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UNINA9910495884003321 |
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Autore |
Baur Susan |
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Titolo |
Hypochondria -Woeful Imaginings |
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[Place of publication not identified], : University of California Press, 1989 |
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0-520-35194-0 |
0-520-90955-0 |
0-585-32161-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (260 p.) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 BEING A HYPOCHONDRIAC -- 2 "A DISEASE SO GRIEVOUS, SO COMMON" -- 3 THE SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF BEING ILL -- 4 PATHWAYS TOWARD CHILDHOOD HYPOCHONDRIA -- 5 HYPOCHONDRIA IN THE FAMILY -- 6 HYPOCHONDRIACS AND THEIR DOCTORS -- 7 HYPOCHONDRIA AMONG THE ELDERLY -- 8 HYPOCHONDRIA AND OUR CULTURAL VALUES -- 9 HYPOCHONDRIA IN OTHER CULTURES -- 10 OCCUPATIONAL HYPOCHONDRIA -- 11 GETTING BETTER -- APPENDIX -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Writing with grace, humor, and an expert's eye for revealing detail, Susan Baur illuminates the processes by which hypochondriacs come to adopt and maintain illness as a way of life. |
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