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000694384 1001_ $$aEdwards, Laurie$$q(Laurie Elizabeth)
000694384 24510 $$aIn the kingdom of the sick :$$ba social history of chronic illness in America /$$cLaurie Edwards.
000694384 250__ $$a1st U.S. ed.
000694384 260__ $$aNew York :$$bWalker & Co.,$$cc2013.
000694384 300__ $$a243 p. ;$$c25 cm
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000694384 337__ $$aunmediated$$bn$$2rdamedia
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000694384 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 225-235) and index.
000694384 5050_ $$aFrom Plato to polio: chronic disease in historical context -- An awakening: medicine and illness in post-World War Two America -- Disability rights, civil rights, and chronic illness -- The Women's Health Movement and patient empowerment -- Culture, consumerism, and character: chronic illness and patient advocacy in the 1980s and 1990s -- A slight hysterical tendency: revisiting "The girl who cried pain" -- Into the fray: patients in the digital age -- Participatory medicine and transparency -- What future, at what cost?
000694384 520__ $$aThirty years ago, Susan Sontag wrote, "Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship in the kingdom of the well and the kingdom of the sick ... Sooner or later each of us is obliged, at least for a spell, to identify ourselves as citizens of that other place." Now more than 133 million Americans live with chronic illness, accounting for nearly three-quarters of all health care dollars, and untold pain and disability. There has been an alarming rise in illnesses that defy diagnosis through clinical tests or have no known cure. Millions of people, especially women, with illnesses such as irritable bowel syndrome, chronic pain, and chronic fatigue syndrome face skepticism from physicians and the public alike. And people with diseases as varied as cardiovascular disease, HIV, certain cancers, and type 2 diabetes have been accused of causing their preventable illnesses through their lifestyle choices. We must balance our faith in medical technology with awareness of the limits of science, and confront our throwback beliefs that people who are sick have weaker character than those who are well. Through research and patient narratives, the author, a health writer explores patient rights, the role of social media in medical advocacy, the origins of our attitudes about chronic illness, and much more. What The Noonday Demon did for people suffering from depression, this book does for those who are chronically ill. -- Provided by publisher.
000694384 650_0 $$aChronic diseases$$zUnited States$$xHistory.
000694384 650_0 $$aChronically ill$$xSocial aspects$$zUnited States.
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