The Power of Hope: A Doctor`s Perspective

by Howard M. Spiro

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300076320
• ISBN13: 9780300076325
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 8.4"