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Sarah Nettleton

b. 1960

British sociologist

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About Sarah Nettleton

Born 1960. Sarah Nettleton is a researcher, sociologist and professor.

Sarah Nettleton (born 1960) is a British sociologist and emeritus Professor at the University of York.

She grew up in the Lake District and studied for her undergraduate degree in Social Studies at the University of Newcastle graduating in 1982.

Selected publications Locock, L., Nettleton, S., Kirkpatrick, S., Ryan, S., & Ziebland, S. (2016). "‘I knew before I was told’: Breaches, cues and clues in the diagnostic assemblage". Social Science & Medicine, 154, 85–92. Buse, C., Nettleton, S. J., Martin, D., & Twigg, J. (2016). "Imagined bodies: Architects and their constructions of later life". Ageing and society. Nettleton, S. (2013) Sociology of Health and Illness Cambridge. Polity Press. Neale, J., Nettleton, S. & Pickering, L. (2012) The Everyday Lives of Recovering Heroin Users. RSA. Taylor, K., Nettleton, S. and Harding, G. (2003) Sociology for Pharmacists. Taylor and Francis. Ford, J. Burrows, R. and Nettleton, S. (2001) Home Ownership in a Risk Society: A Social Analysis of Mortgage Arrears and Possession. Policy Press. Nettleton, S. (1992) Power, Pain and Dentistry Buckingham Open University Press. Twigg, J., Wolkowitz, C., Cohen, R. L. and Nettleton, S. (2011) (eds) Body Work in Health and Social Care: critical themes and agendas. Wiley-Blackwell.

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Important facts

Born
1960
Birth century
Education
University of London
Employers
University of York
Awards
Fellow of the British Academy

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Who is Sarah Nettleton?

British sociologist

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Sarah Nettleton was born in 1960.

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Sarah Nettleton is a researcher, sociologist and professor.

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