The distinction between “real” and imagined illness is under debate ARTHUR TREES/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
A Body Made of Glass
Caroline Crampton (Granta)
Picture someone with hypochondria. It may be a friend who keeps an inventory of symptoms and ailments, is never without a doctor’s appointment and turns up armed with the latest from Google. Some doctors label such people disparagingly as the “worried well”, those whose demand on medical services is seen to outweigh their need.
But a new book challenges that derogatory and outdated view of hypochondria – now more commonly known as health…
