In this deeply affecting memoir, Arthur Frank explores the events of illness from within: the transformation from person to patient, the pain, and the ceremony of recovery....In poignant and clear prose, he offers brilliant insights into the circumstances when our bodies and emotions are pushed to the extreme. Ultimately, he examines what it means ...
In this title, the author draws on accounts of illness by Oliver Sacks, Norman Cousins, Gilda Radner, Steward Alsop, and many others to illustrate that seriously ill people are wounded in both body and voice. He asserts that they need to become storytellers to recover the voices that illness and its treatment have taken away.
Arthur Frank has had two serious illnesses. "Illness is something to recover from if you can", he writes, "but recovery is worth only as much as what you learn about the life you are recovering". In poignant and exact prose, Frank explores illness from within, teaching readers something about what it means to be human.
Through engaging narratives of illness, medical work, and nursing in which people choose to act in ways that affirm their humanity, "The Renewal of Generosity" depicts the transformation of demoralized medicine into caring relationships through generosity - generosity towards both others and oneself. Arthur Frank demonstrates how generosity is ...
'Accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI)' is being rapidly introduced into the clinical management of early breast cancer. 'APBI', in fact, encompasses a number of different techniques and approaches that include brachytherapy, intraoperative, and external beam techniques. There is currently no single source that describes these techniques ...
In 1898, Frank Lloyd Wright and William Herman Winslow printed ninety copies of The House Beautiful on a hand press. Wright designed the book, framing the text by pamphleteer William C. Gannett -- which described the various elements that work together to create "the house beautiful" -- with intricate, tapestry-like patterns and including a ...
This book explores the psychosocial impact of serious illness - its effect on a person's identity and relationships - and the doctor's role in counseling patients. Even the most seasoned physician often feels inadequate when it comes to discussing the personal impact of disability and serious illness with patients. It takes time, attention, and ...
This third volume of The Papers of Will Rogers documents the evolution of Rogers's vaudeville career as well as the newlywed life of Will and Betty Blake Rogers and the birth of their children. During these years, the Rogerses moved to New York City, and after many years of performing with Buck McKee and horse Teddy, Rogers began a solo act in ...
Description: Good. SPECIAL DISCOUNTED PRICE. Hardcover, 1912. The usual ex-library treatments are present. 8vo, 38 numbered pages, library bound maroon buckram hardcover in good condition. The textblock is sturdy, and the pages are bright, clean and intact. The binding is strong. Includes "The Constructive and Rebuttal Speeches of the Representatives of The University of Chicago in the Fourteenth Annual Contests of the Central Debating League Against Michigan and Northwestern, January 19, 1912 [Question: ... read more
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