Affliction :
Das, Veena,
Affliction : health, disease, poverty / Veena Das. - xiv, 255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm - Forms of living . - Forms of living. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-248) and index.
Focusing on low-income neighborhoods in Delhi, this book stitches together three different sets of issues. It examines the different trajectories of illness: What are the circumstances under which illness is absorbed within the normal and when does it exceed the normal putting resources, relationships, and even one's world into jeopardy?
9788125057321 (hbk.) Rs950.00 9780823261819 (pbk.) 0823261816 (pbk.)
2014030233
Delivery of Health Care--India.
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice--India.
Culture--India.
Family--India.
Poverty--India.
Stress, Psychological--India.
362.1086942 DAS / 011246
Affliction : health, disease, poverty / Veena Das. - xiv, 255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm - Forms of living . - Forms of living. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-248) and index.
Focusing on low-income neighborhoods in Delhi, this book stitches together three different sets of issues. It examines the different trajectories of illness: What are the circumstances under which illness is absorbed within the normal and when does it exceed the normal putting resources, relationships, and even one's world into jeopardy?
9788125057321 (hbk.) Rs950.00 9780823261819 (pbk.) 0823261816 (pbk.)
2014030233
Delivery of Health Care--India.
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice--India.
Culture--India.
Family--India.
Poverty--India.
Stress, Psychological--India.
362.1086942 DAS / 011246