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    Chronic Conditions, Fluid States
    Chronicity and the Anthropology of Illness

    Lenore Manderson (Edited by), Carolyn Smith-Morris (Edited by), Lenore Manderson (Contributions by), Marcia Inhorn (Contributions by), Carolyn Smith-Morris (Contributions by), Arthur Kleinman (Afterword by), Rachel Hall-Clifford (Afterword by), Dennis Wiedman (Contributions by), Byron Good (Contributions by), Carla Manchira (Contributions by), Nida Hasanat (Contributions by), Muhana Utami (Contributions by), Daphna Birenbaum-Carmeli (Contributions by), Ann Miles (Contributions by), Kylea Liese (Contributions by), Steve Ferzacca (Contributions by), Carl Kendall (Contributions by), Zelee Hill (Contributions by), Ron Maynard (Contributions by), Elisa Sobo (Contributions by), Gelya Frank (Contributions by), Carolyn Baum (Contributions by), Mary Law (Contributions by), (Contributions by)

    9780813547473

    Paperback / softback, published 13 May 2010

    336 pages, 1
    23.5 x 15.6 x 2.5 cm, 0.482 kg

    "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)

    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.

    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
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