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Autore: |
Lerner Barron H
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Titolo: |
When illness goes public : celebrity patients and how we look at medicine / / Barron H. Lerner
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Pubblicazione: | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
Disciplina: | 610.92/2 |
Soggetto topico: | Celebrities - Diseases |
Celebrities | |
Medicine | |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Marrying great storytelling to an exploration of the intersection of science, journalism, fame, and legend, this book is a groundbreaking contribution to our understanding of health and illness. |
Titolo autorizzato: | When illness goes public ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-8018-8955-3 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910816853503321 |
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