Tessera
Folgen

Eliza Brown

@elizaclairebrown.bsky.social

Assistant Professor of Sociology at UC Berkeley. Medicine, Reproduction, Economy, Organizations, Family, Sexualities, Gender, Demography, STS. https://elizacbrown.com/

14 Posts211 Follower254 Folgt
Guillermina Altomonte@ghaltomo.bsky.social · 3w ago

It's publication day! In this book I critically examine independence as the yardstick for how we evaluate "good" old age in the US. Thrilled to see it out in the world and grateful to everyone who made this happen ✨

Princeton University Press@princetonupress.bsky.social · 3w ago

How independence works as an unquestioned ideal for aging in America—and why it is never quite realized. Chasing Independence by @ghaltomo.bsky.social is out now. Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

Chasing Independence: Growing Old in the Shadow of an American Ideal by Guillermina Altomonte
Larry Au@larryau.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Please join us for a virtual symposium on Rewiring the Medical Network of Expertise organized with RC52 Sociology of Professional Groups at the International Sociological Association from June 16 to 18. Register for free: eventmobi.com/website/RC52... (go to the bottom of page click “register now")

Session A: AI, Automation, and Reconfiguration of Professional Expertise (June 16th at 1pm ET / 10am PT) Shira Zilberstein, Harvard University Jodie Koh, Northwestern University Farnam Mohebi, UC Berkeley Wanheng Hu, Stanford University Disscusant: TBD Session B: Lay and Hybrid Expertise in the Medical Context (June 17th at 11am ET/ 8am PT) Larry Au, City College of New York (CUNY) Valerio Iannucci, Boston University Danyang Li, UC Berkeley Cecilia Martínez-Plaza, New York University Discussant: Eliza Brown, UC Berkeley Session C: AI, Socio-Digital Spaces, and Emerging Expert Claims (June 18th at 11am ET / 8am PT) Darryn DiFrancesco, University of Northern BC Klara Friese and Maximilian Heimstädt, Helmut Schmidt University Yongcheng Lu, Columbia University Netta Avnon, Western University Discussant: Gil Eyal, Columbia University
SASE | The Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics@sasemeeting.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🩺💸"Doctor, how much does it cost?" In #SER, Eliza Brown explores how fertility clinics talk about money. It’s not just business—it’s a moral performance shaped by class & organizational structure to protect patient trust. 🔗Read the full study: doi.org/10.1093/ser/... #SASE

Doctor, how much does it cost? Moral values and price talk in a stratified consumer medical market

Abstract. In recent years, economic sociology scholarship has begun to interrogate how moral understandings of market exchanges differ according to organiz

doi.org

Eliza Brown@elizaclairebrown.bsky.social · 8mo ago

@ghaltomo.bsky.social and I wrote a review on the explosion of sociological work on moral markets in medicine. We outline the state of the field, and where moral markets might go next in health and medicine. We hope it's useful! Morals, Markets, and Medicine onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Morals, Markets, and Medicine

Healthcare in the United States is defined by profit motives and economic inequality, yet medical providers and organizations are also guided by moral values such as a commitment to patient well-bein...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com