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1Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. susan.reynolds.whyte@anthro.ku.dk
Abstract:
This paper proposes a way of framing the study of 'noncommunicable diseases' within the more general area of chronic conditions. Focusing on Africa, it takes as points of departure the situation in Uganda, and the approach to health issues developed by a group of European and African colleagues over the years. It suggests a pragmatic analysis that places people's perceptions and practices within a field of possibilities shaped by policy, health care systems, and life conditions. In this field, the dimensions of chronicity and control are the distinctive analytical issues. They lead on to consideration of patterns of sociality related to chronic conditions and their treatment.
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