An Anatomy of Illness

Journal of Medical Humanities

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-54

  Biro, David ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alienation; Disease versus illness; Existential symptoms; Fear; Loneliness; Shame

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EGO; EMOTION; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; EGO; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MIND-BODY RELATIONS, METAPHYSICAL; NARRATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL ALIENATION;

EID: 84857126397     PISSN: 10413545     EISSN: 15733645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10912-011-9161-5     Document Type: Article

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