Graham Scambler

Graham Scambler (born 1948) is a sociologist, specializing in medical sociology.

Life and work

Scambler completed a B.Sc in Philosophy and Sociology at the University of Surrey in 1971, followed by a Ph.D. in Sociology (supervised by George Brown at Bedford College, University of London. His PhD thesis was on the stigma experienced by adults with epilepsy living in the community.[1]

He was appointed Lecturer in Sociology at Charing Cross Hospital Medical School in 1972-5. He then moved to the Middlesex Hospital Medical School from 1978-87 which became part of University College London (UCL). He was appointed Professor of Medical Sociology at UCL in 2001. He retired from UCL in 2013.[1]

He is author or editor of several books and has written over 100 chapters and peer-reviewed papers.[2] He is founding co-editor of the international journal Social Theory and Health.

Awards

Publications
  • Patrick, D & Scambler, G (Eds) (1982). Sociology as applied to medicine. London: Bailliere Tindall/W.B.Saunders (6 editions)
  • Fitzpatrick, R., Hinton, J., Newman, S., Scambler, G. & Thompson, J. (1984). The experience of illness. London: Tavistock.
  • Scambler, G. (Ed)(1987). Sociological theory and medical sociology. London: Tavistock
  • Scambler, G. (1989). Epilepsy. London: Tavistock
  • Scambler, A. & Scambler, G. (1993). Menstrual disorders. London: Routledge.
  • Scambler, G. & Scambler, A. (Eds.)(1997). Rethinking prostitution. London: Routledge
  • Scambler, G. & Higgs, P. (Eds)(1998). Modernity, medicine and health. London: Routledge
  • Scambler, G. (Ed)(2001). Habermas, critical theory and health. London: Routledge
  • Scambler, G. (2002). Health and social change. Buckingham: Open University Press
  • Scambler, G. (Ed)(2005). Medical sociology. London: Routledge.
  • Scambler, G. & Scambler, S. (Eds.)(2010). New directions in the sociology of chronic and disabling conditions. London: Palgrave.
  • Scambler, G. (Ed.)(2012). Contemporary theorists and medical sociology. London: Routledge.
  • Aksei Tjora & Scambler, G. (eds.) Café Society w York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2013]

References
  1. "About". Graham Scambler. 2013-02-04. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  2. "Iris View Profile - Graham Scambler". iris.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  3. "Academy of Social Sciences Fellows". Retrieved 17 April 2017.
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