The illness narratives : suffering, healing, and the human condition /
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| Author / Creator: | Kleinman, Arthur. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Basic Books, 1988. |
| Description: | xviii, 284 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/929319 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. The Meaning of Symptoms and Disorders
- 2. The Personal and Social Meanings of Illness
- 3. The Vulnerability of Pain and the Pain of Vulnerability
- 4. The Pain of Living
- 5. Chronic Pain: The Frustrations of Desire
- 6. Neurasthenia: Weakness and Exhaustion in the United States and China
- 7. Conflicting Explanatory Models in the Care of the Chronically Ill
- 8. Aspiration and Victory: Coping with Chronic Illness
- 9. Illness Unto Death
- 10. The Stigma and Shame of Illness
- 11. The Social Context of Chronicity
- 12. The Creation of Disease: Factitious Illness
- 13. Hypochondriasis: The Ironic Disease
- 14. The Healers: Varieties of Experience in Doctoring
- 15. A Method for the Care of the Chronically Ill
- 16. The Challenge of a Meaning-Centered Model for Medical Education and Practice
- References
- Index
