The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness - Rilegato

Groopman, Jerome

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ISBN 10: 0375506381 ISBN 13: 9780375506383

Casa editrice: Random House Inc, 2003

Riassunto

The author of The Measure of Our Days explores the diverse ways in which hope and other positive emotions influence the healing process, drawing on thirty years of medical practice and a variety of real-life experiences to analyze the biology of hope, as well as its benefits and limits. 50,000 first printing.

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Advance praise for The Anatomy of Hope

"The Anatomy of Hope sings with compassion and honesty."
--Anita Diamant

"This book is the guide and the promise that all of us--patients and doctors alike--have been seeking, in the quest for hope amid the trials and fears of illness."
--Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D.

L'autore:

Jerome Groopman, M.D., holds the Dina and Raphael Recanati Chair of Medicine at the Harvard Medical School and is the chief of experimental medicine at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. His research has focused on the basic mechanisms of blood disease, cancer, and AIDS. He is a staff writer in medicine and biology for The New Yorker and is the author of two popular books, The Measure of Our Days and Second Opinions, which were the inspiration for the television series Gideon’s Crossing. In 2000 he was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. He lives with his wife and three children in Brookline, Massachusetts.

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• Editore: Random House Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0375506381
• ISBN 13: 9780375506383
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 248