Jerome Groopman

The Anatomy of Hope

How People Prevail in the Face of Illness

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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… Mehr

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ISBN: 978-0-375-75775-4
EAN: 9780375757754
Produktnummer: 1720670
Verlag: Vintage Books N.Y.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
Seitenangabe: 272 S.
Masse: H20.5 cm x B13.3 cm x D1.9 cm 222 g
Gewicht: 222

Über den Autor

Jerome Groopman, M.D., holds the Dina and Raphael Recanati Chair of Medicine at the Harvard Medical School and is the chief of experimental medicine at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. His research has focused on the basic mechanisms of blood disease, cancer, and AIDS. He is a staff writer in medicine and biology for The New Yorker and is the author of two popular books, The Measure of Our Days and Second Opinions, which were the inspiration for the television series Gideon's Crossing. In 2000 he was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. He lives with his wife and three children in Brookline, Massachusetts.