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1	The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness more books like this by Jerome Groopman (Read by) add to wishlist Jerome Groopman shares what he has learned from 30 years of practicing medicine about hope and how it functions in sick people--and how difficult it is for a doctor to walk the line between optimism and false hope. The patients he writes about range from the hopeless to those in severe denial, and include himself as he writes about his own ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Extraordinary Healing Power of Ordinary Things: Fourteen Natural Steps to Health and Happiness more books like this by Larry Dossey, MD add to wishlist Long hailed as one of the founders of mind-body medicine, Dr. Dossey directs readers' attention to simple sources of healing that are available everywhere. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.36! \| SVS
3	Patient's Voice: Experiences of Illness more books like this by Jeanine Young-Mason, EdD, RN, CS, FAAN add to wishlist The Patient's Voice: Experiences of Illness presents 16 contemporary autobiographical narratives written by children and adults who have experienced psychiatric and physical illnesses. These narratives offer a powerful insight into, and appreciation for, patients' experiences in dealing with illness. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $25.29! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Close to the Bone: Lifethreatening Illness and the Search for Meaning more books like this by Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D. add to wishlist Describes how serious illness can actually be a soul-transforming experience that eliminates neurosis and leads to the essential truths of life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.75! \| SVS
5	At the Will of the Body: Reflections on Illness more books like this by Arthur W Frank add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.74! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Wounded Storyteller: Body, Illness, and Ethics more books like this by Arthur W Frank add to wishlist 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. see all copies from $7.39! new only from $11.99! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Close to the Bone: Life-Threatening Illness and the Search for Meaning more books like this by Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D. (Read by) add to wishlist Jean Bolen asserts that life-threatening illness can be a soul-transforming experience that strips away neurosis, illuminates the essential truths of life, and forces sufferers to ask the most vital questions: What did we come here to do? What did we come here to learn? What and who did we come here to love? see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	When Walls Become Doorways: Creativity and the Transforming of Illness more books like this by Tobi Zausner add to wishlist Using the lives of artists as inspiration, "When Walls Become Doorways" explores the transformative power of illness and the ability of productivity and creativity to heal the soul. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
9	Stories of Sickness more books like this by Howard Brody add to wishlist Our personalities and our identities are intimately bound up with the stories that we tell to organize and to make sense of our lives. To understand the human meaning of illness, we therefore must turn to the stories we tell about illness, suffering, and medical care. Stories of Sickness explores the many dimensions of what illness means to the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.11! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry more books like this by Theodore A Stern (Editor), Gregory Fricchione, M.D. (Editor), Ned H Cassem (Editor) add to wishlist Recognized as the "gold standard" in consultation psychiatry, the newest edition of this handbook is an authoritative, compact, and affordable resource for psychiatrists, residents, and non-psychiatric medical staff. Written by members of the prestigious MGH Department of Psychiatry, it contains practical advice and strategies for diagnosing and ... see all copies from $48.83! new only from $53.92! \| SVS
11 view cover	Awareness of dying more books like this by Barney G Glaser, Anselm L Strauss add to wishlist Should patients be told they are dying? How do families react when one of their members is facing death? Who should reveal that death is imminent? How does hospital staff - doctors, nurses, and attendants - act toward the dying patient and his family? Death, as a social ritual, is one of the great turning points in human existence, but prior to ... see all copies from $16.00! new only from $31.49! \| SVS
12 view cover	Unconditional Life: Discovering the Power to Fulfill Your Dreams more books like this by Dr. Deepak Chopra add to wishlist In the bestseller Quantum Healing, Dr. Chopra explored the mind's connection to seemingly miraculous recoveries from cancer and other serious illness. Now, in Unconditional Life, he undertakes an even greater challenge: going beyond physical healing to show how we can change our reality by changing our mind. Dramatic case histories show how to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Power of Hope: A Doctors Perspective more books like this by Dr. Howard Spiro add to wishlist This study advocates a method of helping patients with a combination of alternative and mainstream medicine - a treatment of mind, body, and spirit that energizes patients. Spiro encourages physicians to talk and listen to their patients, and to employ alternative approaches. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.94! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Chronic Physical Disorders more books like this by Professor Alan J Christensen (Editor), Michael H Antoni (Editor) add to wishlist In Chronic Physical Disorders, the most prominent figures in the field of behavioral medicine argue why a biopsychosocial perspective is crucial to reducing the tremendous personal and societal burden of chronic disease. In Part I of this state of the art text, a broad set of theoretical and applied issues are discussed with respect to the role ... see all copies from $8.22! new only from $31.00! \| first editions
15 view cover	When Your Doctor Has Bad News: Simple Steps to Strength, Healing, and Hope more books like this by Al B Weir, Joni Eareckson Tada (Foreword by) add to wishlist Dr. Weir offers practical help and spiritual guidance toward peace, strength, and healing for any patient faced with disturbing medical news. Rather than quick, easy answers, he equips patients to weather the storm and emerge stronger, richer, and more whole than ever before. Includes real stories of patients and personal experiences of Dr. Weir, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
16 view cover	Managing Chronic Illness Using the Four-Phase Treatment Approach: A Mental Health Professional's Guide to Helping Chronically Ill People more books like this by Patricia Fennell, M.S.W. add to wishlist This is a pioneering book to help maximize the quality of life for chronically ill patients. Written by a leading authority on chronic illness treatment and management, "Managing Chronic Illness Using the Four-Phase Treatment Approach" provides evidence-based practice guidelines for clinicians to help their clients with debilitating health ... see all copies from $2.80! new only from $12.00! \| first editions \| SVS
17	The Human Patient more books like this by Naomi Remen, Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D. add to wishlist see all copies from $58.34!
