Power of Hope or MedicineMagic and Religion

Power of Hope: A Doctor's Perspective

Author: Howard M Spiro

In this book an eminent physician explores how patients and caring doctors can help lessen suffering when illness occurs. Dr. Howard Spiro urges that physicians focus on their patients' feelings of pain and anxiety as well as on physical symptoms. He also suggests that patients and their doctors be receptive to the emotional relief that may be obtained from nature and from hope. Drawing on his previous highly praised work on the doctor-patient relationship and the problem of pain, Dr. Spiro tells how people can be helped by a combination of alternative medicine and mainstream medicine - a treatment of mind, body, and spirit that energizes patients, strengthens their expectations, and starts them on the road to feeling better. In various forms of alternative medicine, from meditation to massage, from faith healing to folk medicine, from herbology to homeopathy, practitioners heed patients' complaints and help them to help themselves.

Journal of the American Medical Association

The author's arguments are magnificently developed with a strong thread of logic holding them together, producing what should be an eye-opening exploration of the many issues facing the contemporary medical practitioner in general and the medical educator in particular. I encourage those seeking intellectual challenge to spend the necessary time to study this text and think about the implications and conclusions that derive from Dr Spiro's exploration.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
1	Introduction	1
2	The Placebo Drama	13
3	The Physician	25
4	Pills and Procedures	38
5	The Patient and the Disease: Pharmacology and Faith	46
6	What Placebos Can Do	71
7	Patients and Pain	90
8	Autonomy and Responsibility: Three Patients	103
9	Objections to Placebos	113
10	Alternative Medicine	132
11	Placebos, Alternative Medicine, and Healing	154
12	Why Doctors Don't Like Placebos	182
13	How Placebos May Work	198
14	The Patient-Physician Relationship: Loyalty as Guide	217
15	The Promise of the Placebo	227
	Notes	247
	Works Cited	257
	Other References	275
	Index	279

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Medicine,Magic and Religion

Author: W H R Rivers

One of the most fascinating men of his generation, W.H.R. Rivers was a British doctor and psychiatrist as well as a leading ethnologist. Immortalized as the hero of Pat Barker's award-winning Regeneration trilogy, Rivers was the clinician who, in the First World War, cared for the poet Siegfried Sassoon and other infantry officers injured on the western front. His researches into the borders of psychiatry, medicine and religion made him a prominent member of the British intelligentsia of the time, a friend of H.G. Wells, George Bernard Shaw and Bertrand Russell. Part of his appeal lay in an extraordinary intellect, mixed with a very real interest in his fellow man. Medicine, Magic and Religion is a prime example of this. A social institution, it is one of Rivers' finest works. In it, Rivers introduced the then revolutionary idea that indigenous practices are indeed rational, when viewed in terms of religious beliefs.

Robert Graves

The restraint, power and fineness of Rivers' mind make it impossible to be patient with critics who feel uncomfortable in the presence of his greatness.

Siegfried Sassoon

I should like to meet Rivers in "the next world". It is difficult to believe that such a man as he could be extinguished.

Nation

Always, as we read, we feel we are in close contact with a mind that is really thinking.

Times Literary Supplement

Despite the distinction and variety of his scientific achievements, only those personally acquainted with him can fully appreciate the causes of that profound respect with which he was regarded ...Medicine, Magic and Religion is a document of first-rate importance ... and it will thus remain as a worthy monument to its distinguished author.

Times Literary Supplement

Despite the distinction and variety of his scientific achievements, only those personally acquainted with him can fully appreciate the causes of that profound respect with which he was regarded ...Medicine, Magic and Religion is a document of first-rate importance ... and it will thus remain as a worthy monument to its distinguished author.

Weight Loss for African American Women or Hope to Die

Weight Loss for African-American Women: An eight-week Guide to Better Health.

Author: Edmond Smith

Offering a new approach to weight loss tailored specifically to black women, this guide empowers women to develop skills for weight management and healthy living. Providing simple nutritional information and exercises, it addresses the common misconceptions of many so-called diets—almost all of which overlook or ignore the ethnicity component so essential to black women—and replaces them with a sound, culturally sensitive plan for black women to lose weight and stay healthy. An appendix of health-care resources includes advice on finding a physician, alternative health clinics, fitness centers, and public health facilities, and a glossary explains common medical and nutrition terms.

Library Journal

Many African American women are overweight and particularly at risk for developing heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, and certain types of cancers. At the expense of their health, they put the needs of others ahead of their own. Here, Smith (family medicine, Hahnemann Sch. of Medicine) presents the results of her eight-week weight loss program in eight chapters. The participants, four overweight black women, were shown how to put themselves first and improve their overall health and self-esteem through food choices, exercise, meditation, and motivational techniques. The author details the weekly group meetings with the women and gives readers the fundamentals they need to follow the program themselves. Though "before and after" photos of the participants would have been helpful, there are illustrated exercises, recipes, meal planners, food and activity diaries, and resources for more guidance. Hopefully, the index (not seen) will direct women to the sections on specific concerns, such as high cholesterol and osteoporosis, since they are buried within the weekly synopsis chapters. Although this contains lots of helpful information, it could have been better organized. Roniece Weaver and others' Slim Down Sister (Dutton, 1999) is a more solid choice. Recommended with reservations for public libraries. Samantha J. Gust, Niagara Univ. Lib., NY Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

