Treatments language, politics, and the culture of illness / Lisa Diedrich.
| Author/creator | Diedrich, Lisa |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, |
| Description | xxiv, 224 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction : Doing treatments -- 1. Patients and biopower : disciplined bodies, regularized populations, and subjugated knowledges -- 2. Politicizing patienthood : ideas, experience, and affect -- 3. Stories for and against the self : breast cancer narratives from the United States and Britain -- 4. Becoming-patient : negotiating healing, desire, and belonging in doctors' narratives -- 5. Between two deaths : practices of witnessing -- Conclusion : Toward an ethics of failure -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-216) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2007001734 |
| ISBN | 9780816646975 (hc : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780816646982 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 081664697X (hc : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0816646988 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |