Still Lives: Narratives of Spinal Cord Injury
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In writing Still Lives, Jonathan Cole wanted to find out about living in a wheelchair, without having what he calls the doctor/patient thing intervene. He has done this by asking people with spinal cord injuries the simple question of what it is like to live without sensation and movement in the body. If the body has absented itself, where does the person reside? He describes his method in the first chapter: I have gone to people, not with a white...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0262033151
ISBN13:9780262033152
Release Date:March 2004
Publisher:MIT Press (MA)
Length:330 Pages
Weight:1.35 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.3" x 9.1"
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Clinical Disabled Diseases & Physical Ailments Health, Fitness & Dieting Health, Fitness & Dieting Internal Medicine Medical Medical Books Medicine Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Public Affairs & Policy Social Science Social Sciences Social Services & Welfare Specific Demographics Spinal Cord Injuries TextbooksCustomer Reviews
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Eye-opening and thought provoking
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
I purchased this when I became friends with a man in a chair. I think it helped me understand better some of what he has had to deal with, and I hope it has made me a better friend to him.
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