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.
Зміст
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
Про автора
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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Мова Англійська ● Формат PDF ● Сторінки 175 ● ISBN 9781137313867 ● Розмір файлу 0.9 MB ● Видавець Palgrave Macmillan UK ● Місто London ● Країна GB ● Опубліковано 2015 ● Завантажувані 24 місяців ● Валюта EUR ● Посвідчення особи 4831946 ● Захист від копіювання Соціальний DRM