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Stories of sickness / Howard Brody.

Levy Dental Medicine Library - Stacks R726.5 .B76 2003
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Brody, Howard.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Sick--Psychology.
Sick.
Self-esteem.
Diseases in literature.
Physical Description:
xii, 295 pages ; 24 cm
Edition:
Second edition.
Place of Publication:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Contents:
Chapter 1. Storytelling in Medicine 5
Chapter 2. The Nature and Complexities of Narrative 23
Chapter 3. Dimensions of Sickness 43
Chapter 4. Sickness, Life Stories, and Self-Respect 65
Chapter 5. Types of Stories about Sickness 81
Chapter 6. Sick Roles: Practices and Life Plans 94
Chapter 7. How Sickness Alters Experience 115
Chapter 8. Sickness and Social Relations 129
Chapter 9. Stories of Life with Disability 150
Chapter 10. Maladaptive Ways of Being Sick 161
Chapter 11. What Is Narrative Ethics? 172
Chapter 12. How Does One Do Narrative Ethics? 193
Chapter 13. Rigor in Narrative Judgments 213
Chapter 14. Ethics and the Life-Span Narrative 238
Chapter 15. Conclusion: The Patient-Health Professional Relationship as a Narrative 262.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-288) and index.
ISBN:
0195151399
0195151402
OCLC:
49248920

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