| The Pain Chronicles: Cures, Myths, Mysteries, Prayers, Diaries, Brain Scans, Healing, and the Science of Suffering Contributor(s): Thernstrom, Melanie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312573073 ISBN-13: 9780312573072 Publisher: Picador USA OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Health & Fitness | Pain Management - Medical | History - Medical | Pain Medicine |
| Dewey: 616.047 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.85 lbs) 432 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In The Pain Chronicles, Melanie Thernstrom traces conceptions of pain throughout the ages--from ancient Babylonian pain-banishing spells to modern brain imaging--to reveal the elusive, mysterious nature of pain itself. Interweaving first-person reflections on her own battle with chronic pain, incisive reportage from leading pain clinics and medical research, and insights from a wide range of disciplines, Thernstrom shows that when dealing with pain we are neither as advanced as we imagine nor as helpless as we may fear. |
Contributor Bio(s): Thernstrom, Melanie: - Melanie Thernstrom is a contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine and the author of The Pain Chronicles, The Dead Girl and Halfway Heaven: Diary of a Harvard Murder. |
