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In a work that is part biography and part medical history, the author recalls how his work treating leprosy in India forced him to confront his own notion of pain. National ad/promo. Tour.
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Tanya was a four-year-old patient with dark, flashing eyes, curly hair, and an impish smile.
Table of Contents edit
Foreword by C. Everett Koop, M.D., Sc.D.
Part One: My Path into Medicine
1: Nightmares of Painlessness
2: Mountains of Death
3: Awakenings
4: Pain's Lair
5: Mentors in Pain
6: Medicine India Style
Part Two: A Career in Pain
7: Chingleput Detour
8: Loosening the Claw
9: Detective Hunt
10: Changing Faces
11: Going Public
12: To the Bayou
13: Beloved Enemy
Part Three: Learning to Befriend Pain
14: In the Mind
15: Weaving the Parachute
16: Managing Pain
17: Intensifiers of Pain
18: Pleasure and Pain
Afterword: Leprosy and AIDS
Acknowledgments
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Authors & Contributors edit
- Paul W. Brand (Author)
- Philip Yancey (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Harpercollins Publisher
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1993
ISBN: 0060170204
Page Count: 288
Publisher: Harpercollins Publisher
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1993
ISBN: 0060170204
Page Count: 288
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- Dewey: 610.92
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