Chronic Conditions, Fluid States
336 pages, 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
1
Paperback
Release Date:13 May 2010
ISBN:9780813547473
Chronic Conditions, Fluid States
Chronicity and the Anthropology of Illness
Edited by Lenore Manderson and Carolyn Smith-Morris; Afterword by Arthur Kleinman and Rachel Hall-Clifford
SERIES:
Studies in Medical Anthropology
Rutgers University Press
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.
LENORE MANDERSON is a research professor with appointments in the faculties of medicine, nursing and health sciences, and arts at Monash University, Australia. Her books include Global Health Policy, Local Realities and Rethinking Wellbeing.
CAROLYN SMITH-MORRIS is an associate professor in the department of anthropology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. She is the author of Diabetes among the Pima: Stories of Survival.
CAROLYN SMITH-MORRIS is an associate professor in the department of anthropology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. She is the author of Diabetes among the Pima: Stories of Survival.
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction: Chronicity and the Experience of Illness
Part One. The Idea of Chronicity
Part Two. Gender and the Experience of Illness
Part Three. The Clinical Interface
Afterword: Chronicity-Time, Space, and Culture
Bibliography
Contributors
Index
Introduction: Chronicity and the Experience of Illness
Part One. The Idea of Chronicity
Part Two. Gender and the Experience of Illness
Part Three. The Clinical Interface
Afterword: Chronicity-Time, Space, and Culture
Bibliography
Contributors
Index
Related Titles
