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Illness, Crisis & Loss

Illness, Crisis & Loss


eISSN: 15526968 | ISSN: 10541373 | Current volume: 34 | Current issue: 1 Frequency: Quarterly
Illness, Crisis & Loss is a premier refereed and international journal. It furthers an understanding and knowledge of the social scientific, psychosocial and ethical issues associated with life-threatening illness, traumatic human crises, grief, and loss. The broad and unique focus of the journal makes it relevant to a wide range of social scientists, qualitative and quantitative researchers as well as students, grief counselors, therapists, social workers, thanatologists, physicians and nurses, medical ethicists, and anyone else who works with people in crisis situations across the world. The journal is famed for its interdisciplinary and global focus.

Illness, Crisis and Loss evaluates the processes of illness and loss on the one hand, and analyses what we understand by ‘dying’ and ‘bereavement’ and loss on the other hand. Illness, Crisis & Loss publishes original peer-reviewed articles and book reviews on social science, psychological and ethical issues associated with life-threatening illnesses, traumatic human and organizational crises, grief, and loss.

Through refereed articles and book reviews, you will also discover the latest cutting- edge research on ethical, theoretical, methodological, social scientific and psychosocial issues from those working on the frontline and in researchers documenting the narratives of people who gave gone through processes of illness, crisis and loss from across the globe.

Interim Editor
Sharon Mallon University of Staffordshire, UK
Associate Editor
Paul Taylor University of Chester, UK
Patricia L. Wright The University of Scranton, USA
Editorial Board
Fereshteh Ahmadi University of Gävle, Sweden
Gavin J. Andrews McMaster University, Canada
Carrie Arnold Kings University College, Canada
Fahime Bahonar University of Isfahan, Iran
Robert Bendiksen Former ICL Editor, University of Wisconsin—La Crosse, USA
Ivy Lynn Bourgeault University of Ottawa, Canada
Mike Brennan Liverpool Hope University, UK
Cecilia Chan University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Piu Chan XuanWu Hospital of Capital Medical University, China
Amy Chow Hong Kong University, Hong Kong
Elizabeth J. Clark ICL Founding Editor, National Association of Social Workers, Washington, D.C., USA
Inge B. Corless Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
Gerry R. Cox Former ICL Editor, University of Wisconsin—La Crosse, USA
Jodie Croxall Swansea University, UK
Ian Cummins University of Salford, UK
Fiona Cust Staffordshire University, UK
Mahboubeh Dadfar University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Kenneth J. Doka College of New Rochelle, New York, USA
Cemil Egeli University of Chester, UK
Arthur Frank University of Calgary, Canada
Timothy Gongaware Former ICL Editor, University of Wisconsin—La Crosse, USA
Yuting Han Peking University, China
Andy Ho Nanyang Technology University, Singapore
Connie Holden The Conversation Project in Boulder County, USA
Nur Atikah Mohamed Hussin Tampere University, Finland
June Keeling University Keele, UK
Allan Kellehear Department of Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Jie Li East China University of Political Science and Law, China
Janice Winchester Nadeau Minnesota Human Development Resources, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Neil Thompson Former ICL Editor, Avenue Consulting, Ltd., Wales, UK
Mary Alice Varga University of West Georgia, USA
Azrini Wahidin University of Warwick, UK
Jackie Watts The Open University, UK
Editor Emeritus
Jason L. Powell University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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  • Illness, Crisis & Loss - Instructions to Authors

    Originality: Only original articles are accepted for publication. Submission of a manuscript represents certification on the part of the author(s) that neither the article submitted, nor a version of it has been published, or is being considered for publication elsewhere.

    Manuscripts: Manuscripts should be submitted electronically to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ill.  Authors will be required to set up an online account on the SAGETRACK system powered by ScholarOne. Your submission will be acknowledged electronically when received.

    Abstracts: of 100 to 150 words are required to introduce each article. Format Prepare manuscripts according to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.). A synopsis of this manual is available from the American Psychological Society.

    Style: Technical terms specific to a particular discipline should be defined. Write for clear comprehension by readers from a broad spectrum of scholarly and professional backgrounds. Avoid acronyms and footnoting, except for acknowledgments.

    Permissions: Authors are responsible for all statements made in their manuscript and for obtaining from copyright owners to reprint or adapt a table or figures, or to reprint a quotation of 500 words or more. Authors should write to original author(s) and publisher to request nonexclusive world rights in all languages to use the material in the article and in future editions. Provide copies of all permission and credit lines obtained at the time of manuscript submission.

    SAGE Choice:If you or your (author) funder wish your article to be freely available online to nonsubscribers immediately upon publication (gold open access), you can opt for it to be included in SAGE Choice, subject to the payment of a publication fee. The manuscript submission and peer review procedure is unchanged. On acceptance of your article, you will be asked to let SAGE know directly if you are choosing SAGE Choice. To check journal eligibility and the publication fee, please visit SAGE Choice. For more information on open access options and compliance at SAGE, including self/author archiving deposits (green open access) visit SAGE Publishing Policies on our Journal Author Gateway.

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