My Imaginary Illness : : A Journey into Uncertainty and Prejudice in Medical Diagnosis / / Chloe Atkins.
How Patients ThinkAt age twenty-one, Chloë Atkins began suffering from a mysterious illness, the symptoms of which rapidly worsened. Paralyzed for months at a time, she frequently required intubation and life support. She eventually became quadriplegic, dependent both on a wheelchair and on health p...
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Atkins, Chloe, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut My Imaginary Illness : A Journey into Uncertainty and Prejudice in Medical Diagnosis / Chloe Atkins. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2011] ©2011 1 online resource (248 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work Frontmatter -- Contents -- Editor's Note -- Foreword -- 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 -- Bibliography -- About the Authors -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star How Patients ThinkAt age twenty-one, Chloë Atkins began suffering from a mysterious illness, the symptoms of which rapidly worsened. Paralyzed for months at a time, she frequently required intubation and life support. She eventually became quadriplegic, dependent both on a wheelchair and on health professionals who refused to believe there was anything physically wrong with her. When test after test returned inconclusive results, Atkins's doctors pronounced her symptoms psychosomatic. Atkins was told not only that she was going to die but also that this was her own fault; they concluded she was so emotionally deranged that she was willing her own death.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, her immersion in the world of psychotherapy, and her excruciating physical and emotional journey back to wellness. As both a political theorist and patient, Atkins provides a narrative critique of contemporary medicine and its problematic handling of uncertainty and of symptoms that are not easily diagnosed or known. She convincingly illustrates that medicine's belief in evidence-based practice does not mean that individual doctors are capable of objectivity, nor that the presence of biomedical ethics invokes ethical practices in hospitals and clinics.A foreword by Bonnie Blair O'Connor, who teaches medical students how to listen to patients, and a clinical commentary by Dr. Brian David Hodges, a professor of psychiatry, enrich the book's narrative with practical guidance for medical practitioners and patients alike. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Consumer Health & Fitness. Medicine & Medical Issues. MEDICAL / Diagnosis. bisacsh Hodges, Brian D. O'toole, Bonnie Blair. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013 9783110536157 print 9780801448874 https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801459948 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780801459948 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780801459948/original |
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