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Vorbestellen	Zweigstelle: 07., Urban-Loritz-Pl. 2a	Standorte: NK.A O'Rou / College 3d - Englisch / Regal 3d-1	Status: Verfügbar	Frist:	Vorbestellungen: 0

"A landmark exploration of one of the most consequential and mysterious issues of our time: the rise of chronic illness and autoimmune diseases. A silent epidemic of chronic illnesses afflicts tens of millions of Americans: these are diseases that are poorly understood, frequently marginalized, and can go undiagnosed and unrecognized altogether. Renowned writer Meghan O'Rourke delivers a revelatory investigation into this elusive category of "invisible" illness that encompasses autoimmune diseases, post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome, and now long COVIDynthesizing the personal and the universal to help all of us through this new frontier. Drawing on her own medical experiences as well as a decade of interviews with doctors, patients, researchers, and public health experts, O'Rourke traces the history of Western definitions of illness, and reveals how inherited ideas of cause, diagnosis, and treatment have led us to ignore a host of hard-to-understand medical conditions, ones that resist easy description or simple cures. And as America faces this health crisis of extraordinary proportions, the populations most likely to be neglected by our institutions include women, the working class, and people of color. Blending lyricism and erudition, candor and empathy, O'Rourke brings together her deep and disparate talents and roles as critic, journalist, poet, teacher, and patient, synthesizing the personal and universal into one monumental project arguing for a seismic shift in our approach to disease. The Invisible Kingdom offers hope for the sick, solace and insight for their loved ones, and a radical new understanding of our bodies and our health"-

 

Table of Contents

Part One Obstacles: Introduction

3 (132)

1 "Gradually and Then Suddenly"

11 (8)

2 What Is an Autoimmune Disease?

19 (14)

3 Disease Concepts

33 (14)

4 Impersonation

47 (10)

5 The Doctor-Patient Relationship

57 (16)

6 Alternatives

73 (16)

7 Downward Spiral

89 (14)

8 The Woman Problem

103 (12)

9 The Immune System Gone Awry

115 (20)

Part Two Mysteries

10 Autoimmunity as Metaphor

135 (12)

11 Mind/Body

147 (8)

12 Positive Thinking

155 (10)

13 Possibility

165 (12)

14 Nadir

177 (14)

15 Lyme Disease

191 (20)

16 Futurity

211 (14)

17 Uncertainty

225 (8)

Part Three Healing

18 Silence and Healing

233 (8)

19 Solutions

241 (16)

20 The Wisdom Narrative

257 (16)

Acknowledgments 273 (2)

Notes 275 (26)

Bibliography 301 (14)

Index 315