The anatomy of hope : how people prevail in the face of illness / Jerome Groopman
By: Groopman, Jerome E.
©2005Description: 248 p: 21 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0375757759 (pbk.); 9780375757754 (pbk.).Subject(s): Patients -- Psychology | Sick -- Psychology | Hope -- Health aspects | Healing -- Psychological aspects | Mental Healing -- psychology -- Autobiography | Patients -- psychology -- Autobiography | Terminally Ill -- psychology -- Autobiography | Critical Care -- psychology -- Autobiography | Physician-Patient Relations -- Autobiography | Mental Healing -- psychology -- Popular Works | Terminally Ill -- psychology -- Popular WorksGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | R726.5 .G76 2005 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000017679 |
Trade paperback edition
Includes reader's guide
Includes bibliographical references and index
Unprepared -- False hope, true hope -- The right to hope -- Step by step -- Undying hope -- Exiting a labyrinth of pain -- The biology of hope -- Deconstructing hope -- Conclusion : lessons learned
Explores the diverse ways in which hope and other positive emotions influence the healing process, drawing on real-life experiences to analyze the biology of hope, as well as its benefits and limits