ISSN:
0145-9740
Language:
English
Titel der Quelle:
Medical anthropology : cross-cultural studies in health and illness
Publ. der Quelle:
London [u.a.] : Taylor & Francis
Angaben zur Quelle:
Vol. 35, No. 6 (2016), p. 588-596
DDC:
570
Abstract:
This is a review of five different books dealing with some aspect of what might be termed a "chronic illness" - Alzheimer's disease, lupus, addiction, erectile dysfunction, and leprosy. The array of different subjects examined in these books points to the negotiable limits of this hugely open category. What exactly constitutes an "illness"? Why not use a less biomedical term instead: "disturbance", "problem", or simply "condition"? And how are we to understand "chronic" - simply as the flipside of "acute" or "curable"?
Note:
Copyright: © 2016 Taylor & Francis 2016
DOI:
10.1080/01459740.2016.1194411
URL:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01459740.2016.1194411
URL:
http://search.proquest.com/docview/1836695311
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