Chronic Conditions, Fluid States

LENORE MANDERSON is a research professor with appointments in the faculties of medicine, nursing and health sciences, and arts at Monash University, Australia. Her books include Global Health Policy, Local Realities and Rethinking Wellbeing. CAROLYN SMITH-MORRIS is an associate professor in the department of anthropology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. She is the author of Diabetes among the Pima: Stories of Survival.

"A major collection of essays from leaders in the field of medical anthropology, Chronic Conditions, Fluid States pays much-needed attention to one of the greatest challenges currently faced by both the wealthiest and poorest of nations. For anyone wishing to think critically about chronic illness in cross-cultural perspective, the social forces shaping this issue, and its impact on the lived experiences of people worldwide, there is no better place to start than this pioneering volume." - Richard Parker (Columbia University, Editor-in-Chief, Global Public Health)

• Preface and AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Chronicity and the Experience of IllnessPart One. The Idea of ChronicityPart Two. Gender and the Experience of IllnessPart Three. The Clinical InterfaceAfterword: Chronicity-Time, Space, and Culture BibliographyContributorsIndex