Why people get sick
Subtitle: exploring the mind-body connection
By: Darian Leader, David Corfield.
Contributors: Corfield, David.
Edition: 1st Pegasus Books ed.
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9781933648811
Subjects: Medicine and psychology.; Sick -- Psychology.; Mind and body.; Stress (Psychology)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-367)and index.
Table of contents: title: What causes illness?; title: Why listening matters; title: Is stress the culprit?; title: The timing of illness; title: Words and beliefs; title: Can illness have a meaning?; title: When the body replies; title: The heart; title: Two bodies or one?; title: Identification; title: The immune system; title: Cancer; title: Health risks of being normal; title: Does therapy work?; title: What do doctors want?