Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 11:05:26 -0600 (MDT)
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From: TR Young <TR.Young@uvm.edu>
Subject: Funded PhD Place (Medical Sociology)
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>Subject: Funded PhD Place (Medical Sociology)
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>Could you please pass this on to anyone who may be interested (e.g.
>finals students, research assistants, etc).
>
>ADVERT - Funded PhD place (urgent deadline for applications  Tuesday
>10th June 1997.)
>
>RESEARCH STUDENTSHIP
>MRC MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY UNIT, 
>UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW
>GLASGOW
>SCOTLAND
>
>Lay perceptions of inequalities in health: aetiology and salience of
>class and gender differences
>
>Supervisors: Kate Hunt (MRC) and Jenny Kitzinger (Glasgow University)
>
>
>Applications are invited for an MRC PhD Studentship in Medical
>Sociology.  
>
>There has been much interest in health inequalities in the 1980s and
>1990s, but, although there is a some research on lay perceptions of
>health, little is known about lay perceptions of inequalities in
>health.  What levels of social inequality do people perceive, what
>aspects do they perceive to be health-damaging, and with whom do they
>compare themselves?  A particular interest is in class and gender.
>
>The Medical Sociology Unit provides excellent support for students and
>has a strong tradition of research in health inequalities and in
>qualitative and quantitative methods.  The project will inform the
>health inequalities debate, and could also link with studies on the
>public understanding of science.
>
>Applicants should have, or expect to have, a class 2(i) Honours degree
>or better in the social sciences.  Further particulars are available
>from Kate Hunt, MRC Medical Sociology Unit, 6 Lilybank Gardens, G12
>8RZ (Tel: (0141) 357-3949)(email: kate@msoc.mrc.gla.ac.uk ) to whom
>applications with C.V. and the names of two referees should be sent by
>Tuesday 10th June 1997.
>______________________________________________
>Dr. Simon Carter
>MRC Medical Sociology Unit
>6 Lilybank Gardens
>University of Glasgow
>Glasgow G12 8RZ
>
>Tel:    0141-357-3949
>Fax:    0141-337-2389
>e-mail: simon@msoc.mrc.gla.ac.uk
>Talk  : simon@medsoc-6.mrc.gla.ac.uk
>
>
TR Young
The Red Feather Institute
8085 Essex, Weidman, Mi.,
  48893  [517] 644 3089
  Email: tr@tryoung.com