Aronowitz, Robert A. 1953-

Making sense of illness : science, society, and disease / Science, society, and disease Robert A. Aronowitz. - xii, 267 pages ; 24 cm. - Cambridge history of medicine . - Cambridge history of medicine. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The rise and fall of the psychosomatic hypothesis in ulcerative colitis -- From myalgic encephalitis to yuppie flu: a history of chronic fatigue syndrome -- Lyme disease: the social construction of a new disease and its social consequences -- From the patient's angina pectoris to the cardiologist's coronary heart disease -- The social construction of coronary heart disease risk factors -- The rise and fall of the type A hypothesis -- Conclusion. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

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Social medicine--United States
Diseases--Causes and theories of causation
Individual differences
Nosology
Medicine--Philosophy
Sociology.
History, 20th Century
Disease

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