Bodies of Truth: Personal Narratives on Illness, Disability, and Medicine

by Renée K. Nicholson and Dinty W. Moore

"Medicine still contains an oral tradition, passed down in stories: the stories patients tell us, the ones we tell them, and the ones we tell ourselves," writes contributor Madaline Harrison. Bodies of Truth continues this tradition through a variety of narrative approaches by writers representing all facets of health care. And, since all of us have been or will be touched by illness or disability--our own or that of a loved one--at some point...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496203607
• ISBN13: 9781496203601
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"