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Existential vulnerability: an ethnographic study of everyday lives with diabetes in Vietnam

Anthropology & medicine, 2022-07, Vol.29 (3), p.271-288 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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Existential vulnerability: an ethnographic study of everyday lives with diabetes in Vietnam
Author: Gammeltoft, Tine M. ; Huyền Diệu, Bùi Thị ; Kim Dung, Vũ Thị ; Đức Anh, Vũ ; Minh Hiếu, Lê ; Thị Ái, Nguyễn
Subjects: Chronic disease ; diabetes ; emotion ; existential vulnerability ; Vietnam
Is Part Of: Anthropology & medicine, 2022-07, Vol.29 (3), p.271-288
Description: This article asks: how can the concept of existential vulnerability help us to comprehend the human impact of chronic disease? Across the globe, the prevalence of chronic health conditions is rising dramatically, with wide-ranging consequences for human lives. Taking type II diabetes in northern Vietnam as its ethnographic case, this study explores how chronic health conditions are woven into everyday lives, altering subjectivities and social relations. Applying the notion of existential vulnerability as its analytical prism, the article explores three different dimensions of vulnerability: physical, emotional, and social. The analysis highlights the importance of a focus on social connectedness for comprehending the everyday impact of chronic disease and for the development of health care interventions in this domain.
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 1364-8470
EISSN: 1469-2910
DOI: 10.1080/13648470.2021.1994334
Source: Taylor & Francis Open Access

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