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Zusatztext "[The book's] research avenues are enticing! and their case for closer examination of toxics exposure is compelling." Informationen zum Autor Phil Brown ! founder of the Contested Illnesses Research Group at Brown University! is Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies. He is the author of No Safe Place: Toxic Waste! Leukemia! and Community Action (UC Press). Rachel Morello-Frosch is Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Science! Policy! and Management and the School of Public Health at the University of California! Berkeley. Stephen Zavestoski is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and the Environmental Studies Program at the University of San Francisco. Klappentext “ Contested Illnesses is filled with brilliant ground breaking work at the frontier of environmental health and justice. Phil Brown and his colleagues, all leaders in their fields, address the critical issues in science and sociology of the epidemic of environmental illnesses we all face. This necessary book will be essential reading for scientists, patient advocates and all those engaged in the greatest public health issues of our time.”--Michael Lerner, President of Commonweal and Co-founder of the Collaborative on Health and the Environment “Contested Illnesses has elevated “community-based participatory research” to a high standard of theory and practice. The work provides a deep understanding of cultural conflicts in disease causation and sets a new path for interdisciplinary environmental research. The “Contested Illness Research Group” will be modeled whenever public interest science partners with communities to assess and improve environmental health."--Sheldon Krimsky, co-author of Genetic Justice: DNA Databanks, Criminal Investigations and Civil Liberties "The work of the Contested Illnesses Research Group draws on an unusually diverse set of theoretical traditions, and this volume does a nice job of showing how the pieces fit together. It has a coherence of voice that reflects years of collaboration." --Steven Epstein, author of Inclusion: The Politics of Difference in Medical Research "[The book's] research avenues are enticing, and their case for closer examination of toxics exposure is compelling."--Michael Lee"World Medical & Health Policy Journal" (03/01/2013) Zusammenfassung The politics and science of health and disease remain contested terrain among scientists, health practitioners, policy makers, industry, communities, and the public. This book asserts that science, activism, and policy are not separate issues and shows how the contribution of environmental factors in disease is often overlooked. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Part One. Setting the Stage: Introduction! Theory! Methods 1. Introduction: Environmental Justice and Contested Illnesses Rachel Morello-Frosch! Phil Brown! and Stephen Zavestoski 2. Embodied Health Movements Phil Brown! Rachel Morello-Frosch! Stephen Zavestoski! Sabrina McCormick! Brian Mayer! Rebecca Gasior Altman! Crystal Adams! Elizabeth Hoover! and Ruth Simpson 3. Qualitative Approaches in Environmental Health Research Phil Brown 4. Getting into the Field: New Approaches to Research Methods Phil Brown! Rachel Morello-Frosch! and Stephen Zavestoski 5. Environmental Justice and the Precautionary Principle: Air Toxics Exposures and Health Risks among Schoolchildren in Los Angeles Rachel Morello-Frosch! Manuel Pastor! and James Sadd Part Two. Working in the Environmental Health Field: Ethnographic Studies 6. A Narrowing Gulf of Difference? Disputes and Discoveries in the Study of Gulf War-Related Illnesses Phil Brown! Ste...
