The Lonely Patient

How We Experience Illness

by Michael Stein

On Sale: 01/29/2008

The Lonely Patient

How We Experience Illness

by Michael Stein

On Sale: 01/29/2008

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About the Book

When someone is diagnosed with a serious illness, he or she is taking the first step on a challenging and confusing journey. For many, it is as if they are traveling alone to someplace entirely new, with only faded directions back to their old lives. Often, even their loved ones can only guess at what they must be experiencing. Michael Stein, M.D., uses the stories of his own patients to consider the personal narrative of sickness. Beautifully written and keenly insightful, The Lonely Patient is a valuable book for patients and their caregivers as well as a probing inquiry into this universal experience.

Critical Praise

“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

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Product Details

  • ISBN: 9780060847968
  • ISBN 10: 0060847964
  • Imprint: Harper Perennial
  • On Sale: 01/29/2008
  • Pages: 240
  • List Price:19.99 CAD
  • BISAC1 : SELF-HELP / Self-Management / Stress Management
  • BISAC2 : MEDICAL / Terminal Care
  • BISAC3 : MEDICAL / Public Health
  • BISAC4 : FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Death, Grief, Bereavement
  • BISAC5 : PSYCHOLOGY / Grief & Loss

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