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danielafin 's review for:
Why Do People Get Ill?: Exploring the Mind-body Connection
by Darian Leader
Just a few thoughts and observations:
-The authors seem to be extremely fascinated with Freud. They also take great liberty in throwing around interpretations in relation to the numerous "case studies" they bring up.
-Too many "case studies" without any real facts or actual investigation. Just incidents with lots of speculation by the authors.
-The book feels like an antithesis to all reason after having read Bad Science by Ben Goldacre quite recently. Anecdotes do not equal generalizable explanations.
-I have a hard time coping when it’s implied that doctors don’t care for their patients / don’t want them to get well.
-The authors seem to be extremely fascinated with Freud. They also take great liberty in throwing around interpretations in relation to the numerous "case studies" they bring up.
-Too many "case studies" without any real facts or actual investigation. Just incidents with lots of speculation by the authors.
-The book feels like an antithesis to all reason after having read Bad Science by Ben Goldacre quite recently. Anecdotes do not equal generalizable explanations.
-I have a hard time coping when it’s implied that doctors don’t care for their patients / don’t want them to get well.