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OverviewThere is a complex relationship between illness and identity. Missed and Dismissed Voices aims to expose the impact of hidden health problems on the daily lives of a growing number of adults who live with chronic conditions and repeatedly face the challenge of trying to maintain their personal sense of healthiness across the life course. The book focuses on the meaning and management of both medically diagnosed chronic diseases and medically unexplained physical conditions or syndromes. In each case, people must decide whether to make their private suffering public. The book includes analysis derived from research literature, combined with illness narrative accounts of people in qualitative interviews and blog posts, to create fictional exemplary case studies for each of the chronic conditions examined. The common issues raised in these stories provide important insights into the process by which people manage to adapt to their changing health status and life circumstances. In this book, Alexander Segall, PhD, gives voice to chronically ill people who often have their life stories either missed or dismissed. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alexander Segall PhDPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Dimensions: Width: 15.90cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.420kg ISBN: 9781487504571ISBN 10: 1487504578 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 30 May 2023 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviews"""Alexander Segall provides an accessible and empathetic exploration of 'the complex relationship between illness and identity' through a focus on the meaning and management of hidden chronic health problems. It is a welcome contribution to the under-researched paradox that those with chronic health problems often consider themselves in good health."" - Neena L. Chappell, FRSC, CM, Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology and Institute on Aging and Lifelong Health, University of Victoria ""Segall offers deeply profound insights that can bring comfort to those suffering from unrelenting health challenges. By unpacking the nuances of their experience, he equips family members, friends, co-workers, and clinicians with knowledge that supports, instead of dismisses and trivializes their suffering. The timely release of this book will also provide consolation and solace for those enduring the miseries of long COVID, the newest hidden chronic challenge. This book provides a remarkable depth that is contextualized by Segall's own personal challenges and his life-long dedication to the study of health as a renowned and distinguished social scientist."" - Judith G. Chipperfield, Professor Emerita of Psychology, University of Manitoba ""Segall's expertise as a scholar with lived experience of an invisible health condition informs this insightful analysis of the effects such chronic illnesses have on your life.. Illuminating the challenges of invisible illnesses for navigating our social worlds, Segall also explores possibilities for hope and resilience as people reconcile impacts on their lives and identities. This book will be of interest to social scientists, gerontologists, students, and those living with invisible long-term chronic illness, as well as their families and friends."" - Laura Funk, Professor of Sociology, University of Manitoba" Author InformationAlexander Segall, PhD, is a professor emeritus, research affiliate at the Centre on Aging, and a senior scholar in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Manitoba. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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