Awkward Bitch: My Life with MS

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Author : Marlo Donato Parmelee
Genre : Biography & Autobiography

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Author : Paul J. Bull
Genre : Social Science

Summary : Multiple sclerosis is an incurable neurological disease of unknown cause with a fearful reputation for generating disability, unemployment, poverty and early death. This book critically surveys the current state of multiple sclerosis research, demonstrating the shortfall of current research undertaken on the lives of people with multiple sclerosis.

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Author : Laura Lynn
Genre : Fiction

Summary : Ariel and Brad are ready to begin their happily ever after together. But between the disdain of their respective ex-spouses, the mayhem caused by their children, a surprise visit from the stork, and a hidden enemy who exposes a deep dark secret from Brad¿s past, the two of them can¿t get any peace.

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Author : Christine Koggel
Genre : Philosophy

Summary : Now available in three thematic volumes, the second edition of Moral Issues in Global Perspective is a collection of the newest and best articles on current moral issues by moral and political theorists from around the globe. Each volume seeks to challenge the standard approaches to morality and moral issues shaped by Western liberal theory and to extend the inquiry beyond the context of North America. Covering a broad range of issues and arguments, this collection includes critiques of traditional liberal accounts of rights, justice, and moral values, while raising questions about the treatment of disadvantaged groups within and across societies affected by globalization. Providing new perspectives on issues such as war and terrorism, reproduction, euthanasia, censorship, and the environment, each volume of Moral Issues in Global Perspective incorporates work by race, class, feminist, and disability theorists. In Moral Issues, the third of the three volumes, issues such as euthanasia and health care, reproductive issues, pornography and hate speech, animal rights, and environmental ethics are examined in the context of globalization and of differing social contexts and practices. Sixteen essays are new, one of which was written especially for this volume. Moral Issues in Global Perspective is available in three separate volumes—Moral and Political Theory, Human Diversity and Equality, and Moral Issues.

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Author : Ellen Burstein MacFarlane
Genre : Biography & Autobiography

Summary : "As a gutsy, principled TV investigative reporter on consumer issues, uncovering fraud was not just Ellen Burstein MacFarlane's job, it was her passion. But when in May 1986 she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, an incurable and often disabling disease of the central nervous system, her own desperation made her fall prey to the seductive false promises of a charlatan." "It was Ellen, one of the best-known journalists in central Florida, to whom viewers turned when they had been hoodwinked. Her reports earned her awards, gratitude, and the satisfaction of seeing new laws passed to punish con artists." "At the time her MS was diagnosed, her first response was denial, then anger. But five years later, when she could no longer chase crooks down the street with her cameraman, she felt truly frustrated. Then she read a New York magazine cover story profiling an impeccably credentialed cardiovascular surgeon who claimed he had the answer to MS and other chronic illnesses. She contacted him, and he assured her that after a year of his treatment her multiple sclerosis would be gone and she would be walking again. The price was $100,000 - up front." "To Ellen, stopping the disease's progression was worth anything. With the help of her family, she accumulated the money to pay the doctor. Consequently, she and many other patients were cheated by the doctor and, far from getting better, Ellen's condition deteriorated. Torn between dwelling on this devastating experience and putting it behind her, Ellen opted to go after the doctor to make sure that he did not hurt anyone else. Strengthened, never diminished by her illness, and with all the skill and determination she used as a reporter, she unraveled his scam." "Ellen, the personification of persistence and courage, also writes about the support of a large and loving family (her twin sister, Patricia, is her coauthor) and the remarkable compassion of the vast majority of those in the health-care system." "Ellen is now triplegic and confined to a wheelchair, and needs full-time care. Throughout her journey with multiple sclerosis, she has refused to give in or give up. In every sense this story is an inspiration: Ellen's true story of hope and defeat, promise and deception, falling down and getting up again."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

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Author : Lennard J. Davis
Genre : Social Science

Summary : The fifth edition of The Disability Studies Reader addresses the post-identity theoretical landscape by emphasizing questions of interdependency and independence, the human-animal relationship, and issues around the construction or materiality of gender, the body, and sexuality. Selections explore the underlying biases of medical and scientific experiments and explode the binary of the sound and the diseased mind. The collection addresses physical disabilities, but as always investigates issues around pain, mental disability, and invisible disabilities as well. Featuring a new generation of scholars who are dealing with the most current issues, the fifth edition continues the Reader’s tradition of remaining timely, urgent, and critical.

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Genre : Abortion

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