My imaginary illness a journey into uncertainty and prejudice in medical diagnosis /
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| Other Authors / Creators: | Hodges, Brian David, 1964- |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Ithaca [N.Y.] : ILR Press/Cornell University Press, 2010. |
| Series: | Culture and politics of health care work. How patients think.
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| Online Access: | Available in ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete. |
Table of Contents:
- Beginnings
- The original crisis
- Facing uncertainty
- Ontological apprehensions
- Diagnosis : conversion reaction
- Credo
- More paralysis and more psychological remedies
- A pyrrhic victory
- Becoming a pariah
- Fire! fire!
- Love in the midst of ruin
- Grasping at a diagnosis, hoping for a cure
- The crisis deepens
- Contemplating hemlock
- Icarus
- A crisis, American style
- Gravy.