Crucible of the Incurable - Facing Als

"An anthropological inquiry into how people with the neurodegenerative illness amyotrophic lateral sclerosis live with the illness, and how they are accompanied by medical professionals and loved ones in giving form to a life with this illness"--

Table des matières

On Linking Knowledge and Care for ALS

The Emergence of a Diagnostic Certitude

Nosological Indeterminations

Multidisciplinary ALS Care

ALS Clinic

Palliative Care Clinic

Epistles to Ones

Plea for a Blessing

Advocate

The Incurable and The Possible

A propos de l'auteur

Anthony Stavrianakis is a CNRS Researcher at the Laboratoire d'ethnologie et de sociologie comparative, University of Paris, Nanterre. His anthropological work concerns the logic of inquiry in the sciences, and questions of knowledge, truth, and subjectivity in the fields of medicine, art and psychoanalysis.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Anthony Stavrianakis
• Edition: Cornell University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 15.11.2024
• EAN: 9781501778322
• ISBN: 978-1-5017-7832-2
• Pages: 248
• Thème: Expertise: Cultures and Technologies of Knowledge
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Pédagogie > Pédagogie sociale, travail social; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Médecine > Spécialités cliniques