Contesting Coronary Candidacy Reframing Risk Modification in Coronary Heart Disease

Risk discourse, as a central component of health promotion, emphasizes the alignment of factors that may contribute to a range of potential negative outcomes for individuals or populations (Lupton, 1999; Petersen & Lupton, 1996). The emphasis on risk obviates the requirement for demonstrable sig...

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Published inContesting Illness p. 90
Main Author JAN ANGUS
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Canada University of Toronto Press 16.02.2008
Subjects
Applied sciences
Cardiac surgical procedures
Cardiovascular diseases
Cardiovascular disorders
Congenital heart defects
Coronary artery bypass
Coronary artery disease
Disease risk
Diseases
Disorders
Epidemiology
Focus groups
Food
Food science
Foodstuffs
Health and wellness
Health sciences
Heart diseases
Medical conditions
Medical procedures
Medical treatment
Myocardial infarction
Physical disorders
Predisposing factors
Public health
Research methods
Surgical procedures
Survey methods
Survey research
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Summary:Risk discourse, as a central component of health promotion, emphasizes the alignment of factors that may contribute to a range of potential negative outcomes for individuals or populations (Lupton, 1999; Petersen & Lupton, 1996). The emphasis on risk obviates the requirement for demonstrable signs or symptoms of disease and creates the possibility of a newly medicalized subjectivity: that of the person who is ‘at risk’ for disease or its recurrence (Petersen & Lupton, 1996). The ‘at risk’ body is the locus of personal and professional surveillance and is the site where people practise elaborate repertoires of risk-modification activities. Neoliberal rationalities
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