Negotiating Structural Vulnerability in Cancer Control /

"What can case studies about the lived experiences of cancer contribute to a burgeoning interest in the concept of structural vulnerability? And can a consideration of structural vulnerability enhance applied anthropological work in cancer prevention and control? To answer these questions the c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Eichelberger, Laura (Laura P.) (Editor ), Burke, Nancy Jean (Editor ), Armin, Julie (Julie S.) (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2019.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Anthropology, Medical.
Health Status Disparities.
Vulnerable Populations.
Patient Acceptance of Health Care.
Cancer Survivors.
Patients.
Neoplasms.
Medical anthropology.
Cancer > Social aspects.
Cancer > Patients > Care.
Medical anthropology > Case studies.
Cancer > Social aspects > Case studies.
Cancer > Patients > Care > Case studies.
Case Report.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"What can case studies about the lived experiences of cancer contribute to a burgeoning interest in the concept of structural vulnerability? And can a consideration of structural vulnerability enhance applied anthropological work in cancer prevention and control? To answer these questions the contributors in this volume explore what it means to be structurally vulnerable; how structural vulnerabilities intersect with cancer risk, diagnosis, care seeking, caregiving, clinical-trial participation, and survivorship; and how differing local, national, and global political contexts and histories inform vulnerability. These case studies illustrate how quotidian experiences of structural vulnerability influence and are altered by a cancer diagnosis at various points in the continuum of care and show that cancer is not one disease, but a set of diseases and biosocial phenomena. The contributors further utilize insights gained from the studies on cancer to extend structural vulnerability beyond its original conceptualization to encompass spatiality, temporality, and biosocial shifts in both individual and institutional arrangements"--
Notas:Topics of this book discussed as part of an advanced seminar at the School for Advanced Research (SAR), titled "Structural vulnerability in cancer control: contemporary challenges for applied anthropologists -- Acknowledgements.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (320 pages).
ISBN:9780826360328

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