Invisible Illness

A moving cultural history of disability—and a powerful call to action to change how our medical system and society supports those with complex chronic conditions   From lupus to Lyme, invisible illness is often dismissed by everyone but the sufferers. Why does the medical establishment continually insist that, when symptoms are hard to explain, they are probably just in your head?   Inspired by her work with long COVID patients, medical anthropologist Emily Mendenhall traces the story