3. The Search for a Unitary Endometriosis Label

Véronique A S Griffith
In: Healers and Patients Talk · 2019 · pp. 57–78 · doi:10.5771/9781793601889-57 · W4405545748
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This chapter explores the challenges and historical context surrounding the development of a singular, unified diagnostic label for endometriosis.

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This monograph examines the sociological and historical construction of endometriosis as a chronic gynecological disease, focusing on how patients and clinicians negotiate its identity. The author analyzes narratives from the medical clinic to explore issues of disciplinary power, stigma, gender dynamics, and the challenges of establishing a unitary diagnostic label for the condition. Key findings highlight the tension between biomedical definitions and patient experiences, illustrating how advocacy efforts adapt to perceived failures in bodily function and clinical recognition. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — specifically the social and historical framing of the disease rather than its biological mechanisms or surgical treatments.

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, um zu prüfen, ob Sie einen Vollzugriff auf diese Publikation haben. Monographie Kein Zugriff Healers and Patients Talk Narratives of a Chronic Gynecological Disease- Autor:innen: - Verlag: - 2019 Publikation durchsuchen Bibliographische Angaben - Auflage - 1/2019 - Copyrightjahr - 2019 - ISBN-Print - 978-1-7936-0187-2 - ISBN-Online - 978-1-7936-0188-9 - Verlag - Lexington, Lanham - Sprache - Englisch - Seiten - 246 - Produkttyp - Monographie Inhaltsverzeichnis KapitelSeiten - Contents Kein Zugriff - Acknowledgments Kein Zugriff - List of Figures Kein Zugriff - Terminology and List of Abbreviations Kein Zugriff - Introduction Kein Zugriff Seiten 1 - 6 - 1. Theorizing Endometriosis Kein Zugriff Seiten 7 - 34 - 2. Historical Notions of Menstruation and the Diagnostic Category of Endometriosis Kein Zugriff Seiten 35 - 56 - 3. The Search for a Unitary Endometriosis Label Kein Zugriff Seiten 57 - 78 - 4. Enacting Endometriosis in the Gynecology Clinic Kein Zugriff Seiten 79 - 102 - 5. Disciplinary Power in the Gynecology Clinic Kein Zugriff Seiten 103 - 130 - 6. Stigma, Gender, and Endometriosis Kein Zugriff Seiten 131 - 154 - 7. Adapting to the Failed Body Kein Zugriff Seiten 155 - 176 - 8. Endometriosis and Advocacy Kein Zugriff Seiten 177 - 202 - Conclusion Kein Zugriff Seiten 203 - 212 - Bibliography Kein Zugriff Seiten 213 - 234 - Index Kein Zugriff Seiten 235 - 244 - About the Author Kein Zugriff Seiten 245 - 246 Ähnliche Veröffentlichungen aus dem Schwerpunkt "Soziologie allgemein"Monographie Kein Zugriff Ryo Mochizuki Die Charakteristika der katholischen Universitäten in der Frühen Neuzeit

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