Chronic Conditions, Fluid States
Chronicity and the Anthropology of Illness
Lenore Manderson editor Carolyn Smith-Morris editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Rutgers University Press
Published:13th May '10
Should be back in stock very soon
Chronic Conditions, Fluid States explores the uneven impact of chronic illness and disability on individuals, families, and communities in diverse local and global settings. To date, much of the social as well as biomedical research has treated the experience of illness and the challenges of disease control and management as segmented and episodic. Breaking new ground in medical anthropology by challenging the chronic/acute divide in illness and disease, the editors, along with a group of rising scholars and some of the most influential minds in the field, address the concept of chronicity, an idea used to explain individual and local life-worlds, question public health discourse, and consider the relationship between health and the globalizing forces that shape it.
"A major collection of essays from leaders in the field of medical anthropology, Chronic Conditions, Fluid States pays much-needed attention to one of the greatest challenges currently faced by both the wealthiest and poorest of nations. For anyone wishing to think critically about chronic illness in cross-cultural perspective, the social forces shaping this issue, and its impact on the lived experiences of people worldwide, there is no better place to start than this pioneering volume." -- Richard Parker * Columbia University, Editor-in-Chief, Global Public Health *
ISBN: 9780813547473
Dimensions: 235mm x 156mm x 25mm
Weight: 482g
336 pages