Humanity's first quest -- Ancient arts to modern medicine. The many paths of a healer / Wade Davis -- A Chinese doctor in America / Maxine Hong Kingston -- The healers. The hero in the white coat / John Poppy -- The women who heal / Barbara Ehrenreich -- The pulse of life. The heart that never rests / George Leonard -- After my stroke, a new world / Joseph Chaikin with Jean-Claude van Itallie -- Finding the healer within / Norman Cousins -- How death heals the living / Elisabeth Kubler-Ross -- Dawn of the millennium. Reflections on the twenty-first century / Judith Thurman -- The brain and its mysteries / Richard Restak -- In search of nature's secrets / Rick Weiss -- Expectations of a new era / Michael Crichton -- A century of progress/The challenges that remain.
Summary
An extraordinary look at the emotions, the mystery, the faces and the remarkable diversity of health, healing and medicine around the world.
