The Lonely Patient

Zusatztext "[A] big-hearted doctor." Informationen zum Autor Michael Stein is the author of the award-winning The Lonely Patient as well as five novels. He has been treating addiction for more than twenty years and is a professor of medicine and community health at Brown University. Klappentext When someone is diagnosed with a serious illness, he or she is taking the first step on a challenging and confusing journey. For many, it is as if they are traveling alone to someplace entirely new, with only faded directions back to their old lives. Often, even their loved ones can only guess at what they must be experiencing. Michael Stein, M.D., uses the stories of his own patients to consider the personal narrative of sickness. Beautifully written and keenly insightful, The Lonely Patient is a valuable book for patients and their caregivers as well as a probing inquiry into this universal experience. Zusammenfassung When someone is diagnosed with a serious illness! he or she is taking the first step on a challenging and confusing journey. For many! it is as if they are traveling alone to someplace entirely new! with only faded directions back to their old lives. Often! even their loved ones can only guess at what they must be experiencing. Michael Stein! M.D.! uses the stories of his own patients to consider the personal narrative of sickness. Beautifully written and keenly insightful! The Lonely Patient is a valuable book for patients and their caregivers as well as a probing inquiry into this universal experience.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Michael Stein
• Editore: Harper Perennial USA
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 29.01.2008
• EAN: 9780060847968
• ISBN: 978-0-06-084796-8
• Pagine: 240
• Dimensioni: 135 mm x 205 mm x 15 mm
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Salute; Psychology, Psychology: emotions, Biology, life sciences, Pain and pain management, Philosophy of religion, Palliative Medicine, Public health and preventive medicine, Psychiatric and mental disorders, SELF-HELP: Personal Growth / Happiness, PSYCHOLOGY: Mental Health, PHILOSOPHY: Mind & Body, MEDICAL: Mental Health, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Death, Grief, Bereavement, MEDICAL: Public Health, MEDICAL: General, MEDICAL: Health Policy, PSYCHOLOGY: Grief & Loss, Coping with / advice about stress, Coping with / advice about death and bereavement