In this article, we suggest that social policy may be on the cusp of a large-scale adoption of
the notion of lived experience. However, within social policy and allied disciplines, the …

Sarah Nettleton's The Sociology of Health and Illness has become a cornerstone text,
popular with students and academics alike for its rigorous and accessible overview of the …

In this 'state of the art'review, we draw on the Irish and UK context to ask 'what can welfare
stigma do?'Our question provokes thinking about welfare stigma not as an inevitable 'cost'of …

This article documents the experiences of people with a physical health condition or
disability who have experienced a loss of or change in disability benefits under the welfare …

Chronic pain is a potentially stigmatizing condition. However, stigma has received limited
empirical investigation in people with chronic pain. Therefore, we examined the …

Women with serious mental illness (SMI) occupy a social position in which their experiences
are simultaneously influenced by stigmatisation, institutionalisation and gendered …

It is widely acknowledged that'good policy'should be informed by the people it most directly
affects. However, learning from people with lived experiences in the criminal justice sector …

Underpinned by the idea of the right to a 'basic minimum', welfare states are a major feature
of many societies. However, the lived experiences of persons seeking and receiving welfare …

Sociological Theories of Health and Illness reviews the evolution of theory in medical
sociology beginning with the field's origins in medicine and extending to its present-day …

Dying alone is portrayed as undesirable in terms of policy, health and social care provision,
the wishes of family and friends, and in popular culture. Despite this, people do often die …