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Cure Within A History of Mind-Body Medicine

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ISBN-10: 0393065634

ISBN-13: 9780393065633

Edition: 2008

Authors: Anne Harrington

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Lays bare the history behind mind-body healing. People suffering from serious illnesses improve their survival chances by adopting a positive attitude and refusing to believe in the worst. Stress is the great killer of modern life. Ancient Eastern mind-body techniques can bring us balance and healing. We've all heard claims like these, and many find them plausible. When it comes to disease and healing, we believe we must look beyond doctors and drugs; we must look within ourselves. Faith, relationships, and attitude matter. But why do we believe such things? From psychoanalysis to the placebo effect to meditation, this vibrant history describes our commitments to mind-body healing as…    
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Book details

List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/17/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Anne Harrington is senior lecturer in law and ethics, management and education at City University. Anne has been teaching for nearly twenty years, she is passionate about supporting and enhancing students' learning experience. Her PhD in Education focused on the students' experience of academic support in higher education and reported that many of them who had their prior academic education overseas found it difficult to develop critical and analytical thinking when writing their essay.

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Stories, Science, and Culture Under the Skin
The Power of Suggestion
The Body That Speaks
The Power of Positive Thinking
Broken by Modern Life
Healing Ties
Eastward Journeys
Conclusion: Making Sense of Mind-Body Medicine
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index