The anatomy of hope : how people prevail in the face of illness

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Label

The anatomy of hope : how people prevail in the face of illness

Title remainder

how people prevail in the face of illness

Statement of responsibility

by Jerome Groopman

Creator

• trueGroopman, Jerome E
• trueGroopman, Jerome E.

Subject

• Healing -- Psychological aspects
• Patients -- Psychology
• Physician and patient
• Mental healing
• trueHealing -- Psychological aspects
• Sick -- Psychology
• trueScience Writing -- Medicine | Illness and Disease
• truePhysician and patient
• trueSick persons -- Psychology
• trueHope -- Health aspects
• Hope -- Health aspects
• truePsychic healing
• Mental healing
• Patients -- Psychology
• Sick -- Psychology

Genre

• trueScience Writing

Language

eng

Summary

The author shares what he has learned about hope caring for patients with cancer, blood diseases, HIV, and hepatitis C, and discusses his personal experience with hope which led him to investigate whether there is a scientific basis for believing hope contributes to recovery

Tone

• trueMoving
• trueThought-provoking

Writing style

• trueThoughtful

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

616.0019

Index

index present

LC call number

R726.5

LC item number

.G76 2004

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

NLM call number

• 2004 B-035
• WB 880

NLM item number

G876a 2004

Target audience

adult