Introduction - developing the sociology of health, Pamela Abbott and Geoff Payne; socio-economic conditions and aspects of health - respiratory symptoms in four mining areas, Gary Littlejohn et al; opening the black box - inequalities in women's health, Sara Arber; distance decay and information deprivation - health implications for people in rural isolation, George Giarchi; we're home helps because we care - the experience of home helps caring for the elderly, Lorna Warren; hooked? social responses to tranquiliser dependence. Michael Bury and Jonathan Gabe; regulating our favourite drug, Robin Bunton; say no to drugs but yes to clean syringes?, Graham Hart; using alternative therapies - marginal medicine and central concerns, Ursula M.Sharma; Caribbean home remedies and their importance for black women's health care, Nicki Thorogood; health and work in the 1990s - towards a new perspective, Norma Daykin; where was sociology in the struggle to re-establish public health?, Thomas Acton and David Chambers.
