Review of three socio-anthropological approaches to the study of health care practices among people with long-term illnesses
This article seeks to account for the nuances and shared features between three theoretical approaches in medical anthropology and social studies on cares that examine how people living with chronic illnesses care for their health. The selection of these theoretical references is linked to dimension...
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Escuela de Antropología - FHyA
2025
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistadeantropologia.unr.edu.ar/index.php/revistadeantropologia/article/view/317 |
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| Sumario: | This article seeks to account for the nuances and shared features between three theoretical approaches in medical anthropology and social studies on cares that examine how people living with chronic illnesses care for their health. The selection of these theoretical references is linked to dimensions that became relevant for investigating diabetes mellitus care and caregiving practices. Accordingly, the first approach places self-care practices within broader processes. The second approach encompasses studies focused on the interdependence of care practices and on the linkages forged among families, the market, social organizations, and state agencies. The third theoretical perspective emphasizes the analysis of harm reduction practices by recovering social representations of risk and vulnerability. It is concluded that these three perspectives converge in discussing the antinomies between individual/society and agency/social reproduction, by linking historical and structural aspects with the situated ways in which people understand health/disease processes and act consequently. |
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