowdall To: MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY Subject: Re: aids books In-Reply-To: <01IC58H4Q8EY941K48@asu.edu> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Fri, 22 Nov 1996, Rose Weitz wrote: > Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 11:30:26 -0700 (MST) > From: Rose Weitz > Reply-To: MedSoc@csf.colorado.edu > To: MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY > Subject: aids books > > I have been asked by a local AIDS service organization to help them > develop a library of books and other materials dealing with issues > of and relevant to women, children, and families. If you have any > suggestions--either of specific materials or of publishers or > organizations I should contact--please let me know. Thanks. > > Rose Weitz > Department of Sociology > Arizona State University > ROSE.WEITZ@ASU.EDU > > Here in Philadelphia there is a large library about AIDS that you might want to contact: AIDS Information Network, 215-575-1110. George W. Dowdall, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology, St. Joseph's University; 5600 City Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19131. Tel.: 610-660-1674. Fax.: 610-660-1688. Internet: gdowdall@sju.edu From Phil_Brown@brown.edu Sat Nov 23 14:29:34 1996 Received: from brown.edu (brown.edu [128.148.128.9]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with ESMTP id OAA24646 for ; Sat, 23 Nov 1996 14:29:31 -0700 (MST) Received: from PPP-76-30.BU.EDU (PPP-76-30.BU.EDU [128.197.7.210]) by brown.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA25442 for ; Sat, 23 Nov 1996 16:29:25 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 16:29:25 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199611232129.QAA25442@brown.edu> X-Sender: Phil_Brown@postoffice.brown.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: medsoc@csf.colorado.edu From: Phil_Brown@brown.edu (Phil Brown) Subject: ASA sessions Hi, We now have 55 subscribers to this list, and some discussion is starting to happen. Please keep it up. This is a reminder to be thinking about paper submissions for the ASA. January 10 is the dealine for submissions to be in the organizers' hands, and that is only 6 weeks away. Don't hesitate to contact the organizer beforehand if you are not sure your paper fits the session. 1997 Annual Meeting Sessions MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY SECTION 1) THE INFLUENCE OF BRITISH MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY ON AMERICAN MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY] (Invited Session) Organizer: Phil Brown, Department of Sociology, Brown University, Box 1916, Providence RI 02912. 401-863-2633 email: phil_brown@brown.edu Speakers will include three British medical sociologists, including one who received a Ph.D. in the US, and an American who has spent considerable time in Britain working with British medical sociologists. 2) MANAGED CARE AND OTHER CONSOLIDATIONS OF POWER IN HEALTH CARE Organizer: Bradford Gray, Director, Division of Health and Science Policy, New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029-5293. 212-822-7286 email: hgray@nyam.org. The last two years have seen enormous transformations in the health care system. Hospital chains are buying up hospitals, after a prior sell-off. Insurers are starting many more HMOs. Of the top 10 HMO chains, all but one are for-profit, and that non-profit one is the only one to have zero growth 1992-1994. Even individual doctors in small group practices are now being forced to take capitation payments for insured patients. Was this all happening anyway, or was this spurred by fears of the Clinton health reforms? This panel will entertain submissions of work on such topics as: -What was the role of the 1993 Clinton Health Reform proposal in spurring further centralization and managed care? -What are the effects on patient care and patient choice? -What are the effects on health professionals? -What are the effects on mental health care. -What do these developments mean for future health reform efforts? 3) SOCIAL INEQUALITIES AND HEALTH Organizer - Steven Gortmaker, Department of Health and Social Behavior, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 0211. 617-432-1029 email: sgortmak@hsph.harvard.edu. We know that there are many ways that the three major elements of social stratification affect health status. There is still much to learn about the interaction of these three elements, and about the mechanisms through which they work? This panel would be more interested in working toward an integrated perspective, than in simply reporting on race, class, and gender differences. This panel will entertain submissions of work on such topics as: -What interventions have worked, or might work, to curtail inequities? -What kind of data gathering is necessary to more fully address these issues? -What are the specific mechanisms of race, class, and gender in health status? -Can we integrate cross-national comparisons (e.g. differences across countries that are based on degree of class stratification in the whole country) with intra-national data? -What theoretical models do we have for this study? In particular, how do we integrate findings on race, class, and gender into a more complete perspective or theory? 4) INTERACTION AND NEGOTIATION IN HEALTH SETTINGS Organizer: Anne Figert, Department of Sociology/Anthropology, Loyola University of Chicago, 6525 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60626 312-508-3431 email: afigert@luc.edu We have learned a lot about health care-seeking and illness behavior by studying interaction and negotiation. People take varying control of their health problems. Some are very compliant patients, while others are questioning consumers. No matter how involved they want to be in their own care, people bring to medical encounters their own backgrounds, desires, and interests, and this tells us much about the kinds of care they will receive. Health professionals also differ in their quality of interaction and in their acceptance of negotiation. Our field has studied these issues for many years, but the recent changes in the health care system may produce changes in health interactions. This panel will entertain submissions of work on such topics as: -What differences are there, especially gender differences, in physicians' levels of interaction with patients? -How do people manage stigma in health interactions, especially for highly stigmatizing problems? -How can we conduct research on interaction that use combined qualitative-quantitative methods? -Are people less able to negotiate illness experience and care in HMOs and other new managed care settings? 5) REFEREED ROUNDTABLES Organizer: Mary Fennel and Ann Dill , Department of Sociology, Brown University, Box 1916, Providence RI 02912. Mary Fennell: 401-863-2267 email: mary_fennell@brown.edu. Ann Dill: 401-8631114 email: ann_dill@brown.edu. Phil Brown, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology Brown University Box 1916 Providence RI 02912 (401) 863-2633 (secretary 863-2367) fax (401) 863-3213