{"id":4969,"date":"2013-04-01T06:36:34","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T10:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howtocopewithpain.org\/blog\/?p=4969"},"modified":"2016-11-17T09:46:49","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T13:46:49","slug":"book-review-in-the-kingdom-of-the-sick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howtocopewithpain.org\/blog\/4969\/book-review-in-the-kingdom-of-the-sick\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review:  <i>In the Kingdom of the Sick<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chronic illness is hard for patients to come to terms with. Something that will not get better with a quick diagnosis and easy treatment. As well, chronic illness is hard for people in our society to understand if they\u00a0haven&#8217;t been there.\u00a0&#8220;The fact that you&#8217;re just not going to get better seems unbelievable to most people. There must be something you can do that you aren&#8217;t doing! Eating raw foods, forcing yourself to exercise, thinking your way out of it, trying the latest drugs&#8230;. If you&#8217;re not better, then you&#8217;re not working hard enough.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laurieedwardswriter.com\/books\/in-the-kingdom-of-the-sick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Laurie Edwards<\/a>&#8216; new book, <em>In the Kingdom of the Sick<\/em>,\u00a0explores many facets of chronic illness. It&#8217;s a book full of facts and insightful analysis, as well as patient stories which are interesting, heartbreaking and hopeful.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtocopewithpain.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/in-the-kingdom-of-the-sick.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4970\" style=\"width: 167px; height: 269px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.howtocopewithpain.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/in-the-kingdom-of-the-sick.jpg\" alt=\"in-the-kingdom-of-the-sick\" width=\"196\" height=\"299\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chapters include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>how chronic illness fits into the\u00a0history of disease and medical advancement<\/li>\n<li>how\u00a0disability rights and civil rights have affected the treatment of chronic illness<\/li>\n<li>gender and illness, focusing on diseases affecting women, such as pain<\/li>\n<li>the (mostly) good benefits of patient advocacy and &#8220;participatory medicine&#8217;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The book has a significant focus on pain. I would highly recommend it as an informative, interesting read. Many of the people quoted in the book are my online friends and colleagues, as well as people I&#8217;ve met at pain conferences. I respect them so much for their wisdom, personal sharing and patient advocacy. As I finished the book, I had the image of Laurie as a master orchestra conductor. Laurie was able to lead all of us in creating\u00a0a beautiful whole. A few notes of piano are nice, as are a violin melody. But taken together, a symphony can be moving and inspiring. That&#8217;s what Laurie&#8217;s work is too!\u00a0For more, see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.laurieedwardswriter.com\/books\/in-the-kingdom-of-the-sick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Laurie Edwards&#8217; website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chronic illness is hard for patients to come to terms with. Something that will not get better with a quick diagnosis and easy treatment. As well, chronic illness is hard for people in our society to understand if they\u00a0haven&#8217;t been there.\u00a0&#8220;The fact that you&#8217;re just not going to get better seems unbelievable to most people. 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