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Hope and Uncertainty in Health and Medicine

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...

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Format: Online
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: transcript Verlag 2024
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Hope
Uncertainty
Emotion
Imagination
Health Care
Medical Practice
Medicine
Cultural Anthropology
Sociology of Medicine
Pharmacy
Public Health
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFN Health, illness and addiction: social aspects
thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBS Medical sociology
Online adgang:ONIX_20240530_9783839467626_11
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Summary: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.

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