Chronic Conditions, Fluid States Chronicity and the Anthropology of Illness |
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| Editor:
| Manderson, Lenore
Smith-Morris, Carolyn |
| Contribution by:
| Manderson, Lenore
Smith-Morris, Carolyn
Inhorn, Marcia
Wiedman, Dennis
Good, Byron
Manchira, Carla
Hasanat, Nida
Utami, Muhana
Subandi,
Birenbaum-Carmeli, Daphna
Miles, Ann
Liese, Kylea
Ferzacca, Steve
Kendall, Carl
Hill, Zelee
Maynard, Ron
Sobo, Elisa
Frank, Gelya
Baum, Carolyn
Law, Mary |
| Afterword by:
| Kleinman, Arthur
Hall-Clifford, Rachel |
| Series title: | Studies in Medical Anthropology Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8135-7775-3 |
| Publication Date: | May 2010 |
| Publisher: | Rutgers University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $33.95 |
Book Description:
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Chronic Conditions, Fluid States explores the uneven impact of chronic illness and disability on individuals, families, and communities in diverse local and global settings. 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,...
More DescriptionChronic Conditions, Fluid States explores the uneven impact of chronic illness and disability on individuals, families, and communities in diverse local and global settings. 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.