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• Title:The anatomy of hope : how people prevail in the face of illness / Jerome Groopman.
  
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• Author/Creator:Groopman, Jerome E.
  
• Published/Created:New York : Random House, ©2004.
  

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  • Location:BMB LIBRARY (VGH) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WB880 .G766 2004
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WB880 .G766 2004
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Patients--Psychology.
  Sick--Psychology.
  Hope--Health aspects.
  Healing--Psychological aspects.
  Mental healing.
  Physician and patient.
  
• Medical Subjects: Mental Healing--psychology--Personal Narratives.
  Patients--psychology--Personal Narratives.
  Terminally Ill--psychology--Personal Narratives.
  Critical Care--psychology--Personal Narratives.
  Physician-Patient Relations--Personal Narratives.
  
• Edition:1st ed.
  
• Description:xvii, 248 pages ; 24 cm.
  
• Summary:The author shares what he has learned about hope caring for patients with cancer, blood diseases, HIV, and hepatitis C, and discusses his personal experience with hope which led him to investigate whether there is a scientific basis for believing hope contributes to recovery.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-236) and index.
  
• ISBN:0375506381
  
• Contents:Introduction: The Anatomy of Hope
  Ch. 1. Unprepared
  Ch. 2. False Hope, True Hope
  Ch. 3. Right to Hope
  Ch. 4. Step by Step
  Ch. 5. Undying Hope
  Ch. 6. Exiting a Labyrinth of Pain
  Ch. 7. Biology of Hope
  Ch. 8. Deconstructing Hope
  Conclusion: Lessons Learned.