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A Family History of Illness: Memory as Medicine (McLellan Endowed Series xx) by Brett L. Walker is a biography available to read on EtoBox.

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<p>While in the ICU with a near-fatal case of pneumonia, Brett Walker was asked, "Do you have a family history of illness?"--a standard and deceptively simple question that for Walker, a professional historian, took on additional meaning and spurred him to investigate his family's medical past. In this deeply personal narrative, he constructs a history of his body to understand his diagnosis with a serious immunological disorder, weaving together his dying grandfather's sneaking a cigarette in a

Who reads A Family History of Illness: Memory as Medicine (McLellan Endowed Series xx)?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Brett L. Walker
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Published
2018
Language
EN
ISBN
9780295743042
Category
biography
Subjects
Science, Memoir, Native American
Updated
2026-03-25

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