Stories of Sickness

Stories of Sickness

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Book Description
...expresses the many dimensions of what illness means to the sufferers and to those around them drawing on depictions of illness in great works of literature

Book Info
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing. Text explores the dimensions of what illness means to suffers and those around them. Contains a philosophical exploration incorporating approaches from literature and medical social sciences. Topics include narrative ethics and how they are carried out. For healthcare professionals and students. Softcover, hardcover also available.

Stories of Sickness,Howard Brody,Oxford University Press, USA,0195151402,Diseases in literature,Ethics,General,Medical / Nursing,Mental Health,Psychology,Self-esteem,Sick,Social Science,Sociology,Sociology - General,Coping with illness,Medical / Ethics,Medicine | Ethics,Other prose: from c 1900 -

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