The Painful Truth

The new science of why we hurt and how we can heal

The Painful Truth
Monty Lyman
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h233 x 154mm - 304pg
15 Jul 2021 UK
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9781787630543
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A medical and philosophical journey through the experience of pain, used as a prism to marvel at biology and psychology and what it means to be human. What causes the placebo effect? What is phantom limb pain? Why do we experience pain, even after we' ve healed? We' re currently experiencing a Renaissance in pain science. In recent years our understanding of pain has altered so radically it' s fair to say that everything we thought we knew about pain is wrong. As Dr Monty Lyman reveals, we misunderstand pain - with harmful consequences. Exploring cutting-edge research and encompassing phantom aches to persistent pain, and interviews with survivors of torture as well as those who have never felt pain, Dr Lyman not only provides hope for reducing and managing pain but takes us to a deeper understanding of what it means to be human. This is the untold story of pain - our most elusive feeling.
Monty Lyman is a superb storyteller. . . I loved this book so much. * Rachel Clarke, bestselling author of DEAR LIFE *
Dr Monty Lyman is a doctor and research fellow at the University of Oxford. His first book, The Remarkable Life of the Skin, was shortlisted for the 2019 Royal Society Science Book Prize, was a Radio 4 Book of the Week and a Sunday Times Book of the Year. He has given many talks at national conferences and has won several essay prizes, including the 2020 Royal Society of Medicine pain essay prize. He lives in Oxford, England.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781787630543
Published: 15 Jul 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bantam Press
Publisher: Transworld Publishers
Format: Paperback
Height: 233mm
Width: 154mm
Spine: 22mm
Weight: 368g
Pages: 304

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