Invisible Faces and Hidden Stories: Narratives of Vulnerable Populations and Their Caregivers

Media type: E-Book

Title: Invisible Faces and Hidden Stories : Narratives of Vulnerable Populations and Their Caregivers

Contains: Frontmatter
CONTENTS
PROLOGUE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1 'FOXES HAVE DENS BUT I AM HOMELESS' On the Lived Experiences of a Homeless Man and His Social Worker
Chapter 2 LIVING WITH ATAXIA Nancy's and Lisa's Perspectives
Chapter 3 DISCOVERING UNSPOKEN COMMUNICATION Lived Experiences of a Deaf Person and His Doctor
Chapter 4 NARRATIVES OF TWO IMMIGRANT WOMEN ABOUT THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCES IN THE UNITED STATES
Chapter 5 LIVING AS BLACK AND BROWN Culture and Identity on Holistic Health
CONCLUSION
EPILOGUE
INDEX

Contributor: Byrd, Kourtney Ayanna Dorqual [Contributor]; Jones, Mackenzie [Contributor]; Kelling, Hannah [Contributor]; Kittaneh, Dema [Contributor]; Kresnye, Cassie [Contributor]; Obeng, Cecilia Sem [Contributor]; Obeng, Cecilia Sem [Editor]; Obeng, Samuel Gyasi [Contributor]; Obeng, Samuel Gyasi [Editor]

Published: New York; Oxford: Berghahn Books, [2020]

Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (158 p.)

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9781789209341

ISBN: 9781789209341

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Keywords: Medical personnel United States ; People with social disabilities Medical care United States ; Physician and patient United States ; Social medicine United States ; Social work with people with social disabilities United States ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social ; Medical Anthropology, Applied Anthropology, Sociology

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Footnote: In English

Description: Dealing with narratives of vulnerable populations, this book looks at how they deal with dimensions of their social life, especially in regard to health. It reflects the socio-political ecologies like public hostility and stereotyping, neglect of their unique health needs, their courage to overcome adversity, and the love of family and healthcare providers in mitigating their problems. The narratives inform us about the dissimilarity between the way we speak, what we hear and how we act. American society likes to give the impression that it is listening to the plight of vulnerable populations, but the stories in this volume prove otherwise

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