Radio Curious visits with Dr. Jerome Groopman, author of "The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness,â a book about hope and it's affect on the lives of people recovering from sickness and disease.
Barry Vogel, Attorney and Counselor, is the Host and Producer of Radio Curious. Christina Aanestad is the Assistant Producer.
Hope is one of the most fundamental and powerful of human emotions, and also one of the least studied and understood. âThe Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness,â by Dr. Jerome Groopman, a Professor of Medicine at Harvard University and a writer for the New Yorker magazine, examines the role hope plays in the practice of medicine, and the ways in which hope can release chemicals powerful enough to change the outcome of otherwise fatal diseases.
Dr. Jerome Groopman recommends the book âThe Old School,â by Tobian Wolff.
Originally Broadcast: February 20, 2004.
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