In this volume, the author traces conceptions of pain throughout the ages to reveal the elusive, mysterious nature of pain itself. Interweaving first-person reflections on her own battle with chronic pain, Thernstrom shows that when dealing with pain we are neither as advanced as we imagine nor as helpless as we may fear.
| ISBN: | 9780312573072 |
| Publication date: | 1st August 2011 |
| Author: | Melanie Thernstrom |
| Publisher: | Picador |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 384 pages |
| Genres: |
Popular medicine and health |
In this volume, the author traces conceptions of pain throughout the ages to reveal the elusive, mysterious nature of pain itself. Interweaving first-person reflections on her own battle with chronic pain, Thernstrom shows that when dealing with pain we are neither as advanced as we imagine nor as helpless as we may fear.
The Pain Chronicles features in the following genres: Popular medicine and health
The Pain Chronicles is available in Paperback, Hardback
The Pain Chronicles was written by Melanie Thernstrom and published by Picador
The Pain Chronicles has 384 pages