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Title: Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient by Norman Cousins ISBN: 0-553-34365-3 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 July, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.83 (6 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Jeepers Creepers!!
Comment: This book ought to be required reading for anyone in healthcare and sit at the bedside table in hospitals. A well written book that gives you a different perspective on illness and probably some power back to a few patients. Readers may also be interested in "Treat Your Own Knees" and "The Multifidus Back Pain Solution."

Rating: 5
Summary: Started the mind-body revolution -- still relevant
Comment: This book revolutionized the way Americans think about health and health care. Diagnosed with a life-threatening and incurable condition, Cousins checked himself out of the hospital and basically healed himself with laughter, rest and Vitamin C. A few years later, he recovered from a major heart attack on his own and wrote about that, too.

These books jump-started the whole field of mind-body medicine. Hundreds of books have followed in its tradition, including mine, The Art of Getting Well: Maximizing Health When You Have a Chronic Illness. Anatomy of an Illness holds up well. I just re-read it and it's still relevant.

Not everything here will apply to most readers, because Cousins was a major cultural figure with many physicians among his friends. Not everyone would have his self-confidence or his sources of support. But his ideas and his approach are more needed than ever today.

David Spero RN www.art-of-getting-well.com

Rating: 5
Summary: Raises Medical Memoir to the Level of Literature
Comment: As an essay, Anatomy of an Illness is engrossing. At as a work of inspiration, it is indispensible. Anyone you know who is ill, or who simply cares about his or her state of health, will gain wisdom and hope from this carefully constructed, sober, yet passionate memoir of healing.

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