{"product_id":"contesting-illness-process-and-practices-paperback-softback-9780802095121","title":"Contesting Illness; Process and Practices (Paperback \/ softback) 9780802095121","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eContesting Illness\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eProcess and Practices\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePamela Moss (Edited by), Kathy Teghtsoonian (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780802095121\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 16 February 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e368 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.54 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This eclectic collection of seventeen provocative and challenging essays adds to the burgeoning literature concerning the ways in which power relations constitute people's experiences and interpretations of illness or disability in industrialized Western societies... The volume is refreshing and innovative in its multidisciplinary approach.' - Susan Philpin (Sociology of Health \u0026amp; Illness, vol 31:04:2009)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe relationship between power and illness is the subject of limited discussion despite it being one of the most important issues in health-related policies and services. In an effort to correct this, \u003cem\u003eContesting Illness\u003c\/em\u003e engages critically with processes through which the meanings and effects of illness shape and are shaped by specific sets of practices. Featuring original contributions by researchers working in a number of disciplines, this collection examines intersections of power, contestation, and illness with the aid of various critical theoretical frameworks and methodological approaches.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe contributors explore experiences of illness, diagnosis, and treatment, and analyse wider discursive and policy contexts within which people become ill and engage with health care systems. Though each essay is unique in its approach, they are linked together by a shared focus on contestation as a conceptual tool in considering the relationship between power and illness. Rather than focus on a single example, the contributors address different contested illnesses (chronic fatigue syndrome and environmental illness, for instance) as well as the contested dimensions of illnesses that are accepted as legitimate such as cancer and autism. Contesting Illness offers valuable insights into the assumptions, practices, and interactions that shape illness in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eContributors\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Jan Angus\u003cbr\u003e Pia H. Bülow \u003cbr\u003e Peter Conrad\u003cbr\u003e Joyce Davidson\u003cbr\u003e Helen Gremillion\u003cbr\u003e Maren Klawiter\u003cbr\u003e Joshua Kelley\u003cbr\u003e Steve Kroll-Smith\u003cbr\u003e Katherine Lippel\u003cbr\u003e Pamela Moss\u003cbr\u003e Michael Orsini\u003cbr\u003e Michael J. Prince\u003cbr\u003e Annie Potts\u003cbr\u003e Mary Ellen Purkis\u003cbr\u003e Sharon Dale Stone\u003cbr\u003e Cheryl Stults\u003cbr\u003e Katherine Teghtsoonian\u003cbr\u003e Jane M. Ussher\u003cbr\u003e  Catherine van Mossel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52545913422104,"sku":"9780802095121","price":28.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/contesting-illness-process-and-practices-paperback-softback-9780802095121","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}