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Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100375757759
ISBN-139780375757754
eBay Product ID (ePID)30898700
Product Key Features
Book TitleAnatomy of Hope : How People Prevail in the Face of Illness
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2005
TopicSpirituality, Healing / General, Physician & Patient, Personal Growth / General, Holism, Healing, Essays
GenreReligion, Body, Mind & Spirit, Health & Fitness, Self-Help, Medical
AuthorJerome Groopman
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight8 Oz
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2003-046692
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition21
ReviewsPraise for The Anatomy of Hope "Provocative and important . . . a book about healing and life . . . Groopman . . . writes with a clear, crisp, unpretentious prose that keeps the reader interested and the pages turning. Like Oliver Sacks and Atul Gawande, he is a master storyteller who uses the examples of real patients to explain the mysteries of medicine." Boston Sunday Globe " The Anatomy of Hope sings with compassion and honesty." ANITA DIAMANT "Here is a man who has seen many deaths and many miracles and who writes about them with vigor and faith in the power of individuals to change their fates and in some power larger than all of us as well." Los Angeles Times Book Review "This book is the guide and the promise that all of uspatients and doctors alikehave been seeking, in the quest for hope amid the trials and fears of illness." SHERWIN B. NULAND, M.D. "The kind of hopethe kind of lovethat shines through this book's pages . . . will undoubtedly save many other patients and their families, in body and in spirit." The Washington Post Book World, Praise forThe Anatomy of Hope "Provocative and important . . . a book about healing and life . . . Groopman . . . writes with a clear, crisp, unpretentious prose that keeps the reader interested and the pages turning. Like Oliver Sacks and Atul Gawande, he is a master storyteller who uses the examples of real patients to explain the mysteries of medicine." Boston Sunday Globe "The Anatomy of Hopesings with compassion and honesty." ANITA DIAMANT "Here is a man who has seen many deaths and many miracles and who writes about them with vigor and faith in the power of individuals to change their fates and in some power larger than all of us as well." Los Angeles Times Book Review "This book is the guide and the promise that all of uspatients and doctors alikehave been seeking, in the quest for hope amid the trials and fears of illness." SHERWIN B. NULAND, M.D. "The kind of hopethe kind of lovethat shines through this book's pages . . . will undoubtedly save many other patients and their families, in body and in spirit." The Washington Post Book World
Dewey Decimal616/.001/9
SynopsisWhy do some people find and sustain hope during difficult circumstances, while others do not? What can we learn from those who do, and how is their example applicable to our own lives? The Anatomy of Hope is a journey of inspiring discovery, spanning some thirty years of Dr. Jerome Groopman's practice, during which he encountered many extraordinary people and sought to answer these questions. This profound exploration begins when Groopman was a medical student, ignorant of the vital role of hope in patients' livesand it culminates in his remarkable quest to delineate a biology of hope. With appreciation for the human elements and the science, Groopman explains how to distinguish true hope from false hopeand how to gain an honest understanding of the reach and limits of this essential emotion., Why do some people find and sustain hope during difficult circumstances, while others do not? What can we learn from those who do, and how is their example applicable to our own lives? The Anatomy of Hope is a journey of inspiring discovery, spanning some thirty years of Dr. Jerome Groopman's practice, during which he encountered many extraordinary people and sought to answer these questions. This profound exploration begins when Groopman was a medical student, ignorant of the vital role of hope in patients' lives-and it culminates in his remarkable quest to delineate a biology of hope. With appreciation for the human elements and the science, Groopman explains how to distinguish true hope from false hope-and how to gain an honest understanding of the reach and limits of this essential emotion.