{"product_id":"contesting-illness-pamela-moss-9780802095121","title":"Contesting Illness: Process and Practices","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe relationship between power and illness is the subject of limited discussion despite it being one of the most important issues in health-related policies and services. In an effort to correct this, \u003cem\u003eContesting Illness\u003c\/em\u003e engages critically with processes through which the meanings and effects of illness shape and are shaped by specific sets of practices. Featuring original contributions by researchers working in a number of disciplines, this collection examines intersections of power, contestation, and illness with the aid of various critical theoretical frameworks and methodological approaches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe contributors explore experiences of illness, diagnosis, and treatment, and analyse wider discursive and policy contexts within which people become ill and engage with health care systems. Though each essay is unique in its approach, they are linked together by a shared focus on contestation as a conceptual tool in considering the relationship between power and illness. Rather than focus on a single example, the contributors address different contested illnesses (chronic fatigue syndrome and environmental illness, for instance) as well as the contested dimensions of illnesses that are accepted as legitimate such as cancer and autism. Contesting Illness offers valuable insights into the assumptions, practices, and interactions that shape illness in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eContributors\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Jan Angus\u003cbr\u003ePia H. Bülow \u003cbr\u003ePeter Conrad\u003cbr\u003eJoyce Davidson\u003cbr\u003eHelen Gremillion\u003cbr\u003eMaren Klawiter\u003cbr\u003eJoshua Kelley\u003cbr\u003eSteve Kroll-Smith\u003cbr\u003eKatherine Lippel\u003cbr\u003ePamela Moss\u003cbr\u003eMichael Orsini\u003cbr\u003eMichael J. Prince\u003cbr\u003eAnnie Potts\u003cbr\u003eMary Ellen Purkis\u003cbr\u003eSharon Dale Stone\u003cbr\u003eCheryl Stults\u003cbr\u003eKatherine Teghtsoonian\u003cbr\u003eJane M. Ussher\u003cbr\u003e Catherine van Mossel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pamela Moss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802095127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802095121\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/16\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.99h x 6.07w x 0.90d","brand":"Pamela Moss","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48448962527487,"sku":"9780802095121","price":53.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_98f3885c-e57d-4092-bbd4-4dd1b39629a8.jpg?v=1777261364","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/contesting-illness-pamela-moss-9780802095121","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}