Remission Quest – A Medical Sociologist Navigates Cancer Adams O`connell

Remission QuestA Medical Sociologist Navigates Cancer\nAuthor(s): Virginia Adams O'Connell\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Temple University Press,U.S., United States\nImprint: Temple University Press,U.S.\nISBN-13: 9781439926529, 978-1439926529\nSynopsis\nAs a medical sociologist, Virginia Adams OConnell long studied the healthcare system and people navigating illness. Then, in 2019, she confronted her own reality of being diagnosed with primary bone lymphoma. Since my diagnosis, I joined a club of current and past patients that I never wanted or intended to join, she writes with both candor and poignancy, adding, But we can collectively work to make it the best club it can be.\n\n In the course of diagnosis, treatment, and recovery, Adams OConnell lived through theories she had researched and applied her sociological ideas to help make sense of her personal experiences. Remission Quest chronicles how the reality of living with cancer changed her perspective on what she had studied. A.