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Shapeshifters
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- Book Synopsis
- Unreliable bodies and shifting symptoms are all in a day's work for a GP. In his years of practising, Gavin Francis has seen it all: the promising law student trapped under the spell of anorexia; the bodybuilder whose use of illegal steroids threatens his fertility; the teenager agonising over the perplexing physical dramas of puberty; and the surprisingly upbeat woman growing a horn in the centre of her forehead. In Shapeshifters he draws on his patients' bodily transformations, both welcome and unwelcome, bringing together case histories and accounts from the history of medicine, art, literature, myth and magic to show how the very essence of being human is change.
- About The Author
- Dr Gavin Francis is a GP and urgent care physician with a special interest in mental health. He is the bestselling author of Adventures in Human Being, Shapeshifters and Intensive Care. He writes about health and medicine for the Guardian, London Review of Books and the Times, among others.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781781257739
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Wellcome Collection, (03 May 2018)
- Number of Pages
- 282
- Weight
- 489 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 222 x 144 x 29 mm
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