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January 21st 2008
by W. W. Norton
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Hardcover, 354 pages
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0393065634
(isbn13: 9780393065633)
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"Is stress a deadly disease on the rise in modern society? Are good friends the best medicine? Can mind-body practices from the East help us beco...more
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Read in July, 2008
This one starts off well, but falters near the end and then falls flat on its face with the conclusion. I liked the narrative survey format that is used, but there are many associative leaps used to tie together the ideas presented in order to make them fit the narrative structure. Harrington also relies on loaded language to make her point where simply stating her case would have been more effective. She ends up distracting the reader from her argument and bringing her own bias into the dialogu...more
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Read in April, 2008
This is a really fascinating look at the different narratives we have about mind/body healing--that our bodies are "broken by modern life," that "positive thinking" can sometimes do more than doctors...and most intriguing, the historical origins of these stories. What I found particularly interesting is that not only do these different narratives about how our minds/bodies work together and/or don't help us make sense of illness, they also *define* how we can make sense of it...more
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recommends it for:
Cordel, Elizabeth, and every other soon-to-be physician.
What an amazing historical perspective through which to view Western biomedicine! Seeing as our scientific, physicalist methods of treating the body are only 150 years old, are they the true "alternative" medicine? And what does "traditional" mind-body healing have to teach modern medicine? This book made me completely reorganize the way I approach the mind and its effect on the body - or can the two even be separated?
Read in May, 2008
Author Anne Harrington provides a clear and interesting history of mind-body medicine by looking at it from six different viewpoints. I liked that structure and appreciated taking this historical look at a topic I've heard quite a lot about over the last years. I only wish the author, chair of Harvard's History of Science Department, had revealed more about her own opinions in the concluding chapter.
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Read in July, 2008
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NYTImes review
great book for anyone interested in health generally, and esp health care workers. well written, organized around 6 "narratives" with solid historical info. saw this one favorably reviewed in NYTimes and so glad i found it in local library. will probably purchase a copy.
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Read in April, 2008
Fascinating, clear, really gets at the six fundamental narratives we tell ourseslves in understanding the relationship to mind/body in sickness and healing.
Outstanding
Outstanding
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01/27/08
Ida
marked it as to-read
NYT review makes it look interesting: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/books/...
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