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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Véronique A. S. GriffithPublisher: Lexington Books Imprint: Lexington Books Dimensions: Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.70cm Weight: 0.590kg ISBN: 9781793601872ISBN 10: 1793601879 Pages: 260 Publication Date: 04 December 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsAknowledgments List of Figures List of Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1: Theorizing Endometriosis Chapter 2: Historical Notions of Menstruation and the Diagnostic Category of Endometriosis Chapter 3: The Search for a Unitary Endometriosis Label Chapter 4: Enacting Endometriosis in the Gynecology Clinic Chapter 5: Disciplinary Power in the Gynecology Clinic Chapter 6: Stigma, Gender, and Endometriosis Chapter 7: Adapting to the Failed Body Chapter 8: Endometriosis and Advocacy Conclusion Bibliography Index About the AuthorReviewsTo tell the tale of endometriosis is to tell a tale of patients and doctors, of waiting for a diagnosis that, at last and at least, validates one's suffering as a medical condition, as opposed to being held in abeyance without it. It is to delve into the medical, sociological, and economic history of endometriosis, into myths of the female body, popular culture and its changing characterizations, and the psychology, for many women with endometriosis, of wearing the 'mask of health' while living with 'the monster inside.' In this book written by a physician with endometriosis, the tale is also an ethnographic exploration of the experiences of patients and doctors that breaks the silence about a disease which afflicts ten percent of women worldwide. Healers and Patients Talk is a high and distinguished achievement as a narrative and study, and it will, as Veronique A. S. Griffith states as her reason for writing it, help many women, and perhaps their doctors, achieve and arrive at better care for patients with endometriosis. To tell the tale of endometriosis is to tell a tale of patients and doctors, of waiting for a diagnosis that, at last and at least, validates one's suffering as a medical condition, as opposed to being held in abeyance without it. It is to delve into the medical, sociological, and economic history of endometriosis, into myths of the female body, popular culture and its changing characterizations, and the psychology, for many women with endometriosis, of wearing the 'mask of health' while living with 'the monster inside.' In this book written by a physician with endometriosis, the tale is also an ethnographic exploration of the experiences of patients and doctors that breaks the silence about a disease which afflicts ten percent of women worldwide. Healers and Patients Talk is a high and distinguished achievement as a narrative and study, and it will, as Veronique A. S. Griffith states as her reason for writing it, help many women, and perhaps their doctors, achieve and arrive at better care for patients with endometriosis.--Michael Rowe, Yale University Healers and Patients Talk makes a significant contribution to scholarly understandings of endometriosis and the gendered nature of chronic conditions more generally. This is, to date, the first ethnography of endometriosis, and the deployment of the ethnographic lens offers important new insights. Healers and Patients Talks provides rich data and rare insight into the clinical setting and the encounters between patients' and health professionals' varied and contested enactments of endometriosis.--Annalise Weckesser, PhD, Senior Researcher and medical anthropologist at the Centre for Social Care & Health Related Research, Birmingham City University Veronique Griffiths approaches this ethnographic study of endometriosis from three separate but interlinked standpoints - as a medical doctor, a social science researcher, and as woman with endometriosis. This unique position has facilitated access to NHS clinics, to women with endometriosis, and to the emerging endometriosis advocacy movement. The resulting research brings new and important insights on the experience of endometriosis from NHS professionals, from women, from social media, and presents them in an accessible way. This book is a welcome addition to the endometriosis literature for those with a professional and personal interest in increasing understanding of this disease.--Elaine Denny, Emeritus Professor, Birmingham City University To the tell the tale of endometriosis is to tell a tale of patients and doctors, of waiting for a diagnosis that, at last and at least, validates one's suffering as a medical condition, as opposed to being held in abeyance without it. It is to delve into the medical, sociological, and economic history of endometriosis, into myths of the female body, popular culture and its changing characterizations, and the psychology, for many women with endometriosis, of wearing the 'mask of health' while living with 'the monster inside.' In this book written by a physician with endometriosis, the tale is also an ethnographic exploration of the experiences of patients and doctors that breaks the silence about a disease which afflicts ten percent of women worldwide. Healers and Patients Talk is a high and distinguished achievement as a narrative and study, and it will, as Veronique A. S. Griffith states as her reason for writing it, help many women, and perhaps their doctors, achieve and arrive at better care for patients with endometriosis. Healers and Patients Talk makes a significant contribution to scholarly understandings of endometriosis and the gendered nature of chronic conditions more generally. This is, to date, the first ethnography of endometriosis, and the deployment of the ethnographic lens offers important new insights. Healers and Patients Talks provides rich data and rare insight into the clinical setting and the encounters between patients' and health professionals' varied and contested enactments of endometriosis.--Annalise Weckesser, PhD, Senior Researcher and medical anthropologist at the Centre for Social Care & Health Related Research, Birmingham City University Veronique Griffiths approaches this ethnographic study of endometriosis from three separate but interlinked standpoints - as a medical doctor, a social science researcher, and as woman with endometriosis. This unique position has facilitated access to NHS clinics, to women with endometriosis, and to the emerging endometriosis advocacy movement. The resulting research brings new and important insights on the experience of endometriosis from NHS professionals, from women, from social media, and presents them in an accessible way. This book is a welcome addition to the endometriosis literature for those with a professional and personal interest in increasing understanding of this disease.--Elaine Denny, Professor Emerita of Health Sociology, Birmingham City University To tell the tale of endometriosis is to tell a tale of patients and doctors, of waiting for a diagnosis that, at last and at least, validates one's suffering as a medical condition, as opposed to being held in abeyance without it. It is to delve into the medical, sociological, and economic history of endometriosis, into myths of the female body, popular culture and its changing characterizations, and the psychology, for many women with endometriosis, of wearing the 'mask of health' while living with 'the monster inside.' In this book written by a physician-anthropologist with endometriosis, the tale is also an ethnographic exploration of the experiences of patients and doctors that breaks the silence about a disease which afflicts ten percent of women worldwide. Healers and Patients Talk is a high and distinguished achievement as a narrative and study, and it will, as Veronique A. S. Griffith states as her reason for writing it, help many women, and perhaps their doctors, achieve and arrive at better care for patients with endometriosis.--Michael Rowe, Yale University Author InformationVéronique Griffith is research fellow at the Usher Institute in the Edinburgh School of Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |