A gripping, illuminating book . . . Dr. Stein is drawn, in an almost Sherlock Holmesian way, toward trying to fathom and analyze addicts behavior. . . . hauntingly and successfully, Stein lets readers make a doctors experiences their own. New York Times Beautifully told [with] great insight, empathy and compassion. Abraham Verghese, author of The Tennis Partner, My Own Country, and Cutting for Stone The Addict is the powerful and revealing narrative of Dr. Michael Steins year-long treatment of a young woman addicted to Vicodin. Dr. Stein has followed up his award winning book The Lonely Patient with a useful, sensible, and often inspiring guide to how the medical profession doesand shouldtreat the sick, and the sick at heart. (Francine Prose, O magazine)
Autorentext
Autorentext
Michael Stein is the author of the award-winning The Lonely Patient as well as five novels. He has been treating addiction for more than twenty years and is a professor of medicine and community health at Brown University.
Titel
The Addict
Untertitel
One Patient, One Doctor, One Year
Autor
EAN
9780061970870
Format
E-Book (epub)
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Genre
Veröffentlichung
11.06.2024
Digitaler Kopierschutz
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Dateigrösse
1.56 MB
Anzahl Seiten
292
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