Crucible of the incurable : facing ALS /

"An anthropological inquiry into how people with the neurodegenerative illness amyotrophic lateral sclerosis live with the illness, and how they are accompanied by medical professionals and loved ones in giving form to a life with this illness"--

Chi tiết về thư mục
Tác giả chính: Stavrianakis, Anthony (Tác giả)
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2024.
Loạt:Expertise (Ithaca, N.Y.)
Truy cập trực tuyến:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/jj.11818249
Mục lục:
  • On linking knowledge and care for ALS
  • The emergence of a diagnostic certitude
  • Nosological indeterminations
  • Multidisciplinary ALS care
  • ALS clinic
  • Palliative care clinic
  • Epistles to ones
  • Plea for a blessing
  • Advocate
  • The incurable and the possible.