Shapeshifters - A Doctor's Notes on Medicine & Human Change (Paperback, Main)

'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.

General

Imprint:	Wellcome Collection
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2019
First published:	2018
Authors:	Gavin Francis
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	304
Edition:	Main
ISBN-13:	978-1-78125-774-6
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > General Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Popular medicine > General
LSN:	1-78125-774-4
Barcode:	9781781257746

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