{"product_id":"illness-and-the-environment-steve-kroll-smith-9780814747285","title":"Illness and the Environment: A Reader in Contested Medicine","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn myriad ways, humans have gradually tailored their world to meet immediate material needs. In so doing, we have, in the minds of many, systematically altered a formerly hospitable environment into one more ambiguous in its effect on the human organism. Just as environments have adapted in response to human activity, so too is the human body now, in turn, forced to adapt to these altered conditions. Today, mysterious illnesses, from chronic fatigue to Gulf War Syndrome, meet us at every turn. Yet even as an increasing number of people attribute ailments to environmental problems, the suspected relationships between illness and environment remain unclear.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIllness and the Environment\u003c\/b\u003e examines how sick people and their allies struggle to achieve public recognition of somatic complaints and disabilities that they contend are related to \"manufactured environments.\" The first of its kind, the anthology considers the political, legal, and medical conflicts arising from these illnesses, and will prove invaluable to researchers, scholars, public policy makers, trial attorneys, and activist organizations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steve Kroll-Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814747280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814747285\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 1.06d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2001 pg. 83","brand":"Steve Kroll-Smith","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":50663771406591,"sku":"9780814747285","price":107.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/illness-and-the-environment-steve-kroll-smith-9780814747285","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}