TY  - BOOK
AU  - Atkins,Chloe
AU  - O'toole,Bonnie Blair
AU  - Hodges,Brian D.
TI  - My Imaginary Illness: A Journey into Uncertainty and Prejudice in Medical Diagnosis
T2  - The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work Series
SN  - 9780801459948
AV  - RC935 
U1  - 616.7/442 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Ithaca
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - Myasthenia gravis -- Diagnosis
KW  - Somatization disorder -- Diagnosis
KW  - Diagnosis -- Social aspects
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Editor's Note -- Foreword by Bonnie Blair O'Connor -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Beginnings -- 2. The Original Crisis -- 3. Facing Uncertainty -- 4. Ontological Apprehensions -- 5. Diagnosis: Conversion Reaction -- 6. Credo -- 7. More Paralysis and More Psychological Remedies -- 8. A Pyrrhic Victory -- 9. Becoming a Pariah -- 10. Fire! Fire! -- 11. Love in the Midst of Ruin -- 12. Grasping at a Diagnosis, Hoping for a Cure -- 13. The Crisis Deepens -- 14. Contemplating Hemlock -- 15. Icarus -- 16. A Crisis, American Style -- 17. Gravy -- Clinical Commentary by Brian David Hodges, MD -- Bibliography -- About the Authors -- Index
N2  - My Imaginary Illness is the compelling story of Atkins's decades-long battle with a disease deemed imaginary, her frustration with a succession of doctors and diagnoses and her excruciating physical and emotional journey back to wellness
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ER  -