1. Deciphering Chronic Pain / Isabelle Baszanger -- 2. Identity Dilemmas of Chronically Ill Men / Kathy Charmaz -- 3. A Social Worlds Research Adventure: The Case of Reproductive Science / Adele E. Clarke -- 4. The Molecular Biological Bandwagon in Cancer Research: Where Social Worlds Meet / Joan H. Fujimura -- 5. Time in the Recruiting Search Process by Headhunting Companies / Krzysztof Konecki -- 6. The Line in the Sand: Definitional Dialogues in Abusive Relationships / Lora Bex Lempert -- 7. Temporality and Identity Loss Due to Alzheimer's Disease / Celia J. Orona -- 8. Of Lungs and Lungers: The Classified Story of Tuberculosis / Susan Leigh Star and Geoffrey C. Bowker -- 9. Trajectories, Biographies, and the Evolving Medical Technology Scene: Labor and Delivery and the Intensive Care Nursery / Carolyn Wiener, Anselm Strauss and Shizuko Fagerhaugh [et al.] -- 10. On Some Characteristics of Contemporary Japanese Society / Setsuo Mizuno.