Chronic illness in South Asia
Rethinking discourses of risk, evidence, and control
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18972786 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ranganathan (0000-0002-6954-2727, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 81-84 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropology and Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1364-8470 • E-ISSN: 1469-2910 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13648470.2023.2202055 |
| PMID | 37259839 |
| OpenAlex | W4378953389 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
This special issue brings together five original research papers on chronic conditions in South Asian contexts with a view to rethink dominant discourses of risk, evidence and control surrounding the category of chronic conditions. Focusing on the multiple and contradictory (re)definitions of what counts as illness, specifically in the context of the rising burden of chronic illness, the papers in this issue deal with a range of health care practices from individual patients negotiating with 'healthy diet', to policy questions about the etiology of emerging disease burden and appropriateness of pharmaceutical interventions in 'traditional' sites of healing. While some of the chronic illnesses addressed in this special issue have received considerable attention from anthropologists (e.g. mental illness, diabetes), others, like leucorrhea have rarely been studied by anthropologists, despite the growing literature on 'chronic illnesses'
Chronic disease · Family medicine · Mental health · Mental illness · Negotiation · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Social science · Sociology · Diabetes Management and Education · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · History · Medicine · Obesity and Health Practices
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |