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Head First: The Biology of Hope and the Healing Power of the Human Spirit Paperback - 1990 - 1st Edition

by Norman Cousins

Cousins' pionering account of his personal triumph over severe illness was the precurser of hundreds of articles and books dealing with the mind's ability to influence the body's health. Head First depicts Cousins' 10-year quest to find the proof that positive attitudes are actually biochemical factors which combat disease.


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"An eloquent plea for two needed emphases: more humane doctor-patient relations, and greater patient involvement in the struggle with disease."—Melvin Konner.

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"An eloquent plea for two needed emphases: more humane doctor-patient relations, and greater patient involvement in the struggle with disease."--Melvin Konner. A ground breaking collectoin of stories of physicians, researchers and patients who augment medical treatments with hope and positive emotionsfrom The New York Times bestselling author of The Anatomy of an Illness

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  • Title Head First: The Biology of Hope and the Healing Power of the Human Spirit
  • Author Norman Cousins
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Books, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Date 1990-12-01
  • ISBN 9780140139655 / 0140139656
  • Weight 0.73 lbs (0.33 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.72 x 5.02 x 1.23 in (19.61 x 12.75 x 3.12 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects Mind and body, Emotions - Health aspects
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 90042035
  • Dewey Decimal Code 616.08

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Citations

  • Publishers Weekly, 11/02/1990, Page 0

About the author

Norman Cousins was a longtime editor of the Saturday Review and the author of eleven books on health and healing, including The New York Times bestselling Anatomy of an Illness and The Healing Heart.
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