Julius Alfred Roth

Julius A. Roth (1924-2002) was Professor of Sociology at University of California, Davis.^[1] He is best known for his groundbreaking work in medical sociology, Timetables: Structuring the Passage of Time in Hospital Treatment and Other Careers (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1963), based in part on his own experience as a TB patient.^[2] Excerpts from Timetables were included in the Penguin Modern Sociology Readings anthology Rules and Meanings (1973).^[3]

References

^ Obituary at University of California website.
^ Review by Maurice L. Farber in American Sociological Review, Vol. 29, No. 5 (Oct., 1964), pp. 778-779.
^ Mary Douglas (ed.), Rules and Meanings (Penguin Books, 1973), pp. 82-86.

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Name	Roth, Julius Alfred
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Date of birth	1924
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Date of death	2002
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