Book Review
Norman Cousins' new book continues the story of the "obsession" he first reported in Anatomy of an Illness (New York: W.W. Norton, 1979): to demonstrate that emotion and mood affect biology directly. Cousins has set out to influence physicians, encouraging them to "put to work al...
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| Published in | The New England Journal of Medicine Vol. 322; no. 17; p. 1240 |
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| Format | Book Review |
| Language | English |
| Published |
Massachusetts Medical Society
26.04.1990
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| Online Access | Get full text |
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| Summary: | Norman Cousins' new book continues the story of the "obsession" he first reported in
Anatomy of an Illness
(New York: W.W. Norton, 1979): to demonstrate that emotion and mood affect biology directly. Cousins has set out to influence physicians, encouraging them to "put to work all the resources of spirit that can be translated into beneficial biochemical changes." The book interweaves many themes: Cousins' new career as adjunct professor at the UCLA School of Medicine, after 31 years spent as editor of the
Saturday Review
; his commitment to honoring individual experience while subjecting it to scientific scrutiny; his study . . . |
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| ISSN: | 0028-4793 1533-4406 |
| DOI: | 10.1056/NEJM199004263221720 |