Healing Lessons

Name: Healing Lessons
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By: Sidney Winawer, Nick Taylor

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Paperback | 21 April 1999 | Edition Number 1

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288 Pages

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22.9 x 15.2 x 1.91

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Dr. Sidney J. Winawer was one of the world's leading cancer experts. Yet when his wife Andrea was stricken with stomach cancer, not even his skills and dedication as a physician could reverse the grim prognosis. Together the couple explored complementary and alternative treatments. "Healing Lessons" is a testament to the strength of love and the story of a doctor's transformation--the new treatments he embraced and the lessons he learned on the opposite side of the doctor-patient relationship.
Motivated by the desperation of her bleak prognosis, Andrea Winawer tried complementary and alternative treatments from meditation to herbal brews, in addition to conventional chemotherapy. Dr. Winawer offers clear and informed assessments of the effectiveness of his wife's treatments, and identifies those that may have helped to extend her life and improve the quality of life for both of them. Most astonishing to him, however, is the capacity of the mind to heal the body, and he shares the practices that the couple developed to utilize that energy. By participating in these unconventional therapies, Dr. Winawer came to a new understanding of patient-centered treatment that transformed him both personally and as a physician.
This is a deeply moving account of the remarkable journey the Winawers took together and the guidance and human lessons they share.

Industry Reviews

""He [Winawer] moves between beautifully clear explanations of cancer as it is understood by western medicine, and the techniques it has developed to fight it, and his experience through his wife of the life-sustaining power of the mind and spirit. . .this would be a fine choice for anyone, either doctor or patient, who is dealing with the disease." --Martha Pyle, The Bulletin (Bend, OR), 11 June 2000." ..."successful in drawing larger lessons about illness, the physician-patient relationship, and the challenges of facing death...Winawer impart[s] important lessons about both the possibilities and limitations of medicine and its practitioners." -"MAMM "Dr. Winawer offers clear and informed assessments of the effectiveness of each of the treatments and identifies those that may have helped to extend his wife's life and improve the quality of life for them both." -"Philadelphia Southwest Globe-Times "This wrenching memoir...reminds us to live fully, intensely, without waiting for illness or disaster to bring home the fleeting quality of human life." -Abraham Verghese, "The New York Times Book Review "I will recommend this book to my colleagues, students and patients and thank Sid Winawer for sharing such a personal story." -Dr. Andrew Weil, author of "The New York Times bestseller, "8 Weeks to Optimum Health

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