The illness narratives : suffering, healing, and the human condition /

"Western medicine treats sick patients like broken machines -- figure out what is physically wrong, fix it, and send the patient on their way. But humans are not machines. When we are ill, we experience our illness: we become scared, distressed, tired, weary. Our illnesses are not just biologic...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Kleinman, Arthur (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Basic Books, 2020
Subjects:	Chronic diseases > Psychological aspects.
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