Shapeshifters
Gavin Francis
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Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik / Medizin
Beschreibung
'Stylish and exhilarating... from a wide-ranging mind and a profound humanity... inspiring' Hilary Mantel
'A wonderful series of meditations - clinical, anthropological, literary and deeply humane - on his patients and their illnesses.' Henry Marsh
Timely, thought-provoking and eloquent, brimming both with warmth and insight, he puts himself among the ranks of ... Oliver Sacks and Atul Gawande.' The Times
Unreliable bodies and shifting symptoms are all in a day's work for a GP.
In his years of practising, Gavin Francis has seen it all: the promising law student trapped under the spell of anorexia; the bodybuilder whose use of illegal steroids threatens his fertility; the teenager agonising over the perplexing physical dramas of puberty; and the surprisingly upbeat woman growing a horn in the centre of her forehead.
In Shapeshifters he draws on his patients' bodily transformations, both welcome and unwelcome, bringing together case histories and accounts from the history of medicine, art, literature, myth and magic to show how the very essence of being human is change.
Rezensionen
Wonderful, written with a deep feeling for language. A writer-physician who sees the drama and beauty in human life.
As compelling as it is affecting
In this provocative and important book about our shared future, Francis ranges broadly to describe altered human states and selves. He delves into medical history, and, with equal ease, into medical case studies, to reveal how humans are capable of changing our bodies and minds.
Timely, thought-provoking and eloquent... brimming both with warmth and insight, he puts himself among the ranks of physicians with fine pens, including Oliver Sacks and Atul Gawande, who, for all their learning, retain a deep humility.
[An] enthralling collection of illustrated pieces about human transformation.
Such is the breadth of Francis'
Stylish and exhilarating... from a wide-ranging mind and a profound humanity. With warmth and wit, Gavin Francis examines the body'
<i>Shapeshifters</i> is beautifully written as well as extremely absorbing
A wonderful series of meditations - clinical, anthropological, literary and deeply humane - on his patients and their illnesses.
Francis'
Kundenbewertungen
Puberty, Body Dysmorphia, GP, Menopause, Doctor, Anorexia, Transgender, Transformation, Metamorphosis, Medicine