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A Social History of Chronic Illness in America

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An edition of In the Kingdom of the Sick (2013)

In the Kingdom of the Sick

A Social History of Chronic Illness in America

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"Thirty 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, health writer Laurie Edwards 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, In the Kingdom of the Sick does for those who are chronically ill"--Provided by publisher.

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Pages
243

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In the Kingdom of the Sick: A Social History of Chronic Illness in America
2014, Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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2013, Walker & Company, Walker & Co.
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Table of Contents

Introduction
From 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 characte r: 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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New York

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Library of Congress
RA644.6 .E38 2013

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
243 p.
Number of pages
243
Dimensions
25 x x centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25438699M
Internet Archive
inkingdomofsicks0000edwa
ISBN 13
9780802718013
LCCN
2012037482
OCLC/WorldCat
795174952

Work Description

Thirty 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. - Publisher.

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