Medical sociologists and sociologists of disability study similar topics but, because of competing or conflicting theoretical paradigms, tend to arrive at different conclusions, engage with different audiences, and pursue different directions for social change. Despite diverging trajectories over the past 20 years, however, there remains clear potential overlap between both subfields in the study of disability and untapped opportunities for cross-fertilization. Our purpose here is to place these literatures in conversation with each other. Toward this end, we identify major themes in the last 20 years of medical sociology scholarship, gaps with regard to disability in those themes, and possibilities (including methodologies) we see at the intersection of medical sociology and the sociology of disability that could address these gaps.

医学社会学家和残疾社会学家研究相似的主题，但由于相互竞争或相互冲突的理论范式，往往会得出不同的结论，与不同的受众接触，并追求不同的社会变革方向。然而，尽管过去 20 年的发展轨迹各不相同，但在残疾研究和未开发的交叉受精机会方面，这两个子领域之间仍然存在明显的潜在重叠。我们在这里的目的是让这些文献相互对话。为此，我们确定了过去 20 年医学社会学奖学金的主要主题，这些主题中与残疾有关的差距，以及我们在医学社会学和残疾社会学的交叉点中看到的可以解决这些问题的可能性（包括方法论）差距。