Under the Medical Gaze : Facts and Fictions of Chronic Pain /

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This compelling account of the author's experience with a chronic pain disorder and subsequent interaction with the American health care system goes to the heart of the workings of power and culture in the biomedical domain. It is a medical whodunit full of mysterious misdiagnosis, subtle power...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Greenhalgh, Susan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2001.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Greenhalgh, Susan.
Greenhalgh, Susan
Greenhalgh, Susan > Health.
Arzt
Rheumatoide Arthritis
Fibromyalgie
Patient
Chronischer Schmerz
Physician and patient.
Health.
Fibromyalgia > Patients.
Diagnostic errors.
Chronic pain > Patients.
Arthritis > Patients.
MEDICAL > Pain Medicine.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Pain Management.
Fibromyalgie.
Maladies chroniques.
Arthrite.
Douleur.
Erreurs de diagnostic.
Relations medecin-patient.
Fibromyalgie > Patients > États-Unis > Biographies.
Douleur chronique > Patients > États-Unis > Biographies.
Physician-Patient Relations
Fibromyalgia
Diagnostic Errors
Chronic Disease
Arthritis
Pain
Fibromyalgia.
Chronic diseases.
Arthritis.
Pain.
Fibromyalgia > Patients > United States > Biography.
Arthritis > Patients > United States > Biography.
Chronic pain > Patients > United States > Biography.
United States.
Recits personnels.
Biographies.
Personal narratives.
Personal Narrative
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This compelling account of the author's experience with a chronic pain disorder and subsequent interaction with the American health care system goes to the heart of the workings of power and culture in the biomedical domain. It is a medical whodunit full of mysterious misdiagnosis, subtle power plays, and shrewd detective work.
Physical Description:1 online resource (383 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780520925090

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