Keywords for Health Humanities
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Keywords for Health Humanities

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Keywords for Health Humanities

About this book

Introduces key concepts and debates in health humanities and the health professions.

Keywords for Health Humanities provides a rich, interdisciplinary vocabulary for the burgeoning field of health humanities and, more broadly, for the study of medicine and health. Sixty-five entries by leading international scholars examine current practices, ideas, histories, and debates around health and illness, revealing the social, cultural, and political factors that structure health conditions and shape health outcomes.

Presenting possibilities for health justice and social change, this volume exposes readers—from curious beginners to cultural analysts, from medical students to health care practitioners of all fields—to lively debates about the complexities of health and illness and their ethical and political implications. A study of the vocabulary that comprises and shapes a broad understanding of health and the practices of healthcare, Keywords for Health Humanities guides readers toward ways to communicate accurately and effectively while engaging in creative analytical thinking about health and healthcare in an increasingly complex world—one in which seemingly straightforward beliefs and decisions about individual and communal health represent increasingly contested terrain.

The online essays for all Keywords titles can be found here: keywords.nyupress.org

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Yes, you can access Keywords for Health Humanities by Sari Altschuler,Jonathan M. Metzl,Priscilla Wald in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Sciences sociales & Enseignement des arts et des sciences humaines. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction: Sari Altschuler, Jonathan M. Metzl, and Priscilla Wald
  6. 1. Access: Todd Carmody
  7. 2. Aging: Erin Gentry Lamb
  8. 3. Anxiety: Justine S. Murison
  9. 4. Bioethics: Lisa M. Lee
  10. 5. Care: Rachel Adams
  11. 6. Carrier: Lisa Lynch
  12. 7. Chronic: Ed Cohen
  13. 8. Cognition: Deborah Jenson
  14. 9. Colonialism: Pratik Chakrabarti
  15. 10. Compassion: Lisa Diedrich
  16. 11. Contagion: Annika Mann
  17. 12. Creativity: Michael Barthman and Jay Baruch
  18. 13. Data: Kirsten Ostherr
  19. 14. Death: Maura Spiegel
  20. 15. Diagnosis: Martha Lincoln
  21. 16. Disability: Rosemarie Garland-Thomson
  22. 17. Disaster: Martin Halliwell
  23. 18. Disease: Robert A. Aronowitz
  24. 19. Drug: Anne Pollock
  25. 20. Emotion: Kathleen Woodward
  26. 21. Empathy: Jane F. Thrailkill
  27. 22. Environment: David N. Pellow
  28. 23. Epidemic: Christos Lynteris
  29. 24. Evidence: Pamela K. Gilbert
  30. 25. Experiment: Helen Tilley
  31. 26. Gender: Gwen D’Arcangelis
  32. 27. Genetic: Sandra Soo-Jin Lee
  33. 28. Global Health: Robert Peckham
  34. 29. Harm: Tod S. Chambers
  35. 30. History: David S. Jones
  36. 31. Human Rights: Jaymelee Kim
  37. 32. Humanities: Sari Altschuler
  38. 33. Humanity: Samuel Dubal
  39. 34. Immunity: Cristobal Silva
  40. 35. Indigeneity: Michele Marie Desmarais and Regina Emily Idoate
  41. 36. Life: Matthew A. Taylor
  42. 37. Medicine: Sayantani DasGupta
  43. 38. Memory: James Chappel
  44. 39. Microbe: Kym Weed
  45. 40. Narrative: Rita Charon
  46. 41. Natural: Corinna Treitel
  47. 42. Neurodiversity: Ralph James Savarese
  48. 43. Normal: Peter Cryle and Elizabeth Stephens
  49. 44. Observation: Alexa R. Miller
  50. 45. Pain: Catherine Belling
  51. 46. Pathological: Michael Blackie
  52. 47. Patient: Nancy Tomes
  53. 48. Pollution: Sara Jensen Carr
  54. 49. Poverty: Percy C. Hintzen
  55. 50. Precision: Kathryn Tabb
  56. 51. Psychosis: Angela Woods
  57. 52. Race: Rana Hogarth
  58. 53. Reproduction: Aziza Ahmed
  59. 54. Risk: Amy Boesky
  60. 55. Sense: Erica Fretwell
  61. 56. Sex: René Esparza
  62. 57. Sleep: Benjamin Reiss
  63. 58. Stigma: Allan M. Brandt
  64. 59. Stress: David Cantor
  65. 60. Technology: John Basl and Ronald Sandler
  66. 61. Toxic: Heather Houser
  67. 62. Trauma: Deborah F. Weinstein
  68. 63. Treatment: Keir Waddington and Martin Willis
  69. 64. Virus: John Lwanda
  70. 65. Wound: Harris Solomon
  71. References
  72. About the Editors
  73. About the Contributors