A Family History of Illness: Memory as Medicine

by Brett L Walker and Brett L. Walker

Book Overview

While in the ICU with a near-fatal case of pneumonia, Brett Walker was asked, "Do you have a family history of illness?"--a standard and deceptively simple question that for Walker, a professional historian, took on additional meaning and spurred him to investigate his family's medical past. In this deeply personal narrative, he constructs a history of his body to understand his diagnosis with a serious immunological disorder, weaving together...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295743034
• ISBN13: 9780295743035
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.8" x 8.6"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher