A condition of doubt
Subtitle: the meanings of hypochondria
By: Catherine Belling
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9780199892365
Subjects: Hypochondriasis; Stereotyping; Diagnosis; History
Description: This title seeks to change the way we think about hypochondria and to use hypochondria to sharpen our thinking about health care. The book's four parts examine hypochondria as a condition of biology; of medicine; of culture; and of narrative.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: That within : biologies of hypochondria; title: Medicine's ghost : the unnatural history of an unreliable idea; title: Swimming in the dark : the hypochondriac in the body; title: Contested authority : an expert patient lectures the physicians; title: Hating hypochondriacs : stigma and stereotype; title: Dangerous fearlessness : the formation of physicians; title: Be informed : medical knowledge; title: Be responsible : cautionary tales; title: Be afraid : horror stories; title: How can I tell? Professing hypochondria; title: The story that won't begin : hypochondria's narrative structure; title: Unreliable historians : hypochondria's narrators.