Hypochondria -Woeful Imaginings

• Autore: Baur Susan
• Pubblicazione: [Place of publication not identified], : University of California Press, 1989
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (260 p.)
• Soggetto topico: PSYCHOLOGY / General
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Hypochondria -Woeful Imaginings
• ISBN: 0-520-35194-0; 0-520-90955-0; 0-585-32161-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910495884003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II