- Additional Authors
- Hodges, Brian David, 1964-
- Description
- 1 online resource (xxxi, 212 p.)
- Series Statement
- The culture and politics of health care work. How patients think
- Uniform Title
- My imaginary illness (Online)
- Culture and politics of health care work. How patients think.
- Alternative Title
- My imaginary illness (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Beginnings -- The original crisis -- Facing uncertainty -- Ontological apprehensions -- Diagnosis : conversion reaction -- Credo -- More paralysis and more psychological remedies -- A pyrrhic victory -- Becoming a pariah -- Fire! fire! -- Love in the midst of ruin -- Grasping at a diagnosis, hoping for a cure -- The crisis deepens -- Contemplating hemlock -- Icarus -- A crisis, American style -- Gravy.
- LCCN
- 2010013374
- OCLC
- ssj0000486044
- Author
Atkins, Chloë G. K. (Chloë Gwyneth Katharine), 1965-
- Title
My imaginary illness [electronic resource] : a journey into uncertainty and prejudice in medical diagnosis / Chloë G.K. Atkins ; with a clinical commentary by Brian David Hodges ; foreword by Bonnie Blair O'Connor.
- Imprint
Ithaca [N.Y.] : ILR Press/Cornell University Press, 2010.
- Series
The culture and politics of health care work. How patients think
Culture and politics of health care work. How patients think.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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- Added Author
Hodges, Brian David, 1964-