Kate Seear

The Makings of a Modern Epidemic (eBook, ePUB)

Endometriosis, Gender and Politics

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This timely book addresses the scholarly neglect of endometriosis by the social sciences, offering a critical assessment of one of the world's most common - and burdensome - health problems for women.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317024668
• Artikelnr.: 44863965

Autorenporträt

Kate Seear is a Senior Lecturer at Monash University and co-author of Making Disease, Making Citizens: The Politics of Hepatitis C.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction: Towards Pastiche
1 Crisis of the Modern: On Advocacy, Research and the Rise of Endometriosis
2 The Disease of Theories: On the Function of Medical Hypotheses
3 Standing up to the Beast: On Mystery and Mastery in the Endometriosis
Self-help Literature
4 The Typical Patient Profile: On Treatment and the Constitution of
Subjects
5 Sooks, Slobs and Monsters: On Responsibility, Self-care and Living with
Endometriosis
Conclusion: Pinning Disease Down
Bibliography
Index