Virtual Special Issues

Virtual Special Issues

Drawing on the strengths of the Sociology of Health and Illness archive, Virtual Special Issues (VSIs) are designed to help you identify key themes and classic papers in particular fields. The editors of VSIs are experts in the relevant field who have written introductory guides to key articles that have appeared in the journal since it was founded in 1979. As editors, we hope that you will find this a useful way of exploring some of the richness and variety of papers that have appeared in the journal, old and new.

We would be delighted to hear your proposal for a future virtual special issue. If you are interested in editing one, please get in touch with Clive Seale on the editorial team.

Virtual Special Issue 1
Virtual Special Issue on death, dying and bereavement
Editorial by Clive Seale

Virtual Special Issue 2
Virtual Special Issue on feminism and the sociology of gender, health and illness
Editorial by Hannah Bradby

Virtual Special Issue 3
Virtual special issue on ‘Illness, biography and narrative’
Editorial by Julia Lawton