Healers and Patients Talk

Healers and Patients Talk provides insight into interactions between patients and health professionals in the clinical setting. Véronique Griffith examines the varied and contested enactments of endometriosis, the multiple ways in which people understand and use the term endometriosis, and the complex pathway to the diagnosis.

Véronique A. S. Griffith

Aknowledgments List of Figures List of Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1: Theorizing Endometriosis Chapter 2: Historical Notions of Menstruation and the Diagnostic Category of Endometriosis Chapter 3: The Search for a Unitary Endometriosis Label Chapter 4: Enacting Endometriosis in the Gynecology Clinic Chapter 5: Disciplinary Power in the Gynecology Clinic Chapter 6: Stigma, Gender, and Endometriosis Chapter 7: Adapting to the Failed Body Chapter 8: Endometriosis and Advocacy Conclusion Bibliography Index About the Author