Anatomy Of An Illness As Perceived By The Patient

Author : Norman Cousins
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393326840
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anatomy of an Illness As Perceived By the Patient written by Norman Cousins and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2005-07-12 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of a recovery from a crippling disease and the physician patient partnership that beat the odds by using the patient's own capabilities.

Author : Norman Cousins
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393038873
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient written by Norman Cousins and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1996 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This famous and bestselling book, recounting Norman Cousins' partnership with his doctors in overcoming a crippling and supposedly irreversible disease, is now available in a beautifully bound special gift edition. Anatomy of an Illness illustrates the life-saving benefits to be gained through taking responsibility for one's own well-being.

Author : Norman Cousins
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0393326845
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anatomy of an Illness As Perceived By the Patient written by Norman Cousins and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2005-07-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best-selling, groundbreaking classic by Norman Cousins on combating life-threatening illness through humor and patient participation in care. Anatomy of an Illness was the first book by a patient that spoke to our current interest in taking charge of our own health. It started the revolution in patients working with their doctors and using humor to boost their bodies' capacity for healing. When Norman Cousins was diagnosed with a crippling and irreversible disease, he forged an unusual collaboration with his physician, and together they were able to beat the odds. The doctor's genius was in helping his patient to use his own powers: laughter, courage, and tenacity. The patient's talent was in mobilizing his body's own natural resources, proving what an effective healing tool the mind can be. This remarkable story of the triumph of the human spirit is truly inspirational reading.

Author : Norman Cousins
Publisher : Dutton Adult
ISBN 13 : 9780525248057
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Head First written by Norman Cousins and published by Dutton Adult. This book was released on 1989 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses evidence that positive attitudes enhance the human immune system and that hope, love, laughter, and determination can help combat serious disease

Author : Jerome Groopman
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0375757759
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Anatomy of Hope written by Jerome Groopman and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2005-01-11 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do some people find and sustain hope during difficult circumstances, while others do not? What can we learn from those who do, and how is their example applicable to our own lives? The Anatomy of Hope is a journey of inspiring discovery, spanning some thirty years of Dr. Jerome Groopman’s practice, during which he encountered many extraordinary people and sought to answer these questions. This profound exploration begins when Groopman was a medical student, ignorant of the vital role of hope in patients’ lives–and it culminates in his remarkable quest to delineate a biology of hope. With appreciation for the human elements and the science, Groopman explains how to distinguish true hope from false hope–and how to gain an honest understanding of the reach and limits of this essential emotion.

Author : Allen Klein
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0874775191
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Healing Power of Humor written by Allen Klein and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1989-02-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Provides practical advice as to the fundamental importance of humor and laughter.” —Steve Allen Science has proved, although we knew it all along, that humor is our best medicine. It reduces stress, promotes physical healing, is essential for mental health and can add years to one’s life. But how do we learn to lighten up and take the first step toward finding the humorous side to our troubles when what we really feel like doing is crying? Allen Klein, who has successfully taught thousands to find the humor and consolations in life’s tribulations, shows us how. Brimming with pointed, humorous anecdotes and learn-to-laugh techniques, The Healing Power of Humor combines the wisdom of the world’s great spiritual teachers with the insights of famed humorists, comedians, and others to help you turn life’s negatives into positives. It is the ideal book for anyone going through troubled times—whether it’s the loss of a wallet, the loss of a job, a spat with one’s spouse, or a stay in the hospital.

Author : Norman Cousins
Publisher : Avon Books
ISBN 13 : 9780380692453
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The healing heart written by Norman Cousins and published by Avon Books. This book was released on 1984-10-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the massive heart attack Cousins suffered in 1980, the events leading up to the attack, the importance of coping with panic, the treatment process, his intensive rehabilitation program, and his recovery

Author : Max Eastman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351311700
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Enjoyment of Laughter written by Max Eastman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humor at its best is a somewhat fluid and transitory element, but most books about it are illustrated with hardened old jokes from the comic papers, or classic witticisms jerked out of their context. Max Eastman, in this work, avoids this catastrophe by quoting mainly from contemporary American humor. This is not an anthology in that selections have been made with a view to making a point rather than covering the field. The purpose of Eastman's fabled work is to make the reader laugh. Since his early school days, it has seemed to him that textbooks are wrongly written in that they are conducted in a way which ignores the natural operation of the mind. As a result, the opinion is universal, and under the circumstances a fact, that in order to learn anything you have to study. Since this introduction to humor is itself near to writing a textbook, Eastman uses the very text he constructs to illustrate the manner in which textbooks should be written. Examination and classification of the kinds of humorous experience upon the basis of a theory is a science. As such, this work offers a fair chance to illustrate a method of instruction. However, the distinction between a good joke and a bad one will not prevent the reader from making bad jokes nor enable one to make good ones. There is an artistic and playful element that simply cannot be taught. Enjoyment of Laughter presents a total view of the science of laughter and draws upon some of the great American humorists to do so.

Author : Ahmed Samei Huda
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192534092
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Medical Model in Mental Health written by Ahmed Samei Huda and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-05-16 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many published books that comment on the medical model have been written by doctors, who assume that readers have the same knowledge of medicine, or by those who have attempted to discredit and attack the medical practice. Both types of book have tended to present diagnostic categories in medicine as universally scientifically valid examples of clear-cut diseases easily distinguished from each other and from health; with a fixed prognosis; and with a well-understood aetiology leading to disease-reversing treatments. These are contrasted with psychiatric diagnoses and treatments, which are described as unclear and inadequate in comparison. The Medical Model in Mental Health: An Explanation and Evaluation explores the overlap between the usefulness of diagnostic constructs (which enable prognosis and treatment decisions) and the therapeutic effectiveness of psychiatry compared with general medicine. The book explains the medical model and how it applies in mental health, assuming little knowledge or experience of medicine, and defends psychiatry as a medical practice.

Author : Nejat Akalan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3211474234
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery Vol. 32 written by Nejat Akalan and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-01-08 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Targeted at clinicians and residents, this series has already become a classic, with one volume published each year. The Advances section presents fields of neurosurgery and related areas in which important recent progress has been made. The Technical Standards section features detailed descriptions of standard procedures to assist young neurosurgeons in their post-graduate training. The contributions have been written by experienced clinicians and are reviewed by all members of the editorial board.