Negotiating Structural Vulnerability in Cancer ControlPaperback / softback
Negotiating Structural Vulnerability in Cancer ControlPaperback / softback What can case studies about the lived experiences of cancer contribute to an interest in the concept of structural…
Specifikacia Negotiating Structural Vulnerability in Cancer ControlPaperback / softback
Negotiating Structural Vulnerability in Cancer ControlPaperback / softback
What can case studies about the lived experiences of cancer contribute to an interest in the concept of structural vulnerability? To answer these questions the contributors in this volume explore what it means to be structurally vulnerable; how structural vulnerabilities intersect with cancer risk, diagnosis, care seeking, caregiving, clinical-trial participation, and survivorship; and how differing local, national, and global political contexts and histories inform vulnerability. And can a consideration of structural vulnerability enhance applied anthropological work in cancer prevention and control?
In examining cancer as a set of diseases and biosocial phenomena, the contributors extend structural These case studies illustrate how quotidian experiences of structural vulnerability influence and are altered by a cancer diagnosis at various points in the continuum of care.