Health professionals have shown a growing interest in the therapeutic value of ‘hope’ in recent years. However, hope has been examined mainly from psychological and biomedical perspectives. Importantly, Hope in Health explores how hope manifests and is sustained in various arenas of health, medicine and healthcare.
Table of Content
1. The Politics of Hope in Health 2. The Power of Hope 3. Technologies of Hope 4. Hope in Optimising Health 5. Hope of Immortality 6. Hope in the Future
About the author
Alan Petersen is Professor of Sociology in the School of Social Sciences, Monash University, Australia. He has researched and published extensively in the sociology of health and illness, science and technology studies, and gender studies.
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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 175 ● ISBN 9781137313867 ● File size 0.9 MB ● Publisher Palgrave Macmillan UK ● City London ● Country GB ● Published 2015 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 4831946 ● Copy protection Social DRM