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Hope in Health

The Socio-Politics of Optimism

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  • © 2015

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Authors:
  1. Alan Petersen

    1. Monash University, UK

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. The Politics of ‘Hope’ in Health

    • Alan Petersen
    Pages 1-31

  3. The Power of ‘Hope’

    • Alan Petersen
    Pages 33-57

  4. Technologies of Hope

    • Alan Petersen
    Pages 59-78

  5. Hope in Optimising Health

    • Alan Petersen
    Pages 79-108

  6. Hope of Immortality

    • Alan Petersen
    Pages 109-139

  7. ‘Hope’ in the Future

    • Alan Petersen
    Pages 141-149

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 151-175
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Health professionals have shown a growing interest in the therapeutic value of 'hope' in recent years. However, hope has been examined mainly from psychological and biomedical perspectives. Importantly, Hope in Health explores how hope manifests and is sustained in various arenas of health, medicine and healthcare.

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  • Monash University, UK

    Alan Petersen

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Alan Petersen is Professor of Sociology in the School of Social Sciences, Monash University, Australia. He has researched and published extensively in the sociology of health and illness, science and technology studies, and gender studies.

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