The language of pain : finding words, compassion, and relief / David Biro.

Author
Biro, David, 1964- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
New York : W.W. Norton, ©2010.
Description
256 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

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    In this book, David Biro expertly weaves together compelling stories and artwork from patients along with insights from some of our greatest thinkers, artists, and writers. Language can alleviate the loneliness of pain and improve the chances that other people - family, friends, and doctors - will empathize and respond most effectively.--[book cover]
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-242) and index.
    Contents
    • pt I: The crisis. The quintessential private experience
    • The elusiveness of pain
    • The public side of pain
    • Man's puny inexhaustible voice
    • pt II: The solution. Metaphor and worldmaking
    • The weapon
    • Literary agency
    • The mirror
    • The x-ray.
    ISBN
    • 9780393070637 ((hardcover))
    • 0393070638 ((hardcover))
    LCCN
    2009026134
    OCLC
    317919795
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