Meanings of ME : interpersonal and social dimensions of chronic fatigue /: interpersonal and social dimensions of chronic fatigue. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: [edited by] Christopher D. Ward, Emeritus Professor, University of Nottingham, UK.
• Editors: Ward, Christopher D, 1948-
• Contents: 1. Introduction -- PART I: WAYS OF SPEAKING -- 2. Personally Speaking: Experiences of Chronic Fatigue; Christopher Ward -- 3. Scientifically Speaking: CFS/ME in the Medical Literature; Christopher Ward -- 4. Diagnostically Speaking: how Should We Classify CFS/ME - and does it matter?; Hugh Rickards -- 5. Historically Speaking: Three Influences on the Way We Think About CFS/ME; Christopher Ward -- PART II: PERSONAL INTERPERSONAL AND PUBLIC MEANINGS -- 6. Symptoms into Words: How Medical Patients Talk About Fatigue; Penny Standen, Christopher Ward, Charlotte Beer and Laura Saunders -- 7. Meanings of CFS/ME in the Lives of Couples; Matt Horrocks and Christopher Ward -- 8. The self and others in CFS/ME: Reinterpreting Research Evidence; Christopher Ward and Matt Horrocks -- 9. The Public Meanings of CDS/ME: Making Up People; John Cromby -- PART III: PATIENTS, DOCTORS AND IDENTITIES -- 10. The Challenge of CFS/ME in Primary Care; Laura Saunders -- 11. The Said and the Unsaid: Ambivalence in CFS/ME; Christopher Ward -- 12. Stigma, Unspeakable Dilemmas and Somatic Symptoms - a Legacy of Suffering in CFS/ME and Fibromyalgia; James Griffith and Nancy Ryan -- 13. What Does the Diagnosis Say?; Christopher Ward -- 14. Ways of Not Knowing; Christopher Ward.
• Publisher Details: Houndmills, Basingstoke Hampshire New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 616/.0478; Psychology; Chronic fatigue syndrome; Chronic fatigue syndrome -- Psychological aspects; Systemic therapy (Family therapy); HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; PSYCHOLOGY / General; PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues; Chronic fatigue syndrome; Chronic fatigue syndrome -- Psychological aspects; Systemic therapy (Family therapy); HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General; MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL / Diseases; MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL / Internal Medicine; Illness & addiction: social aspects; Diseases & disorders; Society; Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic -- psychology; Social Perception; Psychology -- Personality; Medical -- General; Social Science -- Disease & Health Issues; Psychology -- Social Psychology; The self, ego, identity, personality; Medicine: general issues; Medical sociology; Social, group or collective psychology; Popular medicine & health; Psychology, clinical; Consciousness; Medicine; Social medicine; Applied psychology; Psychology -- Applied Psychology; Health psychology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137467324; 1137467320
• Related ISBNs: 9781349691296; 1349691291; 9781137467317; 1137467312
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on print version record.
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