The social construction of childhood asthma: Changing explanations of the relationship between socioeconomic status and asthma

What is it about?

Based on medical literature review with a Foucauldian perspective, this paper explores the changing social construction of childhood asthma from the 1940s to 1990s. A shift in the relationship between socioeconomic status and childhood asthma is observed.

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Why is it important?

This paper highlights the susceptibility in our accepted understanding of disease etiology to changing social constructions, and gives caution to premature labelling of disease.