My imaginary illness : a journey into uncertainty and prejudice in medical diagnosis /
At age twenty-one, Chloë Atkins began suffering from a mysterious illness, the symptoms of which rapidly worsened. Paralyzed for months at a time, she frequently required intubation and life support. She eventually became quadriplegic, dependent both on a wheelchair and on health professionals who r...
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Language: | English |
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Ithaca :
ILR Press/Cornell University Press,
2010
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Series: | Culture and politics of health care work. How patients think.
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