Biopolitical endpoints: Diagnosing a deserving British nuclear test veteran

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 882-888

  Trundle, Catherine ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biopolitics; Britain; Contested illness; Diagnosis; Illness narratives; Legal claims; Nuclear bomb tests; UK; Veterans

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; NUCLEAR EXPLOSION; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; PENSION SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CASE REPORT; ETHNOGRAPHY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PENSION; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; STORYTELLING; UNITED KINGDOM; VETERANS HEALTH;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NARRATION; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; PENSIONS; POLITICS; RADIATION INJURIES; VETERANS; WAR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80052260851     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.05.034     Document Type: Article

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