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"In these ten utterly absorbing tales, a master psychotherapist uncovers the mysteries, frustrations, pathos, and humor at the heart of the therapeutic encounter. And, in recounting his patients' dilemmas - the hopeless nostalgia of Thelma, who is possessed by a long-past love affair; the growing self-awareness of Carlos as he attempts to escape from the inevitability of his terminal illness - Dr. Yalom not only gives us a rare and enthralling glimpse...
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"Imagine an island off the coast of Florida (not unlike Cuba), under the rule of a dictator (not unlike Fidel Castro) - an island from which many have been exiled or fled ... What if the dictator died and suddenly the exiles could return?" "Sent to the United States at the age of twelve, after the death of his father, Felix Nogara lives in Miami and New York City but never feels at home. He remains connected to his native island through a legacy of...
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"Beachy Head is a bit of quintessential England-a seaside promontory where green pastures roll to the edge of chalk cliffs, a place of sheep and wind and ineffable beauty. But it is also a major landmark on the map of self-inflicted death. Since 1965, some five hundred people have ended their lives by jumping or driving or simply walking off the 535-foot cliffs, making Beachy Head one of the most popular suicide spots in the world. And still they...
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Long before it cured disease, medicine aimed to relieve suffering-but despite that precedence, the relief of suffering often takes a back seat in today's biomedical research and treatment. Modern bioethics, too, has been slow to come to terms with suffering. Attention to ethical quandaries has sometimes displaced attention to the experience of patients. This book seeks to place suffering at the center of bioethical thinking once again. Among the questions...
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