In the kingdom of the sick a social history of chronic illness in America

Main Author:	Edwards, Laurie
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Walker & Co., 2013.
Edition:	1st U.S. ed.
Subjects:	History, 19th Century > United States. History, 20th Century > United States. History, 21st Century > United States. Patient rights. Chronic diseases. Chronically ill. Patient advocacy. Social change > United States.

Physical Description:	243 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-235) and index.
ISBN:	9780802718013 (hbk.) 0802718019 (hbk.)
Author Notes:	Laurie Edwards has an M.F.A. and teaches health and science writing at Northeastern University. She has had several chronic illnesses since childhood. Her blog www.achronicdose.com receives several thousand monthly visitors and is linked to more than 180 medical blogs. Edwards is author of Life Disrupted: Getting Real About Chronic Illness in Your Twenties and Thirties, named one of 2008s Best Consumer Health Books by Library Journal . She lives outside Boston, Massachusetts.