Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-187).
Contents
Learning to be ill -- A life of illness: learning about disease -- Living with uncertainty: learning about doctors and medicine -- Diseases routines: learning about daily life -- Small miracles: learning about god -- The hospital: learning to hit the bottom of the well -- The imagination of disease: learning to be a father -- Carrying our secret pains: learning to tell my story -- Time passes: learning to be healthy -- Learning hope, caution, and balance: a return to daily life.