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

Publication Data

• Title My imaginary illness : a journey into uncertainty and prejudice in medical diagnosis
• Author Chloë G. K. Atkins
• Contributor Brian David Hodges
• Publisher ILR
• Publication date 2010
• Publication location Ithaca, N.Y.
• Language English

Contents

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.

Topics

• Myasthenia gravis :: Diagnosis
• Somatization disorder :: Diagnosis
• Diagnosis :: Social aspects

My imaginary illness : a journey into uncertainty and prejudice in medical diagnosis by Chloë G. K. Atkins. ISBN 9780801448874. Published by ILR in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.