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Diagnosis: Truths and Tales shares stories written from the perspectives of both those who receive diagnoses and those who deliver them, and confronts how we address illness in our personal lives and in popular media.

Diagnosis

Truths and Tales

$49.99

  • Paperback

    232 pages

  • Release Date

    6 March 2019

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Summary

The announcement of a serious diagnosis is a solemn moment when directions shift, priorities change, and life appears in sharper focus. It is also a moment when a story takes shape. It is a story we are able to imagine, even if we haven’t experienced it firsthand, because the moment of diagnosis is as pervasive in popular media as it is in medicine.

Diagnosis: Truths and Tales shares stories told from the perspectives of those who receive diagnoses and those who deliver them. …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781487522261
ISBN-10:1487522266
Author:Annemarie Jutel
Publisher:University of Toronto Press
Imprint:University of Toronto Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:232
Release Date:6 March 2019
Weight:360g
Dimensions:20mm x 152mm x 229mm
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Diagnosis by Annemarie Jutel - ISBN: 9781487522261
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What They're Saying

Critics Review

” Diagnosis: Truth and Tales provokes thought rather than simple assent. It offers a set of ideas that enable its readers’ various responses rather than prescribing an inevitable conclusion.”

“Diagnosis: Truth and Tales provokes thought rather than simple assent. It offers a set of ideas that enable its readers’ various responses rather than prescribing an inevitable conclusion.”

- Jeffrey Brown, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (Medical Humanities)

About The Author

Annemarie Jutel

Annemarie Goldstein Jutel is Professor of Health at Victoria University of Wellington.

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