Hope and Uncertainty in Health and Medicine: Imagining the Pragmatics of Medical Potential

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Bernhard Hadolt Andrea Stockl

Hope and Uncertainty in Health and Medicine

Imagining the Pragmatics of Medical Potential

Bernhard Hadolt, Andrea Stockl

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Transcript Verlag
14 May 2024

Illness & addiction: social aspects; Social & cultural anthropology

In health and medicine, the imagination of what the future holds is an essential element in propelling people into action. This holds true not only at the level of individuals and their everyday activities and more extended live plans, but also for institutionalized practices that unfold within particular socio-political ecologies. Hope and uncertainty are essential affective and knowledge-related modalities of such imagination. This volume brings together contributions from medical anthropologists addressing this within various medical spheres including the pragmatics of hope and uncertainty, the techno-sphere, health management as well as individual and socially distributed emotions.

Edited by: Bernhard Hadolt, Andrea Stockl
Imprint: Transcript Verlag
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 23mm, Width: 15mm,
Weight: 393g
ISBN: 9783837667622
ISBN 10: 3837667626
Pages: 250
Publication Date: 14 May 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Bernhard Hadolt (PhD) is a social anthropologist with a specialisation in medical anthropology. He is a senior lecturer and director of studies at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Vienna. Andrea St�ckl (PhD) is a medical anthropologist and practising psychotherapist, working in Innsbruck, Austria. She has been a lecturer at the School of Medicine, Health Policy, and Practices at the University of East Anglia, UK, until 2021.