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At the Will of the Body Reflections on Illness

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ISBN-10: 0618219293

ISBN-13: 9780618219292

Edition: 1991

Authors: Arthur W. Frank

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In this deeply affecting memoir, Arthur W. Frank explores the events of illness from within: the transformation from person to patient, the pain, the wonder,and the ceremony of recovery. To illuminate what illness can teach us about life, Frank draws upon his own encounters with serious illness -- a heart attack at age thirty-nine and, a year later, a diagnosis of cancer. In poignant and clear prose, he offers brilliant insights into what happens when our bodies and emotions are pushed to extremes. Ultimately, he examines what it means to be human.
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Book details

List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Publication date: 7/16/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English

Arthur W. Frank is professor of sociology at the University of Calgary and the author of At the Will of the Body: Reflections on Illness; The Wounded Storyteller: Body, Illness, and Ethics; and The Renewal of Generosity: Illness, Medicine, and How to Live, the latter two also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Illness as a Dangerous Opportunity
Becoming Ill
Illness as Incident
Becoming Ill Again
Seeing Through Pain
Mourning What Is Lost
Care Has No Recipe
The Body as Territory and as Wonder
The Cost of Appearances
Chemotherapy and Adventure
The Struggle Is Not a Fight
Stigma
Denial and Affirmation
Comforters and Accusers
Valuing Illness
Listening to the Ill
Ceremonies of Recovery
Gravy
Afterword
Literary Debts