Abstract
This edited volume explores the interconnection between care work, travel, and healthcare, emphasizing the emotional dimensions of seeking care away from home. It brings together contributions from disciplines such as anthropology, nursing, primary care, sociology and geography and covers experiences of medical travel and other forms of remote care in the United States, Laos, India, Italy, France, Finland, Switzerland, and Russia.
Schlagworte
diaspora international patients therapy tourism studies medical anthropology medicine public health migrant health mobility studies health geography nursing health services humanitarian aid- Kapitel Ausklappen | EinklappenSeiten
- i–vi Preface i–vi
- 155–176 Chapter 8: Complexity and Contradiction: Intimacy, Testimony, and Care in Humanitarian Aid 155–176
- 201–202 Index 201–202
- 203–204 About the Editor 203–204
- 205–208 About the Contributors 205–208