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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 16:47:56 -0500
To: MedSoc@csf.colorado.edu
From: Chloe Bird <Chloe_Bird@brown.edu>
Subject: Introductions
  Perhaps it would be helpful for us to following Dr. van Dongen's lead and
introduce ourselves.  Since this list is just starting, there should not be
too many of us to do this.  
  My name is Chloe Bird.  I am a medical sociologist.  Most of my work
focuses on social determinants of gender differences in health.  However, I
am also doing some research on women's representation as subjects in medical
research.  I am particularly interested in how gender inequality in society,
in the labor force, and in the home, affects men's and women's mental and
physical well-being.  
  I am also looking for articles that could provide a sociological critique
of end of life decision-making.  I am interested in whether and how new
technologies may increase physician authority and decrease the patients' or
their family's autonomy in making health care decisions.  Such work might
mirror recent research on the impact of technology on fertility treatments
and decisions related to pregnancy.