18 view cover	Worlds of Illness more books like this by Professor Alan Radley add to wishlist In recent years the study of illness as experienced by patients has emerged as an approach to understanding sickness. Descriptions of the everyday situations of people with particular diseases provide a commentary upon the nature of symptoms and upon the relation of the body to society. This approach stresses the biographical and cultural contexts ... see all copies from $12.83! new only from $40.00! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Who Gets Sick: Thinking and Health more books like this by Blair Justice, Ph.D. add to wishlist -- Provides a clear explanation on what causes one to get sick and the pivotal role of thoughts and feelings. -- Looks at the relationship between happiness and health and explains why there is a connection. -- Recognizes the increasing level of stress in everyday life while providing ways of coping that will maintain health. -- Examines what ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.30! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Experiencing and Explaining Disease more books like this by Davey add to wishlist This is a completely revised and updated version of the 1985 edition by the same name. It is the last in a series of eight textbooks on the subject of health and disease. "Experiencing and Explaining Disease" has been designed to be read on its own, like any other textbook, or studied as part of the "U205 Health and Disease" course for Open ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $26.27! \| first editions
21 view cover	Material Discourses of Health and Illness more books like this by Dr. Lucy Yardley (Editor) add to wishlist This study applies discursive approaches to the field of health psychology, in contrast to the bio-medical model of health and illness. The discursive approach uses the person's experience and feelings as the central focus of interest, whereas the more traditional models regarded these as coincidental and relatively unimportant. The book provides ... see all copies from $15.25! new only from $28.99!
22 view cover	Chronic Physical Disorders: Behavioral Medicine's Perspective more books like this by Michael H Antoni (Editor), Professor Alan J Christensen (Editor) add to wishlist In Chronic Physical Disorders, the most prominent figures in the field of behavioral medicine argue why a biopsychosocial perspective is crucial to reducing the tremendous personal and societal burden of chronic disease. In Part I of this state of the art text, a broad set of theoretical and applied issues are discussed with respect to the role ... see all copies from $18.99! new only from $18.99! \| SVS
23 view cover	Psychology for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals: Applying Theory to Practice more books like this by Richard Gross, Nancy Kinnison add to wishlist Psychology for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals is a brand new textbook written for all those studying and working in nursing and in the allied health professions, including midwifery and health visiting. It provides comprehensive coverage of the core subject areas of psychology: including basic psychological processes such as perception, ... see all copies from $37.43! new only from $40.37!
24 view cover	Illness and the Limits of Expression more books like this by Kathlyn Conway add to wishlist This is a thought-provoking exploration of illness, writing, and the limits of language. A sophisticated literary, psychoanalytic, and philosophical treatise on illness and narrative form, "Illness and the Limits of Expression" investigates the failings of standard survivor literature by asking how language can be used to express the catastrophic ... see all copies from $26.96! new only from $29.95!
25	Love Your Disease more books like this by John Harrison add to wishlist This controversial and thought-provoking book maintains that disease is both self-created and self-cured. A guide for parents showing how they may be reinforcing illness patterns in their children. (Holism) see all copies from $1.99! new only from $99.00!

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