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The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.0019
EAN: 9780375506383
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0375506381
Label: Random House
Manufacturer: Random House
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: December 23, 2003
Publisher: Random House
Release Date: December 23, 2003
Studio: Random House
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Editorial Review:
An inspiring and profoundly enlightening exploration of one doctor’s discovery of how hope can change
the course of illnessSince the time of the ancient Greeks, human beings have believed that hope is essential to life. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Harvard Medical School professor and New Yorker staff writer Jerome Groopman shows us why.The search for hope is most urgent at the patient’s bedside. The Anatomy of Hope takes us there, bringing us into the lives of people at pivotal moments when they reach for and find hope--or when it eludes their grasp. Through these intimate portraits, we learn how to distinguish true hope from false, why some people feel they are undeserving of it, and whether we should ever abandon our search.Can hope contribute to recovery by changing physical well-being? To answer this hotly debated question, Groopman embarked on an investigative journey to cutting-edge laboratories where researchers are unraveling an authentic biology of hope. There he finds a scientific basis for understanding the role of this vital emotion in the outcome of illness.Here is a book that offers a new way of thinking about hope, with a message for all readers, not only patients and their families. "We are just beginning to appreciate hope’s reach," Groopman writes, "and have not defined its limits. I see hope as the very heart of healing."
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Rating:  - Gross Anatomy
Dissection is the act of "disassembling something to determine its internal structure and the function and relationships of its components."
Dr. Groopman tries to understand the source of hope by dissecting the doctor/patient relationship. The challenge of his approach is that his subjects are still warm and breathing. And the doctor attending to this surgery is also the object of the inquiry. Groopman succeeds at transparency but fails at impartiality and the resulting discussion feels ... Read More
Rating:  - Help When Needed
I read this book while I was going through chemo - it helped keep my spirits up, and my thoughts positive. I'm cancer-free for two years now.
Rating: - a doctor who is not afraid to step outside the box
OK, so hope sounds too pollyanna for "serious medical students and stiff doctors". I'll tell you about hope. It's deeper and more complex than all the so called "only we know what is good for you, you peon." attitudes put together. All I could think about while reading this book was thank God a doctor with deep compassion had the courage to write it. Here we have a doctor who is not afraid to step outside the box to spend years thinking about the single most important part of any illness, in particluar ... Read More
Rating: - Meaningful and Honest
I found this book to be both meaningful and honest, and was glad to see that it avoided so many of the pitfalls of the 'Self Help, Will YOurself to Get Well' books. One of the big messages from Dr. Groopman is summed up in a note on p. 220: 'There is no perfect or single way to provide clinical information to all patients under all circumstances - there is no one size fits all approach...In general, I follow the patient's lead..."
What a important observation; that each patient is an individual, ... Read More
Rating: - Let Hope Live!!!
I was thrilled when I came across this book. I established a foundation with this name to do just that, keep hope live - called, "Let Hope Live!" My son had a brain tumor and what we faced was constant words of death and literally no possibility of hope anywhere. Aching and searching for hope and possibilities anywhere and everywhere. Everyone was negative.
A famous painting in London, titled Hope, depicts a woman obviously full of despair clinging onto one frail strand, a note of hope. Something to refect ... Read More
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