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The journal showcases the creative and critical work of renowned physician-writers, leading literary scholars, and medical humanists.

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An eclectic collection that informs, raises issues and creates discussion in the medical humanities and across a range of sub-disciplines. -- Julie Anderson Medical History 2006

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Preface: Difference and Identity in Medicine
Part I: Dis-Ability
Chapter 1. Disability as Masquerade
Chapter 2. Meditation, Disability, and Identity
Chapter 3. Fat as Disability: The Case of the Jews
Chapter 4. Response to Section I: Dis-ability
Part II: Dis-Sexuality
Chapter 5. Where the Girls Are: The Management of Venereal Disease by United States Military Forces in Vietnam
Chapter 6. Bug Chasing, Barebacking, and the Risks of Care
Chapter 7. "Without us all told": Paul Monette's Vigilant Witnessing to the AIDS Crisis
Chapter 8. Response to Section II: Dis-sexuality: Sexuality and Dis-Sexuality in the International Regime of Human Rights
Part III: Dis-Embodiment
Chapter 9. Memento Morbi: Lam Qua's Paintings, Peter Parker's Patients
Chapter 10. Loss and the Persistence of Memory: "The Case of George Dedlow" and Disabled Civil War Veterans
Chapter 11. Extrapolating Race in GATTACA: Genetic Passing, Identity, and the Science of Race
Chapter 12. Response to Section III: Dis-embodiment
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      Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
      Publication Date: 09/09/2005
      ISBN13: 9780801882050, 978-0801882050
      ISBN10: 0801882052
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The journal showcases the creative and critical work of renowned physician-writers, leading literary scholars, and medical humanists.

      Trade Review
      An eclectic collection that informs, raises issues and creates discussion in the medical humanities and across a range of sub-disciplines. -- Julie Anderson Medical History 2006

      Table of Contents

      Preface: Difference and Identity in Medicine
      Part I: Dis-Ability
      Chapter 1. Disability as Masquerade
      Chapter 2. Meditation, Disability, and Identity
      Chapter 3. Fat as Disability: The Case of the Jews
      Chapter 4. Response to Section I: Dis-ability
      Part II: Dis-Sexuality
      Chapter 5. Where the Girls Are: The Management of Venereal Disease by United States Military Forces in Vietnam
      Chapter 6. Bug Chasing, Barebacking, and the Risks of Care
      Chapter 7. "Without us all told": Paul Monette's Vigilant Witnessing to the AIDS Crisis
      Chapter 8. Response to Section II: Dis-sexuality: Sexuality and Dis-Sexuality in the International Regime of Human Rights
      Part III: Dis-Embodiment
      Chapter 9. Memento Morbi: Lam Qua's Paintings, Peter Parker's Patients
      Chapter 10. Loss and the Persistence of Memory: "The Case of George Dedlow" and Disabled Civil War Veterans
      Chapter 11. Extrapolating Race in GATTACA: Genetic Passing, Identity, and the Science of Race
      Chapter 12. Response to Section III: Dis-embodiment
      Contributors

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