TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cousins, Norman.
AU  - Norman Cousins.
TI  - Anatomy of an illness as perceived by the patient : : reflections on healing and regeneration
SN  - 9780393326840
U1  - 616	COU 
PY  - 1979///
CY  - , New York
PB  - Norton
KW  - American Biography
KW  - Biographies
KW  - Collagen diseases Patients
KW  - Holistic Health
N2  - Norman Cousin's enormously influential best-selling book illustrates the concept at the heart of the holistic health principle: that the human mind is capable of promoting the body's potential for healing itself even when faced with a seemingly hopeless medical predicament. Recounting his personal experiences of working in close collaboration with his doctor to overcome a crippling and supposedly irreversible disease, Cousins outlines the life-saving and ultimately life-prolonging benefits to be gained by taking responsibility for one's own well-being. "I have learned," the author writes, "never to underestimate the capacity of the human mind and body to regenerate -- even when the prospects seem most wretched." This remarkable story of the triumph of the human spirit is inspirational reading for anyone contending with a serious illness
ER  -