Autobiography of a Disease

by Patrick Anderson

Book Overview

Autobiography of a Disease documents, in experimental form, the experience of extended life-threatening illness in contemporary US hospitals and clinics. The narrative is based primarily on the author's sudden and catastrophic collapse into a coma and long hospitalization thirteen years ago; but it has also been crafted from twelve years of research on the history of microbiology, literary representations of illness and medical treatment, cultural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138744506
• ISBN13: 9781138744509
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.0"