The pain chronicles : cures, myths, mysteries, prayers, diaries, brain scans, healing, and the scien...
The pain chronicles : cures, myths, mysteries, prayers, diaries, brain scans, healing, and the scien...
The pain chronicles : cures, myths, mysteries, prayers, diaries, brain scans, healing, and the science of suffering / Melanie Thernstrom.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010.
Date
2010.
Call Numbers
N616.0472/81
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MMS ID
Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xii, 364 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
The vale of pain, the veil of pain : pain as metaphor -- The spell of surgical sleep : pain as history -- Terrible alchemy : pain as disease -- Finding a voice : pain as narrative -- To cure the mind : pain as perception.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2010.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Pain--etiology--Personal Narratives
- Chronic Disease--psychology--Personal Narratives
- Chronic Disease--therapy--Personal Narratives
- Pain--psychology--Personal Narratives
- Pain--therapy--Personal Narratives
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Interweaving first-person reflections on her own battle with chronic pain, incisive reportage from leading-edge pain clinics and medical research, and insights from a wide range of disciplines--science, history, religion, philosophy, anthropology, literature, and art--Thernstrom shows that when dealing with pain we are neither as advanced as we ima...
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Full title
The pain chronicles : cures, myths, mysteries, prayers, diaries, brain scans, healing, and the science of suffering / Melanie Thernstrom.
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Author / Creator
Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N616.0472/81
Record Identifier
74VKmzobkZ5A
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKmzobkZ5A
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ISBN
9780865476813 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0865476810 (hardcover : alk. paper)
DDC
616.0472
MMS ID
991020569909702626
