books.google.com - This is a book about the meanings we make out of pain. The greatest surprise I encountered in discussing this topic over the past ten years was the consistency with which I was asked a single unvarying question: Are you writing about physical pain or mental pain? The overwhelming consistency of this...https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Culture_of_Pain.html?id=PhJ2LOp4BW4C&q=illness&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Culture of Pain