My Imaginary Illness - A Journey Into Uncertainty and Prejudice in Medical Diagnosis

Informationen zum Autor Chloe Atkins. foreword by Bonnie Blair O'toole. afterword by Brian David Hodges Klappentext Chlo¿. K. Atkins is Associate Professor at the University of Calgary. Bonnie Blair O¿Connor is Assistant Director of Pediatric Residency at Hasbro Children's Hospital/Brown Medical School. Brian David Hodges, MD, is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto and Director of the Wilson Centre for Research in Education. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Bonnie Blair O'Connor Introduction1 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 GravyClinical Commentary by Brian David Hodges, MD Bibliography About the Authors Index

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• Authors: Chlo' G. K. Atkins, Chloe Atkins, Chloe G. K. Atkins, Chloe G. K./ O'Connor Atkins
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.10.2010
• EAN: 9780801448874
• ISBN: 978-0-8014-4887-4
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Culture and Politics of Health; The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work; Culture and Politics of Health
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine