Abstract

ANTUNES, Ricardo  and  CORREIA, Tiago. Sociology of health in Portugal: contexts, topics and protagonists. Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas [online]. 2009, n.61, pp.101-125. ISSN 0873-6529.

The sociology of health in Portugal is still emerging as a sociological field. Although, in recent years, it has presented a certain dissemination in the topics and protagonists, its internal characteristics do not, for the moment, allow us to apply the concept of a scientific field, as defined by Bourdieu. On the basis of an analysis of the sociological production that has health as its theoretical object - master’s and PhD theses, scientific articles - it is proposed to cast an eye over the characteristics and specificities in their epistemological, theoretical and methodological orientations. We are talking about taking a sociological look at the production of Portuguese sociology.

Keywords : sociology of health; sociology of science; sociological research in Portugal.

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