Self-Medication and Society
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‘An outstanding book. A sophisticated ethnographic inquiry on how self-medication actually takes place in peoples’ lives, and an innovative, engaging anthropological reflection on what autonomy means in relation to the act of self-managing one’s body and illness. The contemporary relevance of this research’s insights extends well beyond the issue of self-medication.’ - Manuela Ivone Cunha, Center for Research in Anthropology (CRIA-UMinho), Portugal
‘Self-Medication and Society offers an illuminating delineation of stakeholder positions in the public debate about self-medication. It provides an incisive analysis of the logics and practices of users and a thoughtful consideration of autonomy and responsibility as these terms are deployed in the current move towards recognizing and endorsing self-medication.’ - Susan Reynolds Whyte, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
'As revealed by patients’ experiences beyond the medical gaze or outside medical authority, Fainzang’s thorough analysis of self-medication conveys deep insights into the doctor-patient relationship. Her rich ethnography highlights medications as socially and culturally anchored, in Western societies where the valorisation of autonomy takes center stage.' - Johanne Collin, University of Montreal, Canada
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The question of recourse to self-medication arises at the intersection of two partly antagonistic discourses: that of the public authorities, who advocate the practice primarily for economic reasons, and that of health professionals, who condemn it for fear that it may pose a danger to health and dispossess the profession of expertise. Les mer
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Drawing on fieldwork conducted in France, the author examines the material, cognitive, symbolic and social dimensions of the recourse to self-medication, considering the motivations and practices of the subjects and what these reveal about their relationship with the medical institution, while addressing the question of open access to medicines - a subject of heated debate between the actors concerned on themes such as competence, knowledge and responsibility.
A rigorous analysis of the strategies adopted by individuals to manage the risks of medicines and increase their efficacy, Self-Medication and Society will appeal to sociologists and anthropologists with interests in health, illness, the body and medicine.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Routledge
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 136
- ISBN
- 9780367595821
- Utgivelsesår
- 2020
- Format
- 23 x 16 cm
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«
‘An outstanding book. A sophisticated ethnographic inquiry on how self-medication actually takes place in peoples’ lives, and an innovative, engaging anthropological reflection on what autonomy means in relation to the act of self-managing one’s body and illness. The contemporary relevance of this research’s insights extends well beyond the issue of self-medication.’ - Manuela Ivone Cunha, Center for Research in Anthropology (CRIA-UMinho), Portugal
‘Self-Medication and Society offers an illuminating delineation of stakeholder positions in the public debate about self-medication. It provides an incisive analysis of the logics and practices of users and a thoughtful consideration of autonomy and responsibility as these terms are deployed in the current move towards recognizing and endorsing self-medication.’ - Susan Reynolds Whyte, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
'As revealed by patients’ experiences beyond the medical gaze or outside medical authority, Fainzang’s thorough analysis of self-medication conveys deep insights into the doctor-patient relationship. Her rich ethnography highlights medications as socially and culturally anchored, in Western societies where the valorisation of autonomy takes center stage.' - Johanne Collin, University of Montreal, Canada
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