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Author:   Gregory L. Fricchione, MD (Professor, Massachusetts General Hospital)
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 4.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.930kg
ISBN:  

9781421402208

ISBN 10:   1421402203
Pages:   552
Publication Date:   26 January 2012
Recommended Age:   From 17
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Part I: Introduction: Knowledge, Meaning, and Healing, and the Consilience of Medicine 1. The Medical Mission and Evolution 2. Two Realms of Knowledge-Or One? 3. Knowledge, Meaning, and Healing Part II: The Biological Foundations of the Evolutionary Need for Attachment Solutions 4. Evolution of the Protocell 5. Cellular Evolution 6. Animal Evolution Part III: The Foundations in Brain Evolution of Knowledge, Meaning, and Healing 7. Evolution of the Brain 8. Structuring the Brain to Know and Act 9. Memory and Motivation 10. Meaning, Healing, and the Brain Part IV: The Neurobehavioral and Cultural Foundations of the Need for Attachment Solutions 11. Separation, Attachment, and Human Development 12. Separation, Attachment, and the Life Cycle 13. The Social Neuroscience of Separation and Attachment 14. Consciousness, Language, and Their Origins 15. Evolutionary Consciousness 16. Implications for Society, Culture, and Ethics Part V: The Theoretical Foundations of the Need for Attachment Solutions 17. An Evolutionary True Cause? 18. Investigating the Separation Challenge-Attachment Solution Hypothesis 19. A Testable Hypothesis 20. Analogies and Analysis Part VI: The Implications of the Separation Challenge-Attachment Solution Hypothesis 21. Implications for the Mission of Modern Medicine 22. Implications for Medicine at the End of Life Postscript: A Commentary on Human Evolution References Index

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It is not possible to give justice to such a large and complex project in a short review... enlightening and fascinating. -- Riadh Abed British Journal of Psychiatry

The finest statement yet on the evolution of compassionate care and why it is so essential to the well-being of patients. (Stephen G. Post, Stony Brook University)

Author Information

Gregory L. Fricchione, M.D., is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and associate chief of psychiatry and director of the Benson-Henry Institute at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is coauthor of The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry and The Heart-Mind Connection.

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