In the kingdom of the sick : a social history of chronic illness in America
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- ISBN: 9781620406281
- ISBN: 1620406284
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Physical Description:
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243 pages ; 21 cm - Edition: Paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury, 2014.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-235) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | From Plato to polio: chronic disease in historical content -- An awakening: medicine and illness in Post-World War Two America -- Disability rights, civil rights, and chronic illness -- The women's health movement and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? |
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Subject: | Chronic diseases United States History Chronically ill Social aspects United States |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | RA 644.6 .E39 2014 | 30775305503766 | General Collection | Available | - |