The Will to Live and Other Mysteries

by Rachel Naomi Remen

Overview

As an honored physician and teacher,Rachel Naomi Remen has spent a lifetime immersed in the world of science. Yet today, after four decades of face-to-face experience with cancer patients, medical academia, and her own chronic illness, she has come to see that life is best defined not by science, but by mystery.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781564556202
Publisher:	Sounds True, Incorporated
Publication date:	04/01/2001
Edition description:	Unabridged, 2 Cassettes
Product dimensions:	4.41(w) x 7.06(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

MD Rachel Naomi Remen

Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen is one of the earliest pioneers of mind/body health. She is Clinical Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the UCSF School of Medicine and Director of the UCSF course, The Healer's Art. She is Co-founder and Medical Director of the Commonweal Cancer Help Program featured in the Bill Moyers PBS series, Healing and the Mind. She is Founder and Director of the Institute for the Study of Health and Illness, a professional development program for graduate physicians who wish to develop a greater personal capacity for empathy, compassion, understanding and communication. Dr. Remen has a 45-year personal history of Crohn's disease and her work is a unique blend of the viewpoint of physician and patient. She is the author the New York Times bestseller Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories That Heal.

Editorial Reviews

Remen is a best-selling author (Kitchen Table Wisdom and My Grandfather's Blessings) as well as a psycho-oncologist in private practice for more than 20 years. Her work has earned her an international reputation in the field of mind/body health. In The Will To Live & Other Mysteries, she recounts her four decades of expertise with cancer patients, medical academia, and her own chronic illness. Remen is very aware of how American culture worships science, yet experience has taught her that "the will to live" can't be explained this way. Working with people who survived despite all medical odds made the author think in terms of hope, wonder, and healing the heart when dealing with patients. Citing examples from her own practice, Remen is inspirational; her tone is gentle, funny, and kind just the right note anyone would want in a physician or friend. Recommended for libraries with a large circulation of self-help books. Pam Kingsbury, Florence, AL Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

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