Häftad · Engelska · 304 sidor · 2019
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- Häftad
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- Engelska
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- 304 sidor
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- Wellcome Collection
- Utgiven
- 2019
''Stylish and exhilarating... from a wide-ranging mind and a profound humanity... inspiring'' Hilary Mantel''A wonderful series of meditations - clinical, anthropological, literary and deeply humane - on his patients and their illnesses.'' Henry MarshTimely, thought-provoking and eloquent, brimming both with warmth and insight, he puts himself among the ranks of ... Oliver Sacks and Atul Gawande.'' The TimesUnreliable bodies and shifting symptoms are all in a day''s work for a GP.In his years of practising, Gavin Francis has seen it all: the promising law student trapped under the spell of anorexia; the bodybuilder whose use of illegal steroids threatens his fertility; the teenager agonising over the perplexing physical dramas of puberty; and the surprisingly upbeat woman growing a horn in the centre of her forehead.In Shapeshifters he draws on his patients'' bodily transformations, both welcome and unwelcome, bringing together case histories and accounts from the history of medicine, art, literature, myth and magic to show how the very essence of being human is change. Format Häftad Omfång 304 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Profile Books Ltd Utgivningsdatum 2019-02-07 ISBN 9781781257746
''Stylish and exhilarating... from a wide-ranging mind and a profound humanity... inspiring'' Hilary Mantel''A wonderful series of meditations - clinical, anthropological, literary and deeply humane - on his patients and their illnesses.'' Henry MarshTimely, thought-provoking and eloquent, brimming both with warmth and insight, he puts himself among the ranks of ... Oliver Sacks and Atul Gawande.'' The TimesUnreliable bodies and shifting symptoms are all in a day''s work for a GP.In his years of practising, Gavin Francis has seen it all: the promising law student trapped under the spell of anorexia; the bodybuilder whose use of illegal steroids threatens his fertility; the teenager agonising over the perplexing physical dramas of puberty; and the surprisingly upbeat woman growing a horn in the centre of her forehead.In Shapeshifters he draws on his patients'' bodily transformations, both welcome and unwelcome, bringing together case histories and accounts from the history of medicine, art, literature, myth and magic to show how the very essence of being human is change. Format Häftad Omfång 304 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Profile Books Ltd Utgivningsdatum 2019-02-07 ISBN 9781781257746
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''Stylish and exhilarating... from a wide-ranging mind and a profound humanity... inspiring'' Hilary Mantel''A wonderful series of meditations - clinical, anthropological, literary and deeply humane - on his patients and their illnesses.'' Henry MarshTimely, thought-provoking and eloquent, brimming both with warmth and insight, he puts himself among the ranks of ... Oliver Sacks and Atul Gawande.'' The TimesUnreliable bodies and shifting symptoms are all in a day''s work for a GP.In his years of practising, Gavin Francis has seen it all: the promising law student trapped under the spell of anorexia; the bodybuilder whose use of illegal steroids threatens his fertility; the teenager agonising over the perplexing physical dramas of puberty; and the surprisingly upbeat woman growing a horn in the centre of her forehead.In Shapeshifters he draws on his patients'' bodily transformations, both welcome and unwelcome, bringing together case histories and accounts from the history of medicine, art, literature, myth and magic to show how the very essence of being human is change. Format Häftad Omfång 304 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Profile Books Ltd Utgivningsdatum 2019-02-07 ISBN 9781781257746
''Stylish and exhilarating... from a wide-ranging mind and a profound humanity... inspiring'' Hilary Mantel''A wonderful series of meditations - clinical, anthropological, literary and deeply humane - on his patients and their illnesses.'' Henry MarshTimely, thought-provoking and eloquent, brimming both with warmth and insight, he puts himself among the ranks of ... Oliver Sacks and Atul Gawande.'' The TimesUnreliable bodies and shifting symptoms are all in a day''s work for a GP.In his years of practising, Gavin Francis has seen it all: the promising law student trapped under the spell of anorexia; the bodybuilder whose use of illegal steroids threatens his fertility; the teenager agonising over the perplexing physical dramas of puberty; and the surprisingly upbeat woman growing a horn in the centre of her forehead.In Shapeshifters he draws on his patients'' bodily transformations, both welcome and unwelcome, bringing together case histories and accounts from the history of medicine, art, literature, myth and magic to show how the very essence of being human is change. Format Häftad Omfång 304 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Profile Books Ltd Utgivningsdatum 2019-02-07 ISBN 9781781257746
Bokfakta
Författare
Gavin Francis
Förlag
Wellcome Collection
Utgivningsår
2019
Format
Häftad
Sidantal
304
Språk
Engelska
ISBN
9781781257746
