Healthcare sociology professor wins book prize
September 2006Academics from the universities of Manchester and Liverpool/Central Lancashire have won the top prize of BMA Medical Book of the Year 2006, as well as first prize in the Mental Health category, at the British Medical Association's Medical Book Competition 2006.
Anne Rogers, Professor of the Sociology of Health Care at the National Primary Care Research and Development Centre based at The University of Manchester, and Dr David Pilgrim, Clinical Dean at the Teaching Care Trust for East Lancashire and Honorary Professor at the universities of Liverpool and Central Lancashire, triumphed over 550 other entries with A Sociology of Mental Health and Illness (3rd edition, Open University Press, July 2005).
The book was praised by reviewers as being "simply the best textbook in the area of mental health sociology".
New social issues in mental health
Professor Rogers said: "A lot has changed in the field of mental health since we wrote the first edition of this book, and this new version has allowed the incorporation of a lot of new material. The mental health field has developed a lot over the last 12 years, and it has been very satisfying to be able to focus on new social issues as they have emerged. "The sociology of mental health is an exciting area to be involved with and we hope we have provided a sense of this in the book."
Professor Rogers directs a programme of research on self-management and chronic-disease management at the National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, Division of Primary Care at The University of Manchester.
Annual competition
The BMA Medical Book competition has been held each year since 1994 and aims to encourage and reward excellence in medical publishing and patient information. This year's awards attracted more than 550 entries competing for 88 prizes across a variety of categories.The University of Manchester is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
