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Title Reifying women's experiences with invisible illness : illusions, delusions, reality / edited by Kesha Morant Williams and Frances Selena Morant
Published Lanham : Lexington Books, [2017]
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Description 1 online resource
Series Lexington studies in health communication
Lexington studies in health communication.
Contents Foreword: Communicating from/as/with the Body ; Laura Ellingson ; Introduction: Not an Illusion ; Kesha Morant Williams ; Chapter 1: My Sister's Keeper: Sibling Social Support and Chronic Illness ; Kesha Morant Williams ; Chapter 2: Temporal Reflections of UC Remission: An Autoethnography of Body Image & Acceptance ; Nicole Defenbaugh ; Chapter 3: A Semblance of Normalcy: Social Isolation and the Burden of Looking Well ; Hannah Thyberg ; Chapter 4: Transparency and Disclosure: Tools for Building Trust and Confidence ; Emily Pfender ; Chapter 5: An Unexpected Road to
Discovery: Finding One's Self in the Midst of Uncertainty ; Launick Saint-Fort ; Chapter 6: When Lifestage Matters: A Narrative Account of a Pregnancy-Related Invisible Illness ; Eletra Gilchrist Petty ; Chapter 7: Reframing Personal and Professional Identity in Connection to "Ability" ; Cerise L
Glenn ; Chapter 8: Duty, Honor, Countrysickness: Finding Strength in my Personal Battle with Gulf War Illness ; Elizabeth Desnoyer-Colas ; Chapter 9: Complicit in Concealing Illness: Black Women, Beauty, Identity, and Breast Cancer ; Annette Matlock Gatison ; Chapter 10: The Enemy at the Door: My Friend's Silent Battle to Breast Cancer ; Wei Sun ; About the Contributors
Summary This book provides an alternative to narratives that privilege the biomedical perspective on women's invisible illnesses. The contributors include women who exude diversity as it relates to race and ethnicity, career, religious experience, education, social support, and interpersonal relationships
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 28, 2017)
Subject Chronic pain in women -- Psychological aspects
Chronically ill -- Care.
Women -- Mental health.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
Chronically ill -- Care
Women -- Mental health
Form Electronic book
Author Williams, Kesha Morant, editor
Morant, Frances Selena, editor
ISBN 9781498551014
1498551017