Description
The announcement of a serious diagnosis is a solemn moment when directions shift, priorities change, and life appears in sharper focus. It is also a moment when a story takes shape. It is a story we are able to imagine, even if we haven't experienced it firsthand, because the moment of diagnosis is as pervasive in popular media as it is in medicine.
Diagnosis: Truths and Tales shares stories told from the perspectives of those who receive diagnoses and those who deliver them. Confronting how we address illness in our personal lives and in popular culture, this compelling book explores narratives of diagnosis while pondering the impact they have on how we experience health and disease.
About the Author
Annemarie Goldstein Jutel is Professor of Health at Victoria University of Wellington.
Reviews
"Diagnosis: Truth and Tales provokes thought rather than simple assent. It offers a set of ideas that enable its readers' various responses rather than prescribing an inevitable conclusion."
-- Jeffrey Brown, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia * Medical Humanities *Book Information
ISBN 9781487522261
Author Annemarie Jutel
Format Paperback
Page Count 232
Imprint University of Toronto Press
Publisher University of Toronto Press
Weight(grams) 360g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 20mm
