Description |
ix, 420 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Contents |
1. Introduction : emerging illness as social process / Randall M. Packard, Peter J. Brown, Ruth L. Berkelman and Howard Frumkin -- 2. The combined efforts of community and science : American culture, patient activism, and the multiple sclerosis movement in the United States / Colin Talley -- 3. Competing medical cultures, patient support groups, and the construction of Tourette syndrome / Howard I. Kushner -- 4. Democracy, expertise, and activism for AIDS treatment / Steven Epstein -- 5. Communities of suffering and the Internet / Diane E. Goldstein -- 6. Illness movements and the medical classification of pain and fatigue / Deborah Barrett -- 7. The Newtown Florist Club and the quest for environmental justice in Gainesville, Georgia / Ellen Griffith Spears -- 8. Occupational health from below : the Women Office Workers' Movement and the hazardous office / Michelle Murphy -- 9. "Always with us" : childhood lead poisoning as an emerging illness / Christian Warren -- 10. The cultural politics of institutional responses to resurgent tuberculosis epidemics : New York City and Lima, Peru / Sandy Smith-Nonini -- 11. Institutional responses to the emergence of Lyme disease and its companion infections in North America : a public health perspective / Andrew Spielman, Peter J. Krause and Sam R. Telford III -- 12. The politics of institutional responses : CDC and the controversy over maternal and newborn HIV testing / Lydia Ogden -- 13. Emerging infections and the CDC response / Ruth L. Berkelman and Phyllis Freeman -- 14. Hepatitis C and the news media : lessons from AIDS / Lawrence D. Mass.urope, the Un |
Summary |
"How do new diseases become part of the public health agenda? Emerging Illnesses and Society brings together historians, sociologists, epidemiologists, public health experts, and others to explore this vital issue. Contributors describe the processes by which patient groups interact with medical researchers, public health institutions, and the media to identify and address previously unknown illnesses, including multiple sclerosis, Tourette syndrome, AIDS, lead poisoning, Lyme disease, and hepatitis C." "Presenting a theoretical model of the social process of "emerging" illness, the volume's introductory chapter identifies critical factors that shape different trajectories toward the construction of public health priorities. Through case studies of individual diseases and analyses of public awareness campaigns and institutional responses, later chapters provide important insights into the reasons why some illnesses receive more attention and funding than others."--BOOK JACKET |
Analysis |
Illnesses |
Notes |
Proceedings of a conference held in February 2000 at Emory University |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Health -- Congresses.
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Social medicine -- Congresses.
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Public health -- Congresses.
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Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Author |
Packard, Randall M., 1945-
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Emory University.
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LC no. |
2003023210 |
ISBN |
0801879426 hardcover alkaline paper |
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