The language of pain : finding words, compassion, and relief / David Biro.

  • Biro, David, 1964-
Date:
[2010]
  • Books

About this work

Description

In this book, David Biro expertly weaves together compelling stories and artwork from patients along with insights from some of our greatest thinkers, artists, and writers. Language can alleviate the loneliness of pain and improve the chances that other people - family, friends, and doctors - will empathize and respond most effectively.--[book cover]

Publication/Creation

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2010]

Physical description

256 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Contributors

Edition

First edition.

Contents

pt I: The crisis. The quintessential private experience -- The elusiveness of pain -- The public side of pain -- Man's puny inexhaustible voice -- pt II: The solution. Metaphor and worldmaking -- The weapon -- Literary agency -- The mirror -- The x-ray.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    PB.PX
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780393070637
  • 0393070638