Art of Illness: Malingering and Inventing Health Conditions [1 ed.] 1032589612, 9781032589619

Art of Illness: Malingering and Inventing Health Conditions 1032589612, 9781032589619

There is a long history of inventing illness, such as pretending to be sick for attention, or accusing others of being i

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Cultural Illness and Health jq085n503

This volume, which basically is challenging assumptions underlying concepts of health for individuals and for society, o

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Extraordinary Conditions: Culture and Experience in Mental Illness 9780520962224

With a fine-tuned ethnographic sensibility, Janis H. Jenkins explores the lived experience of psychosis, trauma, and dep

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Mental Health, Mental Illness and Migration (Mental Health and Illness Worldwide) 9811023646, 9789811023644

This book unravels the mental health challenges of the migrants and the socio economic and cultural conditions that bear

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Systems Theory and the Sociology of Health and Illness 9781138503403

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Constructions of Health and Illness 9781351161268, 2003065716, 9780815388166, 9781351161282

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Foundations of biosocial health : stigma and illness interactions 9781498552127, 1498552129

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Foundations of biosocial health : stigma and illness interactions 9781498552127, 1498552129

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Chronic Conditions, Fluid States: Chronicity and the Anthropology of Illness 9780813549736

Chronic Conditions, Fluid States explores the uneven impact of chronic illness and disability on individuals, families,

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Tubercular Capital: Illness and the Conditions of Modern Jewish Writing 9781503607330

At the turn of the twentieth century, tuberculosis was a leading cause of death across America, Europe, and the Russian

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