Making Sense of Illness Science, Society and Disease

Name: Making Sense of Illness Science, Society and Disease
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ISBN: 9780521558259

ISBN-10: 0521558255

ISBN-13: 9780521558259

Edition: 1998

Authors: Robert A. Aronowitz, Colin Jones, Charles Rosenberg

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This book offers historical essays about how diseases change their meaning. Each of the diseases or etiologic hypotheses in this book has had a controversial and contested history: psychosomatic views of ulcerative colitis, twentieth-century chronic fatigue syndrome, Lyme disease, angina pectoris, risk factors for coronary heart disease, and the type A hypothesis. At the core of these controversies are disagreements among investigators, clinicians, and patients over the best way to deal with what individuals bring to disease. By juxtaposing the history of the different diseases, the author shows how values and interests have determined research programs, public health activities, clinical…

Book details

List price: $34.99
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 5/28/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 286
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



From Myalgic Encephalitis to Yuppie Flu: A History of Chronic Fatigue Syndromes



The Rise and Fall of the Psychosomatic Hypothesis in Ulcerative Colitis



Lyme Disease: The Social Construction of a New Disease and Its Social Consequences



From the Patient's Angina Pectoris to the Cardiologist's Coronary Heart Disease



The Social Construction of Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors



The Rise and Fall of the Type A Hypothesis


Conclusion


Notes


Index