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Umfang: 1 online resource (246 p.)

Ausgabe: 1st ed.

ISBN: 9780801459658 , 0801459656 , 9780801459948 , 080145994X

Serie: The culture and politics of health care work. How patients think

Inhalt: How Patients Think At 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.

Anmerkung: Description based upon print version of record. , Front matter -- , 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 , Issued also in print. , English

Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 9780801448874

Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 0801448875

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.7591/9780801459948

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Umfang: xxxi, 212 p.

Ausgabe: Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

Serie: The culture and politics of health care work. How patients think

Sprache: Englisch

Schlagwort(e): Electronic books.

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Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxi, 212 pages)

Ausgabe: Online-Ausg.

ISBN: 0801448875 , 080145994X , 9780801448874 , 9780801459948

Serie: The culture and politics of health care work. How patients think

Inhalt: 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

Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references and index

Weitere Ausg.: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Atkins, Chloë G.K. (Chloë Gwyneth Katharine), 1965- My imaginary illness Ithaca : ILR Press/Cornell University Press, 2010

Sprache: Englisch

Schlagwort(e): Autobiography

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