Research Grant
[Cite as https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP1093542]Researchers: Peter Cryle (Chief Investigator) , Elizabeth Stephens (Australian Research Fellowship)
Brief description A Critical Genealogy of Normality. The rather divergent ideas about normality that emerged in nineteenth-century medical thought continue to have a widespread cultural influence today. Cultural assumptions about what constitutes a normal body inform a wide range of medical practices and underpin the use of standardised testing to determine health or disability. They are also in play when doctors decide when to undertake preventative health measures and when to intervene surgically. A detailed understanding of how bodily norms come to be established has an important role to play in both shaping medical ethics and in helping people make more informed choices about elective surgical procedures.
Funding Amount $355,000
Funding Scheme Discovery Projects
- PURL : https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP1093542
- ARC : DP1093542