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+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Posted Tue, 1 May 2007 10:07:23 This message was forwarded through MEDSOCNEWS. If you wish to make an announcement or publicise an event then please send the text to: [log in to unmask] +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ British Sociological Association *London Medical Sociology Group Meeting* *Wednesday 9th May 6pm* *Reframing the politics of a 'right to health'* *Monica Greco (Goldsmiths, University of London)* *Venue* King's College London Franklin Wilkins Building Room 1.16 Stamford Street London SE1 8WA nearest train/tube station: Waterloo *Abstract* Discussions of the terminological framework associated with^ the right to health tend to treat the indeterminacy^ of 'health' as conceptual noise that the construction of effective policy must not focus on,^ but find ways of bracketing out. On this basis,^ the right to health is broadly regarded as a social and economic, rather than a civil and political right.^ This paper argues that a positive acknowledgement of^ the indeterminate character of health should^ transform, rather than simply hinder, the quality of debate^ over what is to be understood and expected in^ connection with a right to health. Unbracketing indeterminacy allows for the perception and the formulation^ of health-related demands that do not stem^ from the scarcity of material resources or technical means, but from the misplaced authority of particular^ voices in defining what possibilities are to^ be seriously envisaged. The argument is critical of social research in so far as it partakes in a rhetoric of future-speculation that redoubles the power of such misplaced authority. Everyone is welcome to attend the LMSG meeting. The group has no formal membership. ********************************************************************** 1. For general enquires or problems with the list or to CHANGE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS send a message to: [log in to unmask] 2. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the following message: set medsocnews nomail 3. To resume email from the list, send the following message: set medsocnews mail 4. To leave MedSocNews, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message (leave the subject line blank and do not include a signature): leave medsocnews 5. To join or subscribe to MedSocNews, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message (leave the subject line blank and do not include a signature): SUBSCRIBE medsocnews firstname lastname 6. Further information about the medsocnews discussion list (including list archive and how to subscribe to or leave the list) can be found at the list web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medsocnews.html **********************************************************************