*MAGic2015 Conference: Anthropology and Global Health: interrogating
theory, policy and practice*
EASA and RAI, University of Sussex, United Kingdom, 9-11th September 2015
*The call for papers is now open, closing on 27th April. Submissions are
invited to present in the following panel:*
*Chronicity and Care: anthropological approaches to progressive lifelong
conditions*
Short Abstract
Epidemiologists warn of a global rise in non-communicable disease. In some
settings, chronic infectious diseases add to the burden of illness
identified as progressive. The panel invites reflection on notions of
chronicity and care in the face of conditions understood to be lifelong.
Long Abstract
At a summit in 2011, the UN declared the rising global burden of
non-communicable disease "a threat to development", especially in contexts
where public sector health systems are still angled towards acute illness,
and where people pay out-of-pocket for health and social care. In settings
with a significant HIV prevalence, policy makers have been experimenting
with models of care that "retain" people on biomedical regimens and taking
medication over the longer term. This experience is increasingly seen as
relevant to the challenge of providing for a broader range of progressive
illnesses, often with the intention of "integrating" all such care. These
developments reveal disjuntures in understandings of chronicity and care,
across biomedical settings and beyond, in contexts where people seek
services and support in the face of affliction.
This panel invites papers which explore different understandings of care
for conditions that are thought to be chronic and lifelong. What might a
greater presence of chronic illness mean in terms of notions of
intergenerational support? What are the implications of biomedical framings
that emphasise individual lifestyle change, and paradigms of care
encouraging "self-management" of illness? How do people negotiate chronic
ill health in their everyday lives and what support do they seek? How might
commercial interests stand to gain from promoting categories of chronic
disease? What are the implications of identifying those "at risk" of
disease in contexts where access to treatment is limited, and how might the
pragmatics of medicine in low resource settings shift the moral economy of
care?
*All proposals must be made to specific panels via the link pasted below,
also to be found beneath the panel on the conference website. *
Propose paper
<http://nomadit.co.uk/easa/magic2015/paperproposal.php5?PanelID=3625>
*Proposals should consist of:*
- a paper title
- authors/co-authors
- a short abstract of fewer than 300 characters
- a long abstract of fewer than 250 words.
*Dr Hayley MacGregor*
Fellow
*Institute of Development Studies*
University of Sussex
Brighton
United Kingdom
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