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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 |