My imaginary illness : a journey into uncertainty and prejudice in medical diagnosis /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Atkins, Chloë G. K. (Chloë Gwyneth Katharine), 1965-
Otros Autores: Hodges, Brian David, 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : ILR Press/Cornell University Press, 2010.
Colección:Culture and politics of health care work. How patients think.
Temas:
Myasthenia gravis > Diagnosis.
Somatic symptom disorder > Diagnosis.
Diagnosis > Social aspects.
Myasthenia Gravis > diagnosis
Diagnostic Errors > psychology
Somatoform Disorders > diagnosis
Somatoform Disorders > psychology
Diagnostics > Aspect social.
MEDICAL > Diagnosis.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
Diagnosis > Social aspects
Autobiography.
Autobiography
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Autobiographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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