Bulletin of Semashko National Research Institute of Public HealthBulletin of Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health2415-84102415-8429FSSBI «N.A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health»1538Научная статьяSOCIOLOGY OF MEDICINE: ISSUES OF METHODOLOGYSushkoV. Avalentina.sushko@gmail.comSpasennikovB. Aborisspasennikov@yandex.ruLomonosov Moscow State UniversityN.A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health161220212909908042022Copyright © 2021,2021In the article, the authors tried to concentrate on the issues that, in their opinion, are of the practical importance for the organization and conduct of Sociological Research in Medicine. The role, place and types of sociological research that can be applied in the quality management system of medical care are considered. The problems and difficulties arising with their use in the field of medicine are identified. The advantages and disadvantages are considered in the context of quantitative and qualitative methodology. The main methods used in the sociology of medicine are considered: questioning, interviewing, observation, experiment and document analysis. The basic principles and procedures of specific sociological research are formulated. Depending on the nature of the goal and the tasks set, various types of specific sociological research (descriptive, analytical, etc.) were identified.sociology of medicinetypes and methods of sociological researchsociological research in health carequalitative and quantitative data of sociological researchсоциология медицинывиды и методы социологических исследованийсоциологические исследования в здравоохранениикачественные и количественные данные социологических исследований1.Спасенников Б.А. Социально-правовая характеристика осужденных мужчин, отбывающих наказание в исправительных колониях / Б.А. Спасенников, А.М. Смирнов // Социологические исследования. - 2015. - № 9 (377). - С. 120-124.2.Спасенников Б.А. О подготовке статьи в научный медицинский журнал / Б.А. Спасенников // Бюллетень Национального научно-исследовательского института общественного здоровья имени Н.А. Семашко. - 2020. - № 3. - С. 72-81.3.Сушко В.А. Ощущаемое качество жизни и ценностная структура российского населения /В.А. Сушко // Социология. - 2021. - № 1. - С. 61-74.4.Аверин Ю.П. Концепция качества жизни в современных социологических теориях / Ю.П. Аверин, В.А. Сушко // Известия Саратовского университета. Новая серия. Серия: Социология. Политология. - 2019. - Т. 19. - № 1. - С. 4-11.5.Кравченко А.И. Социология: учебник для бакалавров. - М.: Издательство «Проспект», 2017. - 536 с.6.Ядов В.А. Социологическое исследование: методология, программа, методы. - М.: Наука, 1972. - 240 с.7.Spasennikov B.A., Smirnov A.M. Socio-legal characteristics of convicted men serving sentences in correctional colonies. Sociologicheskie issledovaniya [Sociological Research]. 2015, no. 9 (377), pp. 120-124.8.Spasennikov B.A. On the preparation of an article for a scientific medical journal. Byulleten' Nacional'nogo nauchno-issledovatel'skogo instituta obshchestvennogo zdorov'ya imeni N.A. Semashko[Semashko Bulletin of the National Research Institute of Public Health]. 2020, no. 3, pp. 72-81.9.Sushko V.A. Perceived quality of life and the value structure of the Russian population. Sociologiya[Sociology]. 2021, no. 1, pp. 61-74.10.Averin Yu.P., Sushko V.A. The concept of the quality of life in modern sociological theories. Izvestiya Saratovskogo universiteta. Novaya seriya. Seriya: Sociologiya. Politologiya [Bulletin of the Saratov University. New series. Series: Sociology. Political science]. 2019, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 4-11.11.Kravchenko A.I. Sociologiya: uchebnik dlya bakalavrov [Sociology: a textbook]. Moscow,"Prospect", 2017. 536 p.12.YAdov V.A. Sociologicheskoe issledovanie: metodologiya, programma, metody [Sociological research: methodology, program, methods]. Moscow, Nauka, 1972. 240 p.