| The Lonely Patient: How We Experience Illness Contributor(s): Stein, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060847964 ISBN-13: 9780060847968 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $15.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2008 Annotation: Filling a vital need, this groundbreaking book examines and illuminates the emotional terrain of illness. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Physician & Patient - Medical | Public Health - Medical | Health Policy |
| Dewey: 610.696 |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.36" W x 8.04" (0.39 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Stein, Michael: - 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. |
