Stories of Sickness

by Howard Brody

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Our personalities and our identities are intimately bound up with the stories that we tell to organize and to make sense of our lives. To understand the human meaning of illness, we therefore must turn to the stories we tell about illness, suffering, and medical care. Stories of Sickness explores the many dimensions of what illness means to the sufferers and to those around them, drawing on depictions of illness in great works of literature and in...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0195151402

ISBN13:9780195151404

Release Date:October 2002

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:312 Pages

Weight:1.04 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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Education & Reference Health, Fitness & Dieting Health, Fitness & Dieting History & Criticism Medical Medical Books Medicine & Psychology Movements & Periods Parenting & Relationships Psychology

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