Sociological concepts in the etiology of chronic disease: The case of ischemic heart disease

Johannes Siegrist, Karin Siegrist and Ingbert Weber

Social Science & Medicine, 1986, vol. 22, issue 2, 247-253

Abstract: This paper first gives a selective and critical review of conventional sociological variables included into epidemiologic and clinical studies of ischemic heart disease (IHD). In a second section, links between social and biological processes are discussed, and a conceptual sociological approach is developed which relates critical experiences of active distress to impaired long-term control of social status. This approach is elaborated to some extent in order to illustrate possible avenues of future research which strengthen cross-fertilization between medical and social sciences.

Date: 1986
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