In the Kingdom of the Sick: A Social History of Chronic Illness in America by Laurie Edwards

In the Kingdom of the Sick: A Social History of Chronic Illness in America

Laurie Edwards

256 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction health history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Thirty years ago, Susan Sontag wrote, "Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship in the kingdom of the well and the kingdom of the sick ... Sooner or later each of us is obliged, at least for a spell, to identify ourselves as citizens of that ot...

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