Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole: Extraordinary Journeys into the Human Brain - Brossura

Ropper, Allan; Burrell, Brian David

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ISBN 10: 1782395504 ISBN 13: 9781782395508

Casa editrice: Faber and Faber, 2016

Riassunto

What is it like to try to heal the body when the mind is under attack? In this gripping and illuminating book, Dr Allan Ropper reveals the extraordinary stories behind some of the life-altering afflictions that he and his staff are confronted with at the Neurology Unit of Harvard's Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Like Alice in Wonderland, Dr Ropper inhabits a place where absurdities abound: a sportsman who starts spouting gibberish; an undergraduate who suddenly becomes psychotic; a mother who has to decide whether a life locked inside her own head is worth living. How does one begin to treat such cases, to counsel people whose lives may be changed forever? Dr Ropper answers these questions by taking the reader into a world where lives and minds hang in the balance.

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Informazioni sull?autore

"Dr Allan H. Ropper is a Professor at Harvard Medical School and the Raymond D. Adams Master Clinician at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. He is credited with founding the field of neurological intensive care and counts Michael J. Fox among his patients. B. D. Burrell is the author of Postcards from the Brain Museum. He has appeared on the Today Show, Booknotes, and NPR's Morning Edition. He divides his time between writing and statistical research with neuroscientific applications."

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Faber and Faber
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1782395504
• ISBN 13: 9781782395508
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 272
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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