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Social Movements in Health

Phil Brown (Edited by), P Brown (Author), Stephen Zavestoski (Edited by)

9781405124492, Wiley

Paperback / softback, published 15 February 2005

208 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.308 kg

This book represents the first collection of research on health social movements.

  • Demonstrates that health social movements are an innovative and powerful form of political action.
  • Brings together the study of health and illness with social movement theory in order to establish a basis for the study of health social movements.
  • Covers disease-based movements focused on diseases such as Alzheimer’s and breast cancer.
  • Also addresses issue-based movements such as the pro-choice movement, the movement for complementary and alternative medicine, and movements around stem cell research.
  • Illustrates the value of interdisciplinary approaches to studying health social movements.

Notes on Contributors.

1. Social Movements in Health: An Introduction: Phil Brown and Stephen Zavestoski.

2. Medical Modernisation, Scientific Research Fields and the Epistemic Politics of Health Social Movements: David Hess.

3. The Dynamic Interplay Between Western Medicine and Complimentary and Alternative Medicine Movement: Melinda Goldner.

4. Health COnsumer Groups: A New Social Movement?: Judith Alsop, Kathryn Jones, and Rob Baggott.

5. Regenerating Movements: Embryonic Stem Cells, Social Movements, and the Politics of Potentiality: Chris Ganchoff.

6. Uneasy Allies: Pro-choice Physicians, Feminist Health Activists, and the Struggle for Abortion Rights: Carole Joffe and Tracy Weitz.

7. Advocating Voice: Organisational, Historical and Social Milieux of the Alzheimer’s Disease Movement: Renee Beard.

8. Framing as a Cultural Resource in Health Social Movements: Funding Activism and the Breast Cancer Movement in the US 1990-1993: Emily Kolker.

9. Breast Cancer in Two Regimes: The Impact of Social Movements on Illness Experience: Maren Klawiter.

Index.

Subject Areas: Sociology & anthropology [JH]
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