IJPP 2003, 11: 251-258
© 2003 Int J Pharm Pract
DOI 10.1211/0022357021954
ISSN 0961-7671

Department of Social Pharmacy, The Danish University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Copenhagen, Denmark

Janine Morgall Traulsen, associate professor

Centre for Pharmacy, Health and Society, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nottingham, England

Paul Bissell, lecturer in social pharmacy and pharmacy practice

Correspondence: Dr Traulsen, Department of Social Pharmacy, The Danish University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universitetsparken 2, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. E mail: jam@dfh.dk

Original Papers

(7) The risk society

Janine Morgall Traulsen and Paul Bissell

Abstract
In previous articles in this series, we have discussed classical and modern sociological theories. This article addresses risk: a field of sociological research that is the subject of current debate. One commentator has described it as “one of the most lively areas of theoretical debate in social and cultural theory in recent times.”