Crucible of the Incurable: Facing ALS

by Anthony Stavrianakis

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Crucible of the Incurable concerns how people face life with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Anthony Stavrianakis spent a year in clinics and with people living with the illness in the United States. He examines the multiple meanings of care in a context of a chronic, degenerative, one-hundred percent fatal, neuromuscular illness, whose most common duration is between two and five years. How do people diagnosed with ALS...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1501778315

ISBN13:9781501778315

Release Date:November 2024

Publisher:Cornell University Press

Length:248 Pages

Weight:1.17 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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