Motor neurone disease / Ian Robinson and Marggie Hunter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robinson, Ian, 1943-

Contributor:

Hunter, Maggie, 1948-

Series:

Experience of illness.

The experience of illness

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (153 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Motor Neurone Disease is one of the most difficult conditions to manage medically and socially. A disease which leads to the loss of control of most muscle systems of the body, it has no known cause and no cure. For this reason, clinicians have traditionally been reluctant to reveal the diagnosis to sufferers or their families and the condition has become known as one of the best kept secrets of medical practice. However in recent years a number of organizations have set up to support sufferers and their families and consequently, the public profile of the condition has changed dramatically.<B

Contents:

Preliminaries; Contents; Series Editor's preface; Preface; 1 Understanding motor neurone disease; 2 Motor neurone disease in the context of life; 3 Reframing life and death with motor neurone disease; 4 Everyday life in the early stages of motor neurone disease; 5 The desperate search for causes and cures for motor neurone disease; 6 Living and dying with motor neurone disease; 7 The suffering of people with motor neurone disease and the rationality of scientific medicine; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-137) and index.

ISBN:

81-204-0195-6

1-134-86208-3

1-134-86209-1

1-280-11367-7

9786610113675

0-203-98102-2

9780203981023

OCLC:

475943108