Résultats pour "The Unexpected" dans Maladie et pathologies physiques

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NATIONAL BESTSELLER "This book is a game changer for caregivers of loved ones with dementia. It comes out of Emma’s pain, which she has turned into a purpose bigger than herself. I couldn’t be prouder of her and the courage it took for her to write this...

Could illness be a blessing in disguise; a positive life-changing experience? When the worst imaginable happens, how do you react? Do you wonder “why me,” or “what did I do to deserve this?” Or do you look for the gifts it brings? Filled with intriguing stories of people who have experienced life-altering diagnoses, The Other Side of Illness: Unexpected Blessings demonstrates that every health adversity can result in remarkable beneficial life changes.

Whether offering insight into the rise in home births, the alarming rise in America’s maternal mortality rate, or the history of involuntary sterilization, Karkowsky offers a window into all that pregnancy, labor, and birth can entail - birth and joy, but also challenge and loss - illustrating the complexity of reproductive life and the systems that surround it. With historical insight and journalistic verve, Karkowsky unpacks what is involved for women, for a family, and for us as a society; and explores what’s at risk when these aspects of medicine remain clouded in mystery and misinformation.