Neurodivergent Youthhoods - Adolescent Rites of Passage, Disability Teenage Epilepsy Clinic

As transitional healthcare becomes an increasing fixture within paediatric and adolescent healthcare, this book captures how normative, biomedical and psychologised understandings of youth development permeates social life.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Bridging Cultures of Care; 3. (Neuro)scientisation; 4. Cultural Scripts; 5. The Parentectomy; 6. Betwixt and Between; 7. The Paraclinical Workforce; 8. Dignity in Care

About the author

Shelda-Jane Smith is Lecturer at the University of Liverpool, School of Environmental Sciences, UK. She is a social scientist exploring the relationship between medical and environmental sciences and culture, disability, race and the human life course. She is the co-author of A Beginners Guide to Building Better Worlds: Ideas and Inspiration from the Zapatistas (2022).

Summary

As transitional healthcare becomes an increasing fixture within paediatric and adolescent healthcare, this book captures how normative, biomedical and psychologised understandings of youth development permeates social life.

Product details

• Authors: Shelda-Jane Smith, Shelda-Jane (University of Liverpool Smith
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032217956
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3221795-6
• No. of pages: 142
• Series: Youth, Young Adulthood and Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Personal & public health, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Neurology & clinical neurophysiology, Psychotherapy, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Social Work, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Mental health services, Social discrimination & inequality, Neurology and clinical neurophysiology, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Disability: social aspects, Medical Sociology, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Medical ethics and professional conduct, Medical ethics & professional conduct, Personal and public health / health education, Nursing specialties, Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies, Centrist democratic ideologies, Mental Health Law, Social discrimination and social justice