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Laurie Edwards, IN THE KINGDOM OF THE SICK: A SOCIAL HISTORY ...
By: agate Date: May 14, 2015, 11:25 pm
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EDWARDS, LAURIE
IN THE KINGDOM OF THE SICK: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF CHRONIC
ILLNESS IN AMERICA (2013)
There is one problem with books in this genre, and there are
many such books--the author usually has a disorder or two
prompting the writing of the book, and in order to illustrate
points in the book's content, the author almost has to bring
that disorder into the discussion.
When that happens, if there's a tad too much of it, the book
comes across as more about that person's disorder(s) than about
helpful information for others unless, of course, the others
happen to have that disorder.
In this author's case, others with her disorder aren't going to
come along very often. She has primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD),
a serious lung disorder, somewhat like cystic fibrosis, but so
rare that it took a long time for Edwards to be diagnosed.
If her book has a fault, it may be that it gives a bit more
information about the author's medical history than is
warranted.
She covers a wide range of chronic medical conditions, but the
coverage is rather standard information, easily available from
other sources. She touches on multiple sclerosis a couple of
times but very briefly.
She has an impressive bibliography but these references turn out
to be drawn primarily from the Internet. More depth would have
been welcome here.
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