A collection of essays explores empathy, using topics ranging from street violence and incarceration to reality television and literary sentimentality to ask questions about people's understanding of and relationships with others.
patients and professionals on how to face it, understand it, overcome it
Rosenfeld, Arthur
2003
Reveals the startling factors that deny patients with chronic pain the relief they need, discussing how insurance companies, doctor misconceptions, and fears of painkillers prevent patients from getting the right treatment.
Studies how the body perceives pain and discusses why people react differently to pain, what role pain has played in history, and what causes the body to react to certain kinds of pain and not react to others.
the weird & wild ways your body deals with agonizing aches, ferocious fevers, lousy lumps, crummy colds, bothersome bites, breaks, bruises & burns & makes them feel better!
Rhatigan, Joe
2013
Explores why the human body feels pain and how it heals itself.
