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A historical note: Foundation of the German Society of Medical Sociology in 1972

Voices in Health Sociology, Vol. 1, No. 1.


About the Author

Johannes Siegrist

Prof. Dr. Johannes Siegrist is Emeritus Professor in “Work Stress Research” at the Faculty of Medicine, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany. He holds degrees from the University of Freiburg and has been a faculty member at Marburg and Duesseldorf. He was a Visiting Professor at Johns Hopkins and the University of Utrecht. A widely published scholar, Siegrist is a member of the Academia Europaea. His research covers chronic work stress, social inequalities in health, and the role of stress in chronic disease development.

Contact:
Johannes.Siegrist(at)med.uni-duesseldorf.de
ResearchGate
Institute of medical sociology, Düsseldorf


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