A Condition of Doubt(1st Edition) The Meanings of Hypochondria by Catherine Francis Belling Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2012 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-989236-5, ISBN: 0-19-989236-9
"The "hypochondriac" is a complicated figure, often treated with scorn and derision, resented for making excessive demands on attention and health care resources. Lacking credibility but needing to be taken seriously, the hypochondriac is most doctors' least favorite patient. Yet people who suffer from hypochondria endure the anxiety of suspecting they are seriously ill, or are about to be, and having their suspicions and their sufferin ..."