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Hope to Die: A Memoir of Jazz and Justice

Author: Verdi Woodward

The harrowing life of a heroin junkie, and the life changes that accompanied addiction, are succinctly captured in this gripping memoir of Verdi "Woody" Woodward. A professional saxophonist in the 1950s and a fixture on the Los Angeles jazz scene, Woody lost his way, became a "hope to die" drug addict and armed robber on the run, and spent a decade of running from the law before being captured. Incarcerated in two of the country's most notorious penitentiaries—Folsom and San Quentin—he found the strength to renounce not only drugs, but also the violence and brutality fostered by the prison system. Set in historically accurate hipster Los Angeles, Woody hits his lowest point but edges back to higher ground in this captivating narrative.

Los Angeles Times

A uniquely eloquent memoir of a man who found redemption in the dreamy tones of a tenor sax.

About a Body or Glioblastoma Multiforme

About a Body

Author: Jenny Corrigall

The body can inform the work we do in mental health. This unique collection invites the reader to consider the way we think about the embodied mind, and how it can inform both our lives and our work in psychotherapy and counseling.
The body is viewed as integral to the mind in this book and in the approaches illustrated in it. Instead of splitting off the body and treating the patient as a body with a mind, contributors from a variety of approaches ask the reader to consider how we might be with, and work with, "bodymind" as an interrelated whole. Subjects covered include:
· The application of affective neuroscience understandings to life as well as to clinical issues
· The body in psychotherapy with a person who is facing death
· The history, significance and scope of body psychotherapy today
· Psychoanalytic approaches to working with the embodied mind
· Authentic Movement groups in the development of wellbeing in our bodymindspirit
· The body andspirituality
This book is unique in its pluralism: it includes a wide range of differing views of the importance of the body in psychotherapy, both in theory and in practice, and it relates these to the latest discussions in affective neuroscience. It will be invaluable for those working in, or studying, psychotherapy and counseling, and will also interest those working generally in the mental health field.

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Glioblastoma Multiforme: A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References

Author: ICON Health Publications

This is a 3-in-1 reference book. It gives a complete medical dictionary covering hundreds of terms and expressions relating to glioblastoma multiforme. It also gives extensive lists of bibliographic citations. Finally, it provides information to users on how to update their knowledge using various Internet resources. The book is designed for physicians, medical students preparing for Board examinations, medical researchers, and patients who want to become familiar with research dedicated to glioblastoma multiforme.If your time is valuable, this book is for you. First, you will not waste time searching the Internet while missing a lot of relevant information. Second, the book also saves you time indexing and defining entries. Finally, you will not waste time and money printing hundreds of web pages.

Table of Contents:

Forward
Chapter 1. Studies on Glioblastoma Multiforme
Overview
Federally Funded Research on Glioblastoma Multiforme
E-Journals: PubMed Central
The National Library of Medicine: PubMed
Chapter 2. Nutrition and Glioblastoma Multiforme
Overview
Finding Nutrition Studies on Glioblastoma Multiforme
Federal Resources on Nutrition
Additional Web Resources
Chapter 3. Alternative Medicine and Glioblastoma Multiforme
Overview
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Additional Web Resources
General References
Chapter 4. Dissertations on Glioblastoma Multiforme
Overview
Dissertations on Glioblastoma Multiforme
Keeping Current
Chapter 5. Patents on Glioblastoma Multiforme
Overview
Patents on Glioblastoma Multiforme
Patent Applications on Glioblastoma Multiforme
Keeping Current
Chapter 6. Periodicals and News on Glioblastoma Multiforme
Overview
News Services and Press Releases
Academic Periodicals covering Glioblastoma Multiforme
Chapter 7. Researching Medications
Overview
U.S. Pharmacopeia
Commercial Databases
Researching Orphan Drugs
Appendix A. Physician Resources
Overview
NIH Guidelines
NIH Databases
Other Commercial Databases
Appendix B. Patient Resources
Overview
Patient Guideline Sources
Finding Associations
Appendix C. Finding Medical Libraries
Overview
Preparation
Finding a Local Medical Library
Medical Libraries in the U.S. and Canada
ONLINE GLOSSARIES
Online Dictionary Directories
GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME DICTIONARY
INDEX

Letters to Louise or You and Your Deaf Child

Letters to Louise: The Answers Are within You

Author: Louise L Hay

Letters to Louise is an inspiring collection of letters that Louise L. Hay has received from people all over the world. She believes that by reading about other people's challenges and aspirations, you can see yourself and your own problems in a different way. These carefully selected letters express deep concerns about many areas of life, which Louise addresses in her forthright and loving manner.

Letters to Louise can help you discover your own power and inner wisdom and strengths, and help you get the blocks and barriers out of the way so you can love yourself no matter what the circumstances are. Louise will teach you to use positive affirmations to transform your thinking and speaking patterns so you can change your life for the better.

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You and Your Deaf Child: A Self-Help Guide for Parents of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children

Author: John W Adams

You and Your Deaf Child is a guide for parents of deaf or hard of hearing children. The book explores how parents and their children interact. It examines the special impact of having a deaf child in the family.