Defining Multiple Chemical Sensitivity

Buch | Softcover

212 Seiten

2007
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-3750-4 (ISBN)

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The number of people suffering from Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) is greater than the number suffering from AIDS, yet the general public and the medical community know very little about the disease. More and more people are disabled daily, despite the fact that the condition does not have to occur.

In Part One of this work, experts review the research into the disease, along with treatment strategies. Part Two examines the legal recourses available to MCS sufferers, such as workers' compensation claims and product liability suits. How the medical community has often worked against MCS sufferers is the focus of Part Three, demonstrating that medical opposition to the disease is unfounded. The editor, an MCS sufferer, details her own case in Part Four.

Bonnye L. Matthews developed chemical sensitivity from work-related, low-level toxic exposure. She lives in Wasilla, Alaska.

Table of Contents

Preface

1 Chemical Sensitivity: A Psychological Perspective

2 MCS: Trial by Science

3 SPECT Brain Scanning After Chemical Injury

4 Porphyria, Cytochrome P-450, and Toxic Exposure

5 No Balm in Gilead: Why Workers’ Compensation Fails Workers

6 Junk Science

7 Medical Literature and MCS: An Analysis of Seven Papers

8 My Experience with Chemical Sensitivity

About the Contributors

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.3.2008
Zusatzinfo	14 photos, 18 tables, notes, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	290 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Krankheiten / Heilverfahren
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Dermatologie
ISBN-10	0-7864-3750-2 / 0786437502
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-3750-4 / 9780786437504
Zustand	Neuware