Illness and the Environment – A Reader in Contested Medicine Kroll–smith Brown

Illness and the EnvironmentA Reader in Contested Medicine\nAuthor(s): Steve Kroll-Smith, Philip M. Brown, Valerie Gunter\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: New York University Press, United States\nImprint: New York University Press\nISBN-13: 9780814747292, 978-0814747292\nSynopsis\nIn myriad ways, humans have gradually tailored their world to meet immediate material needs. In so doing, we have, in the minds of many, systematically altered a formerly hospitable environment into one more ambiguous in its effect on the human organism. Just as environments have adapted in response to human activity, so too is the human body now, in turn, forced to adapt to these altered conditions. Today, mysterious illnesses, from chronic fatigue to Gulf War Syndrome, meet us at every turn. Yet even as an increasing number of people attribute ailments to environmental problems, the suspected relationships between illness and environment remain unclear.\nIllness and the Environment examines how sick people .