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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Fascinating but a bit thick,
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This review is from: A Cursing Brain?: The Histories of Tourette Syndrome (Hardcover)
This is a fascinating and well-researched book, both in terms of TS itself and the history of medicine and psychology in Europe and the US. Some of the stories are just heart rending. The writing is sometimes a bit overly academic, however, and readers without graduate degrees or lots of other practice reading turgid prose may get a bit worn out while plowing through some of the paragraphs.
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The Cursing Brain,
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This review is from: A Cursing Brain? The Histories of Tourette Syndrome (Paperback)
This is an excellent and comprehensive review of how Tourette Syndrome hastreated -- and mistreated -- through history. It reveals how much the viewpoint of the reseacher (doctor, psychologist, etc.) determines the course of a study or how a patient is seen. Anyone interested specifically in TS will find it fascinating, but I think it is most relevant as a reminder that the scientist is a participant in a relationship with a patient. Medical students, medical researchers, physicians... should all read it. |
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A Cursing Brain? The Histories of Tourette Syndrome by Howard I. Kushner (Paperback - September 1, 2000)
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