Abstract

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This open call aims to offer a forum for new insights into the tensions and paradoxes health systems are currently facing as a result of broad social and political transformations. Despite the progress of academic research in addressing issues including the exposure of healthcare to the market, to politics, as well as to countervailing forces, rationalities and interests the renewal of the debate is timely and necessary in both developed and developing countries. We welcome contributions, either empirical or theoretical-oriented, addressing any aspect linked to this theme. Indicative topics of discussion include and are not limited to:

• End-of-life rights and experiences

• Adaptation of work models to specific conditions and needs

• Living and experiencing illness in contexts of crises (e.g. economic, environmental, humanitarian)

• Interactions between practitioners-practitioners and practitioners-regulators

• The creation and overcome of scientific boundaries in health

• Measuring and putting in practice evidence-based procedures

• Lay knowledge and use of evidence-based procedures in health

• Combining different forms of evidence in health

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Session organizer(s)

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Fátima Alves (PT) – Phd in Sociology of Health, Assistant Professor at University Aberta, PI of the Socio-environmental Governance and Sustainability Research Group at Centre for Functional Ecology, University of Coimbra, Portugal.

 

Ana Mendonça (PT) – MSc in Environmental Citizenship and Participation, Phd Student at University Aberta and Centre for Functional Ecology, University of Coimbra, Portugal.

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