Graham Scambler writes medical sociology about health inequality, stigma, class and the relationship between social structure and illness. Sociology as Applied to Health and Medicine introduces sociological approaches to healthcare, professional power, inequality and patient experience, while his wider work develops arguments about class, capitalism and the social patterning of health. Scambler also writes on stigma and chronic illness, including epilepsy. His prose is theoretical, critical and research-led, aimed more at students and academics than casual health readers. His work fits medical sociology, health inequalities, stigma studies and social theory. Read more Less