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My Imaginary Illness : A Journey into Uncertainty and Prejudice in Medical Diagnosis.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work SeriesPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2010Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (247 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801459948
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: My Imaginary IllnessDDC classification:
  • 616.7/442
LOC classification:
  • RC935
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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.

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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