Andrew's review
Awakenings
by Oliver W. Sacks
Andrew's review
Awakenings by Oliver W. Sacks
Andrew's review
rating:
recommended for: Psychiatrists
This book has a very good and lengthy prologue that introduces the concept of treating encephalitis lethargica. I enjoyed the Freudian and philosophical aspects of the prologue, which discusses new paradigms for medical treatment. The rest of the book is merely case-studies that support the prologue. Once the case-studies start, the book becomes laborious to get through.
