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Author:

Mattingly, Cheryl, 1951-

Title:

The paradox of hope : journeys through a clinical borderland / Cheryl Mattingly.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xv, 268 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

African Americans--Medical care--United States.
Chronically ill children--Medical care--United States.
Medical anthropology--United States.
Poor--Medical care--United States.
Social medicine--United States.
Medical personnel and patient--United States.
Chronic Disease--United States.
African Americans--United States.
Anthropology, Cultural--United States.
Child--United States.
Narration--United States.
Poverty--United States.
Professional-Family Relations--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The lobby -- Narrative matters -- Border trouble -- Widening the gap : the creation of a conflict drama -- Plotting hope -- Daydreaming : Captain Hook gets speech therapy -- Fleeting hope -- Narrative phenomenology and the practice of hope.

ISBN:

0520267354 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780520267350 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0520267346 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520267343 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)572735119

LCCN:

2010009492

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)