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a journey into uncertainty and prejudice in medical diagnosis

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ILR Press/Cornell University Press
Language
English
Pages
212

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Subjects
Psychology, Social aspects, Myasthenia Gravis, Diagnosis, Somatoform Disorders, Myasthenia gravis, Somatization disorder, Personal Narratives, Diagnostic Errors, Autobiography

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My imaginary illness: a journey into uncertainty and prejudice in medical diagnosis
2010, ILR Press/Cornell University Press
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Ithaca [N.Y.]

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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Series
The culture and politics of health care work. How patients think, Culture and politics of health care work

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
616.7/442
Library of Congress
RC935.M8 A85 2010, RC935.M8A85 2010

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxxi, 212 p. ;
Number of pages
212

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25572118M
Internet Archive
myimaginaryillne00atki
ISBN 10
0801448875
ISBN 13
9780801448874
LCCN
2010013374
OCLC/WorldCat
591788354

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