When illness goes public : celebrity patients and how we look at medicine

When illness goes public : celebrity patients and how we look at medicine / Barron H. Lerner.

Author/creator	Lerner, Barron H.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
Description	xv, 334 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Chronic Disease--Case Reports. Famous Persons--Case Reports. Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice--Case Reports. Mass Media--Case Reports. Public Opinion--Case Reports. History of Medicine. History, 20th Century.

Contents	The first modern patient : the public death of Lou Gehrig -- Crazy or just high-strung? : Jimmy Piersall's mental illness -- Picturing illness : Margaret Bourke-White publicizes Parkinson's disease -- Politician as patient : John Foster Dulles battles cancer -- No stone unturned : the fight to save Brian Piccolo's life -- Persistent patient : Morris Abram as experimental subject -- Unconventional healing : Steve Mcqueen's Mexican journey -- Medicine's blind spots : the delayed diagnosis of Rita Hayworth -- Hero or victim? : Barney Clark and the technological imperative -- "You murdered my daughter" : Libby Zion and the reform of medical education -- Patient activism goes Hollywood : how America fought AIDS -- The last angry man and woman : Lorenzo Odone's parents fight the medical establishment.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-323) and index.
LCCN	2006005258
ISBN	0801884624
ISBN	9780801884627

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Laupus	Books - Stacks	WZ 313 L616W 2006	✔ Available	Place Hold