Natural science and medicine; social science and medicine: Some methodological controversies

Review essay: The importance of being Erving—Erving Goffman, 1922 to 1982

“…A good many of Goffman's peculiarities seem important. The current division of the social sciences is clearly barmy (Strong and McPherson ), as is our steadfast refusal to acknowledge the work of the other picturing trades such as novelists, biographers and journalists (Strong ). Goffman's blithe capacity to ignore our petty demarcation disputes is one we should all copy.…”

Review essay: The importance of being Erving—Erving Goffman, 1922 to 1982

“…A good many of Goffman's peculiarities seem important. The current division of the social sciences is clearly barmy (Strong and McPherson ), as is our steadfast refusal to acknowledge the work of the other picturing trades such as novelists, biographers and journalists (Strong ). Goffman's blithe capacity to ignore our petty demarcation disputes is one we should all copy.…”

Problems of Multidisciplinary Research in Health Care - the Case of Birth Services

“…Besides the expected problems arising from cesearchers of different disciplines working together (Strong & McPherson 1982), the conflicts between medical and social sciences have been explained as stemming from professional imperialism, myths of medicine, and the power of the medical profession. Strong (1979) has characterized medical imperialism as a tendency of the medical profession to monopolize service provision, to control the nature and criteria of services, and to expand the 'empire' by redefining others' problems in its own terms.…”

Existential and clinical uncertainty in the medical encounter: an idiographic account of an illness trajectory defined by Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Avascular Necrosis

“…Analytical distance can be no more than a methodological ideal in the social sciences since researchers are themselves members of the social world they enquire about (Strong and McPherson 1982). The unintended omissions and distortions which are a patterned feature of all observation, description, memory, and narrative reconstruction can never be fully eliminated.…”

Review essay: The importance of being Erving—Erving Goffman, 1922 to 1982

“…A good many of Goffman's peculiarities seem important. The current division of the social sciences is clearly barmy (Strong and McPherson ), as is our steadfast refusal to acknowledge the work of the other picturing trades such as novelists, biographers and journalists (Strong ). Goffman's blithe capacity to ignore our petty demarcation disputes is one we should all copy.…”

Problems of Multidisciplinary Research in Health Care - the Case of Birth Services

“…Besides the expected problems arising from cesearchers of different disciplines working together (Strong & McPherson 1982), the conflicts between medical and social sciences have been explained as stemming from professional imperialism, myths of medicine, and the power of the medical profession. Strong (1979) has characterized medical imperialism as a tendency of the medical profession to monopolize service provision, to control the nature and criteria of services, and to expand the 'empire' by redefining others' problems in its own terms.…”

Existential and clinical uncertainty in the medical encounter: an idiographic account of an illness trajectory defined by Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Avascular Necrosis

“…Analytical distance can be no more than a methodological ideal in the social sciences since researchers are themselves members of the social world they enquire about (Strong and McPherson 1982). The unintended omissions and distortions which are a patterned feature of all observation, description, memory, and narrative reconstruction can never be fully eliminated.…”

Review essay: The importance of being Erving—Erving Goffman, 1922 to 1982

“…A good many of Goffman's peculiarities seem important. The current division of the social sciences is clearly barmy (Strong and McPherson ), as is our steadfast refusal to acknowledge the work of the other picturing trades such as novelists, biographers and journalists (Strong ). Goffman's blithe capacity to ignore our petty demarcation disputes is one we should all copy.…”

Problems of Multidisciplinary Research in Health Care - the Case of Birth Services

“…Besides the expected problems arising from cesearchers of different disciplines working together (Strong & McPherson 1982), the conflicts between medical and social sciences have been explained as stemming from professional imperialism, myths of medicine, and the power of the medical profession. Strong (1979) has characterized medical imperialism as a tendency of the medical profession to monopolize service provision, to control the nature and criteria of services, and to expand the 'empire' by redefining others' problems in its own terms.…”

Existential and clinical uncertainty in the medical encounter: an idiographic account of an illness trajectory defined by Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Avascular Necrosis

“…Analytical distance can be no more than a methodological ideal in the social sciences since researchers are themselves members of the social world they enquire about (Strong and McPherson 1982). The unintended omissions and distortions which are a patterned feature of all observation, description, memory, and narrative reconstruction can never be fully eliminated.…”