The invisible kingdom : reimagining chronic illness
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New York : Riverhead Books, 2022.
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9781594633799, 1594633797, 9780593541456, 0593541456
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324 pages ; 24 cm
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Published
New York : Riverhead Books, 2022.
Language
English
ISBN
9781594633799, 1594633797, 9780593541456, 0593541456

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-314) and index.
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"A landmark exploration of one of the most consequential and mysterious issues of our time: the rise of chronic illness and autoimmune diseases. A silent epidemic of chronic illnesses afflicts tens of millions of Americans: these are diseases that are poorly understood, frequently marginalized, and can go undiagnosed and unrecognized altogether. Renowned writer Meghan O'Rourke delivers a revelatory investigation into this elusive category of "invisible" illness that encompasses autoimmune diseases, post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome, and now long COVIDynthesizing the personal and the universal to help all of us through this new frontier. Drawing on her own medical experiences as well as a decade of interviews with doctors, patients, researchers, and public health experts, O'Rourke traces the history of Western definitions of illness, and reveals how inherited ideas of cause, diagnosis, and treatment have led us to ignore a host of hard-to-understand medical conditions, ones that resist easy description or simple cures. And as America faces this health crisis of extraordinary proportions, the populations most likely to be neglected by our institutions include women, the working class, and people of color.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

O'Rourke, M. (2022). The invisible kingdom: reimagining chronic illness . Riverhead Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

O'Rourke, Meghan. 2022. The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness. Riverhead Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

O'Rourke, Meghan. The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness Riverhead Books, 2022.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

O'Rourke, Meghan. The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness Riverhead Books, 2022.

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