Chronic Conditions, Fluid States : Chronicity and the Anthropology of Illness - Lenore Manderson

Chronic Conditions, Fluid States

Chronicity and the Anthropology of Illness

By: Lenore Manderson (Editor, Contribution by), Carolyn Smith-Morris (Editor, Contribution by), Marcia Inhorn (Contribution by)

Paperback | 13 May 2010

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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. 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.
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"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 *

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