Illness Narratives Suffering, Healing, and the Human Condition

Name: Illness Narratives Suffering, Healing, and the Human Condition
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ISBN: 9780465032044

ISBN-10: 0465032044

ISBN-13: 9780465032044

Edition: 1988

Authors: Arthur Kleinman

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Based on twenty years of clinical experience studying and treating chronic illness, a Harvard psychiatrist and anthropologist argues that interpreting the illness experience is an art tragically neglected by modern medical training, and presents a compelling case for bridging the gap between patient and practitioner. Book jacket.

Book details

List price: $22.99
Copyright year: 1988
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 10/2/1989
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.35" wide x 8.35" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Arthur Kleinmanis Professor of Medical Anthropology at Harvard University;Yunxiang Yanis a Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles;Jing Junis a Professor at Tsinghua University (Beijing);Sing Leeis a Professor at Chinese University of Hong Kong;Everett Zhangis a Professor at Princeton University;Pan Tianshuis a Professor at Fudan University (Shanghai);Wu FeiandGuo Jinhuaare Professors at Peking University (Beijing).



Preface


Acknowledgments



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


References


Index