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Item Details
Title:
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ILLNESS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
A READER IN CONTESTED MEDICINE |
By: |
Steve Kroll-Smith (Editor), Philip M. Brown (Editor), Valerie Gunter (Editor) |
Format: |
Hardback |

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£80.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
0814747280 |
ISBN 13: |
9780814747285 |
Publisher: |
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
1 August, 2000 |
Pages: |
464 |
Description: |
This text examines the struggle to achieve recognition of complaints and disabilities that many contend are related to "manufactured environments". It explores the arising political, legal and medical conflicts and the relationship between illness and the modern environment. |
Synopsis: |
In myriad ways, humans have gradually tailored their world to meet immediate material needs. In so doing, we have, in the minds of many, systematically altered a formerly hospitable environment into one more ambiguous in its effect on the human organism. Just as environments have adapted in response to human activity, so too is the human body now, in turn, forced to adapt to these altered conditions. Today, mysterious illnesses, from chronic fatigue to Gulf War Syndrome, meet us at every turn. Yet even as an increasing number of people attribute ailments to environmental problems, the suspected relationships between illness and environment remain unclear. Illness and the Environment examines how sick people and their allies struggle to achieve public recognition of somatic complaints and disabilities that they contend are related to "manufactured environments." The first of its kind, the anthology considers the political, legal, and medical conflicts arising from these illnesses, and will prove invaluable to researchers, scholars, public policy makers, trial attorneys, and activist organizations. |
Publication: |
US |
Imprint: |
New York University Press |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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