Negotiating Structural Vulnerability in Cancer Control
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- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
28 February 2019
Summary
What can case studies about the lived experiences of cancer contribute to an interest in the concept of structural vulnerability? And can a consideration of structural vulnerability enhance applied anthropological work in cancer prevention and control? To answer these questions the contributors in this volume explore what it means to be structurally vulnerable; how structural vulnerabilities intersect with cancer risk, diagnosis, care seeking, caregiving, clinical-trial participation, and sur…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780826360311 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0826360319 |
| Author: | Julie Armin, Nancy J. Burke, Laura Eichelberger |
| Publisher: | University of New Mexico Press |
| Imprint: | University of New Mexico Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 28 February 2019 |
| Weight: | 487g |
| Dimensions: | 231mm x 218mm x 22mm |
| Series: | School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series |
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Critics Review
Negotiating Structural Vulnerability in Cancer Control highlights the continuing lack of equity in cancer care.–Carlo Caduff, Medical Anthropology Quarterly
About The Author
Julie Armin
Julie Armin is an assistant professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Arizona. Alongside her clinical colleagues, she conducts research that aims to improve equity in cancer care.Nancy J. Burke is a professor of anthropology and public health at the University of California, Merced, where she also serves as the chair of public health. She is a full member of the UCSF Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center.Laura Eichelberger is the senior epidemiology and health research consultant at the National Tribal Water Center of the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium and a former Cancer Prevention Fellow at the National Cancer Institute.
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