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The Cure Within:

A History of Mind-body Medicine
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W W Norton & Company Incorporated, Jan 1, 2008 - Health & Fitness - 336 pages
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 rooted in a patchwork of stories that have allowed people to make new sense of their suffering, express discontent with existing care, and rationalize new treatments and lifestyles. These stories are sometimes supported by science, sometimes quarrel with science, but are all ultimately about much more than just science.

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User Review  - Clare - Goodreads

Freud is ad*ck. But you knew that, right? I was hoping for something less of what this book was. It was a look at how medicine and mental health evolved together, with glimpses into PTSD and other ... Read full review

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User Review  - Harmony - Goodreads

Dense, but a must have for anyone interested in health, healing, and how we got where we are in regards to accessing our cure Read full review

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About the author (2008)

Anne Harrington , professor and chair of the History of Science Department at Harvard University, is the author of Reenchanted Science and the editor of The Placebo Effect and The Dalai Lama at MIT . She lives in Watertown, Massachusetts.

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