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Author:   S.Kay Toombs ,  etc.
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.500kg
ISBN:  

9780253360113

ISBN 10:   0253360110
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   22 July 1995
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

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Preface Acknowledgments Part One 1. Sufficient Unto the Day: A Life with Multiple Sclerosis S. Kay Toombs 2. The Exceptional Family: Walking the Edge of Tragedy and Transformation Ruthanne L. Curry 3. Chronic Illness and the Dynamics of Hoping David Barnard 4. Rage and Grief: Another Look at DaxOs Case Lonnie D. Kliever 5. Whose Story Is It Anyway? Authority, Voice, and Responsibility in Narratives of Chronic Illness Sue E. Estroff Part Two 6. Beyond Respect to Recognition and Due Regard Ronald A. Carson 7. Chronic Illness and Freedom George J. Agich 8. Disability and the Persistence of the ONormalO John W. Douard 9. The Social Course of Chronic Illness: Delegitimation, Resistance, and Transformation in North American and Chinese Societies Arthur Kleinman 10. The Role of the Rules: The Impact of the Bureaucratization of Long-Term Care Muriel R. Gillick Contributors Index

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S. KAY TOOMBS is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Baylor University and author of The Meaning of Illness. DAVID BARNARD is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Humanities at the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine. He is the co-editor (with William R. Rogers) of Nourishing the Humanistic in Medicine: Interactions with the Social Sciences. RONALD A. CARSON is Harris L. Kempner Professor of Medical Humanities and Director of the Institute for the Medical Humanities, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. He is co-editor of Medical Humanities Review.

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