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When Illness Goes Public: Celebrity Patients and How We Look at Medicine
When Illness Goes Public Celebrity Patients and How We Look at Medicine
Author: Barron H. Lerner
Steve McQueen had cancer and was keeping it secret. Then the media found out, and soon all of America knew. McQueen's high profile changed forever the way the public perceived a dreaded disease. In When Illness Goes Public, Barron H. Lerner describes the evolution of celebrities' illnesses from private matters to stories of great public interest...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780801892271
ISBN-10: 0801892279
Publication Date: 5/13/2009
Pages: 352
Edition: 1
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Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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