Head first : the biology of hope and the healing power of the human spirit / Norman Cousins.
Publication details: New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, 1990.Description: xii, 368 p. ; 20 cmISBN:- 0140139656 :
- 616.08 20 COU
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Contents
1. Birth of an Obsession
2. Encounters with patients
3. Learning from medical students
4. The Patient-Physician Relationship
5. The Infinite wonder of the human brain
6. Denial, No. Defiance, Yes
7. False Hopes vs. False Fears
8. Illness and Guilt
9. Problems Beyond the Doctor's reach
10. The Laughter Connection
11. Medical Mistakes
12. Mesmer, Hypnotism, and the powers of mind
13. Firewalking
14. The Physicians in Literature
15. Task Force Beginnings
16. On the Defensive
17. Triumph without victory
18. Belief Becomes Biology
19. functional Age
20. The Society Challengers
21. Obsession Revisited
22. Report to the Dean
23. A portfolio of related Matters
A guide to technical Terms
Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-352) and index (p.353 - 368)
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