Illness and the Environment: A Reader in Contested Medicine Contributor(s): Kroll-Smith, Steve (Editor), Brown, Philip M. (Editor), Gunter, Valerie (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0814747299 ISBN-13: 9780814747292 Publisher: New York University Press OUR PRICE: $30.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2000 Annotation: In myriad ways, humans have gradually tailored their world to meet immediate material needs. In so doing, we have, in the minds of many, systematically altered a formerly hospitable environment into one more ambiguous in its effect on the human organism. Just as environments have adapted in response to human activity, so too is the human body now, in turn, forced to adapt to these altered conditions. Today, mysterious illnesses, from chronic fatigue to Gulf War Syndrome, meet us at every turn. Yet even as an increasing number of people attribute ailments to environmental problems, the suspected relationships between illness and environment remain unclear.Illness and the Environmentexamines how sick people and their allies struggle to achieve public recognition of somatic complaints and disabilities that they contend are related to "manufactured environments." The first of its kind, the anthology considers the political, legal, and medical conflicts arising from these illnesses, and will prove invaluable to researchers, scholars, public policy makers, trial attorneys, and activist organizations. |
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BISAC Categories: - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) - Health & Fitness | Diseases - General - Medical | Toxicology |
Dewey: 615.902 |
LCCN: 00036125 |
Physical Information: 0.99" H x 7" W x 10" (1.86 lbs) 464 pages |
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Publisher Description: In myriad ways, humans have gradually tailored their world to meet immediate material needs. In so doing, we have, in the minds of many, systematically altered a formerly hospitable environment into one more ambiguous in its effect on the human organism. Just as environments have adapted in response to human activity, so too is the human body now, in turn, forced to adapt to these altered conditions. Today, mysterious illnesses, from chronic fatigue to Gulf War Syndrome, meet us at every turn. Yet even as an increasing number of people attribute ailments to environmental problems, the suspected relationships between illness and environment remain unclear. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brown, Philip M.: - Phil Brown is Professor of Sociology at Brown University, author of Radical Psychology, and coauthor of No Safe Place: Toxic Waste, Leukemia, and Community Action. |