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Hope and Uncertainty in Health and Medicine: Imagining the Pragmatics of Medical Potential

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Availability:In StockContributor:Bernhard Hadolt (Editor), Andrea St?ckl (Editor)Series:Health, Communication and SocietyPublish date:2024-08-27Pages:278
Language:EnglishPublisher:Transcript PublishingISBN-13:9783837667622ISBN-10:3837667626UPC:9783837667622Book Category:Social Science, MedicalBook Subcategory:Anthropology, Disease & Health IssuesBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.58 inchesWeight:0.8311Product ID:SC9SB2BYV9
In health and medicine, imagining the future is essential in giving meaning to the past and the present and for propelling people into action. This is true not only at the level of individuals as they envision and carry out everyday activities and long-term plans but also for institutional practices framed by and unfolding within various socio-political ecologies and transfigurations. Hope and uncertainty are critical affective and knowledge-related modalities of such imaginations and assume vital meanings in policing, managing, and experiencing health, illness, and well-being. This volume brings together contributions from medical anthropologists who address this theme across various medical spheres, including the pragmatics of hope and uncertainty, the techno-sphere, health management, and individual and socially distributed emotions.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Transcript PublishingISBN-13:9783837667622ISBN-10:3837667626UPC:9783837667622Book Category:Social Science, MedicalBook Subcategory:Anthropology, Disease & Health IssuesBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.58 inchesWeight:0.8311Product ID:SC9SB2BYV9

Bernhard Hadolt (PhD) is a social anthropologist with a specialisation
in medical anthropology. He is a senior lecturer and director of studies
at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University
of Vienna.
Andrea St?ckl (PhD) is a medical anthropologist and practising
psychotherapist, working in Innsbruck, Austria. She has been a lecturer
at the School of Medicine, Health Policy, and Practices at the
University of East Anglia, UK, until 2021.


Publisher: Transcript Publishing

Contributor(s)

Bernhard Hadolt (Editor), Andrea St?ckl (Editor)

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