Negotiating Structural Vulnerability in Cancer Control (Paperback)

What can case studies about the lived experiences of cancer contribute to an interest in the concept of structural vulnerability? And can a consideration of structural vulnerability enhance applied anthropological work in cancer prevention and control? 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. 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. The case studies examine cancer as a set of diseases and biosocial phenomena. The contributors utilize insights gained from studies on cancer to extend structural vulnerability beyond its original conceptualization to encompass spatiality, temporality, and biosocial shifts in both individual and institutional arrangements.

General

Imprint:	University of New Mexico Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series
Release date:	March 2019
Editors:	Julie Armin • Nancy J. Burke • Laura Eichelberger
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-0-8263-6031-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Diseases & disorders > Oncology > Chemotherapy
LSN:	0-8263-6031-9
Barcode:	9780826360311

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