Karen Willis is a senior lecturer in sociology at the School of Sociology and Social Work at the University of Tasmania. She has responsibility for development of curriculum, course coordination, and teaching health sociology to nursing students.Shandell Elmer is a Research Fellow at the University of Tasmania, Department of Rural Health. She is currently undertaking a PhD that aims to explore the relationship between social capital within health service organisations and their attempts at community engagement.

• PART 1 IDEAS ABOUT HEALTH AND ILLNESS ; PART 2 SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND HEALTH ; PART 3 EXPERIENCING HEALTH AND ILLNESS ; PART 4 WORKING IN HEALTH

Karen Willis is a senior lecturer in sociology at the School of Sociology and Social Work at the University of Tasmania. She has responsibility for development of curriculum, course coordination, and teaching health sociology to nursing students.Shandell Elmer is a Research Fellow at the University of Tasmania, Department of Rural Health. She is currently undertaking a PhD that aims to explore the relationship between social capital within health service organisations and their attempts at community engagement.

• PART 1 IDEAS ABOUT HEALTH AND ILLNESS ; PART 2 SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND HEALTH ; PART 3 EXPERIENCING HEALTH AND ILLNESS ; PART 4 WORKING IN HEALTH

Karen Willis is a senior lecturer in sociology at the School of Sociology and Social Work at the University of Tasmania. She has responsibility for development of curriculum, course coordination, and teaching health sociology to nursing students.Shandell Elmer is a Research Fellow at the University of Tasmania, Department of Rural Health. She is currently undertaking a PhD that aims to explore the relationship between social capital within health service organisations and their attempts at community engagement.

• PART 1 IDEAS ABOUT HEALTH AND ILLNESS ; PART 2 SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND HEALTH ; PART 3 EXPERIENCING HEALTH AND ILLNESS ; PART 4 WORKING IN HEALTH