The Lonely Patient: How We Experience Illness - Hardcover

Stein, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060847956 ISBN 13: 9780060847951

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, 2007

Synopsis

A guide for patients and their loved ones on the intellectual and psychological aspects of illness draws on the experiences of the author's brother-in-law throughout the course of the latter's treatment for cancer, offering insight into how illness often results in an alienation process.

About this title

Review:

"[A] big-hearted doctor." -- Slate

"[A] big-hearted doctor."--Slate

"The indispensable book for patients and the patients' families. Poetic, profound, original."--Peter D. Kramer, bestelling author of Listening to Prozac and Against Depression

"No other writer has captured the essential truths about illness with as much clarity."--Annie Dillard, author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, winner of the Pulitzer Prize

The indispensable book for patients and the patients families. Poetic, profound, original. --Peter D. Kramer, bestelling author of Listening to Prozac and Against Depression"

No other writer has captured the essential truths about illness with as much clarity. --Annie Dillard, author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, winner of the Pulitzer Prize"

[A] big-hearted doctor. --Slate"

About the Author:

Michael Stein is professor of medicine and community health at Brown University Medical School.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0060847956
• ISBN 13: 9780060847951
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 222