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Counter clockwise : mindful health and the power of possibility / Ellen J. Langer.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Ballantine Books, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Edition: First editionDescription: xiii, 215 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0345502043
  • 9780345502049
Other title:
  • Counterclockwise
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 306.4613 22
LOC classification:
  • HM1033 .L36 2009
Contents:
Counterclockwise -- Health, unlimited -- Variability -- The social construction of health -- Re-engineering medical rules -- Words in context -- What's in a word? -- Limiting experts -- Mindful aging -- Becoming health learners.
Summary: Investigates the nature of the link between the nonmaterial mind to the material body, arguing that people do not have to accept preconceived notions about how health declines with age, and offering advice on how to open the mind to the psychology of possibility.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Counterclockwise -- Health, unlimited -- Variability -- The social construction of health -- Re-engineering medical rules -- Words in context -- What's in a word? -- Limiting experts -- Mindful aging -- Becoming health learners.

Investigates the nature of the link between the nonmaterial mind to the material body, arguing that people do not have to accept preconceived notions about how health declines with age, and offering advice on how to open the mind to the psychology of possibility.

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