The Anatomy of Hope How People Find Strength in the Face of Illness
'We are just beginning to appreciate hope's reach and have not defined its limits. I see hope as the very heart of healing' Dr Groopman has been a doctor for almost thirty years. He has seen the astonishing effects that hope, or the lack of it, can have on an illness. As a patient, he has also learned to overcome cynicism and defeatism and embrace hope. Here, with great wisdom and compassion, he reveals what he has learned about hope and its ability to triumph over disease, both emotionally and physically. HOPE takes us there, bringing us into the lives of people at pivotal moments when they reach for and find hope - or when it eludes their grasp. Through these intimate portraits, we learn how to distinguish true hope from false, why everyone deserves to have hope, and whether we should ever give up. Dr Groopman unravels the biology behind hope, providing a scientific basis for understanding its role in the outcome of illness, and concluding that hope is an essential emotion for survival.