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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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2011] ©2011 |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work
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Table of Contents:
- 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