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The illness narratives : suffering, healing, and the human condition

Kleinman, Arthur.
New York, NY : Basic Books, 1988.

Bibliographic Information


Format: Book
Author: Kleinman, Arthur.
Subject: Chronic diseases
Publication Year:1988
Language:English
Published:New York, NY : Basic Books, 1988.
ISBN:9780465032020
0465032028
9780465032044
0465032044
0465032044 (pbk.)
9780465032044 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-274) and index.
The meaning of symptoms and disorders -- The personal and social meanings of illness -- The vulnerability of pain and the pain of vulnerability -- The pain of living -- Chronic pain: the frustrations of desire -- Neurasthenia: weakness and exhaustion in the United States and China -- Conflicting explanatory models in the care of the chronically ill -- Aspiration and victory: coping with chronic illness -- Illness unto death -- The stigma and shame of illness -- The social context of chronicity -- The creation of disease: factitious illness -- Hypochondriasis: the ironic disease -- The healers: varieties of experience in doctoring -- A method for the care of the chronically ill -- The challenge of a meaning-centered model for medical education and practice.
Also issued online.
Course: CP601

Availability at HKSYU Library


Location Call number Status
English Book (4/F) 616.0019 KLE 1988 Available