02548nam 22005894a 450 991081685350332120240320174625.00-8018-8955-3(CKB)1000000000482253(OCoLC)298787718(CaPaEBR)ebrary10188534(SSID)ssj0000475031(PQKBManifestationID)11304205(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000475031(PQKBWorkID)10463050(PQKB)11555807(MiAaPQ)EBC3318332(OCoLC)868198580(MdBmJHUP)muse2578(Au-PeEL)EBL3318332(CaPaEBR)ebr10188534(OCoLC)923193657(EXLCZ)99100000000048225320060215d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrWhen illness goes public[electronic resource] celebrity patients and how we look at medicine /Barron H. LernerBaltimore Johns Hopkins University Press20061 online resource (353 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8018-9227-9 0-8018-8462-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.The first modern patient : the public death of Lou Gehrig -- Crazy or just high-strung? : Jimmy Piersall's mental illness -- Picturing illness : Margaret Bourke-White publicizes Parkinson's disease -- Politician as patient : John Foster Dulles battles cancer -- No stone unturned : the fight to save Brian Piccolo's life -- Persistent patient : Morris Abram as experimental subject -- Unconventional healing : Steve Mcqueen's Mexican journey -- Medicine's blind spots : the delayed diagnosis of Rita Hayworth -- Hero or victim? : Barney Clark and the technological imperative -- "You murdered my daughter" : Libby Zion and the reform of medical education -- Patient activism goes Hollywood : how America fought AIDS -- The last angry man and woman : Lorenzo Odone's parents fight the medical establishment.CelebritiesDiseasesCelebritiesBiographyMedicineCase studiesCelebritiesDiseases.CelebritiesMedicine610.92/2Lerner Barron H792621MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816853503321When illness goes public4127436UNINA