Hope in Health - The Socio-Politics of Optimism

Health professionals have shown a growing interest in the therapeutic value of 'hope' in recent years. However, hope has been examined mainly from psychological and biomedical perspectives. Importantly, Hope in Health explores how hope manifests and is sustained in various arenas of health, medicine and healthcare.

List of contents

1. The Politics of Hope in Health 2. The Power of Hope 3. Technologies of Hope 4. Hope in Optimising Health 5. Hope of Immortality 6. Hope in the Future

About the author

Alan Petersen is Professor of Sociology in the School of Social Sciences, Monash University, Australia. He has researched and published extensively in the sociology of health and illness, science and technology studies, and gender studies.

Summary

Health professionals have shown a growing interest in the therapeutic value of 'hope' in recent years. However, hope has been examined mainly from psychological and biomedical perspectives. Importantly, Hope in Health explores how hope manifests and is sustained in various arenas of health, medicine and healthcare.

Product details

• Authors: Kenneth A Loparo, Kenneth A. Loparo, M. Munsie, M. Petersen Munsie, Alan Petersen
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.05.2015
• EAN: 9780230361935
• ISBN: 978-0-230-36193-5
• No. of pages: 182
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Genetics, genetic engineering; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; B, Sociology, Medicine, Life Sciences, Health, Popular medicine & health, Health psychology, Sociology, general, Life sciences: general issues, Impact of science & technology on society, Popular Science in Medicine and Health, Health Sciences, Life Sciences, general, Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education, Science—Social aspects, Education in Physics, Social medicine, Medical Sociology, health;mortality;politics