{"product_id":"the-imaginary-patient-by-jules-montague-9781783785858","title":"The Imaginary Patient","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs featured on BBC Radio 4 (Woman's Hour, Start the Week), Times Radio, in the Telegraph (also as a bestseller), The Times, and at the Royal Institution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA diagnosis is supposed to give us certainty, our first step on the road to recovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut what if your diagnosis is inflected by a doctor's bias, swayed by Big Pharma, or designed to protect the police? What happens when you are—or your child is—refused a diagnosis for a condition the establishment will not recognise?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs a consultant neurologist, Dr Jules Montague saw the relief a diagnosis could bring, but she also came to see its limitations. In this eye-opening and humane account, Montague meets with the patients and families who have had their lives turned upside down by a diagnosis they never deserved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShe speaks to parents fighting for recognition of their children's symptoms; men and women whose bodies have been stigmatised by society; and to the families of young black men who are being diagnosed posthumously with a condition that could exonerate their killers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough these stories of heartbreak and resilience, Montague shines a light on the troubled state of diagnosis, and asks how we might begin to heal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47384038047980,"sku":"9781783785858","price":24.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/2473413482823.jpg?v=1773397937","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-imaginary-patient-by-jules-montague-9781783785858","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}