- Psychosomatic Medicine, Medicine, Psychosomatic, Stress (Psychology), Etiology
In this accessible and groundbreaking book--filled with the moving stories of real people--medical doctor and bestselling author Gabor Maté shows that emotion and psychological stress play a powerful role in the onset of chronic illness, including breast cancer, prostate cancer, multiple sclerosis and many others, even Alzheimer's disease. When the Body Says No is an impressive contribution to research on the physiological connection between life's stresses and emotions and the body systems governing nerves, immune apparatus and hormones. With great compassion and erudition, Gabor Maté demystifies medical science and, as he did in Scattered Minds, invites us all to be our own health advocates.
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Contemporary, spare, earnest and grave.
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- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Gabor Maté
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 320
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf, Ebury Publishing, Vintage Canada
- Editions
- 17
- Language
- English, Polish
- ISBN
- 9781118027875
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“MARY WAS A NATIVE WOMAN in her early forties, slight of stature, gentle and deferential in manner.”
Gabor Maté is a Canadian physician and author. He has worked in family practices and specialises in childhood development and trauma, including long-term effects on physical and mental health, such as autoimmune diseases, cancer, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and addiction.
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