Elliott, Carl,  1961- <br/><br/>
Better than well :  American medicine meets the American dream / 
Carl Elliott ; foreword by Peter D. Kramer. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  W.W. Norton,  c2003. 
 - xxi, 357 p. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-332) and index. 
<br/><br/>The perfect voice -- The true self -- The face behind the mask -- The loneliness of the late night television watcher -- The identity bazaar -- Three ways to feel homesick -- Pilgrims and strangers -- Resident aliens -- Amputees by choice -- Bringing up baby -- Second acts -- Conclusion: the tyranny of happiness. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>039305201X (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002015947 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA3-Y9767 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>101155694  DNLM 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social medicine--United States.<br/>Medical innovations--Social aspects--United States.<br/>National characteristics, American.<br/>Self-perception--Popular works.<br/>Happiness--Popular works.<br/>Social Control, Informal--Popular works.<br/>Social medicine--Popular works.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RA418.3.U6  / E455 2003