"Over the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities, has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for interdisciplinary scholarship, advancing humanistic inquiry into bioethics, human rights, health care, and the uses of technology. It has also helped inspire medical practitioners to engage in deeper reflection about the human elements of their practice. In "Health Humanities Reader," editors The ..."
"In Health Humanities Reader, editors Therese Jones, Delese Wear, and Lester D. Friedman have assembled fifty-four leading scholars, educators, artists, and clinicians to survey the rich body of work that has already emerged from the ..."
"Over the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities, has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for interdisciplinary scholarship, advancing humanistic inquiry into bioethics, human rights, health care, and the uses of technology. It has also helped inspire medical practitioners to engage in deeper reflection about the human elements of their practice. In "Health Humanities Reader," editors The ..."
Mickey Cohen A Novel (1918-1942) by BradleyLewis Paperback, 377 Pages, Published 2019 by Independently Published ISBN-13: 978-1-09-933770-3, ISBN: 1-09-933770-4
"Mickey Cohen, who died in 1976, was a colorful, feared West Coast gangster-gambler who knew the biggest names in Hollywood, was a confidant of Bugsy Siegel, and on first names with the biggest guys in the Mafia, plus everyone from Frank Sinatra to Marilyn Monroe. Bradley Lewis' novel about Cohen draws from thousands of resources - a virtual treasure trove of Mafia-related books, articles and interviews. Lewis tells the early Mickey Cohe ..."
Depression Integrating Science, Culture, and Humanities by BradleyLewis 136 Pages, Published 2012 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-136-59813-5, ISBN: 1-136-59813-8
"To understandthis history, wewill start with representations of depression fromthe
ancient world. From there, we move to classical Greece,the Middle Ages, the
Renaissance, the Enlightenment, the Romantic age, andmodern times. Clearly
this will be a quick samplingtour, which cannot do justice to the many subtleties
involved. Nonetheless, it is essential to have a historical perspectiveon today«s
models of depression, which have evol ..."
Depression Integrating Science, Culture, and Humanities (Routledge Series Integrating Science and Culture) by BradleyLewis Hardcover, 136 Pages, Published 2011 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-87720-6, ISBN: 0-415-87720-2
"We live in an era of depression, a condition that causes extensive suffering for individuals and families and saps our collective productivity. Yet there remains considerable confusion about how to understand depression. Depression: Integrating Science, Culture, and Humanities looks at the varied and multiple models through which depression is understood. Highlighting how depression is increasingly seen through models of biomedicine―and ..."
"We live in an era of depression, a condition that causes extensive suffering for individuals and families and saps our collective productivity. Yet there remains considerable confusion about how to understand depression. Depression: Integrating Science, Culture, and Humanities looks at the varied and multiple models through which depression is understood. Highlighting how depression is increasingly seen through models of biomedicine―and ..."
Narrative Psychiatry How Stories Can Shape Clinical Practice by BradleyLewis 240 Pages, Published 2011 by Jhu Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8018-9979-9, ISBN: 0-8018-9979-6
"... used it to set up a psychiatric department in Munich that contemporary
psychiatrists Nancy Andreasen and Donald Black call “one of the greatest
departments of psychiatry of all time” (Andreasen and Black 1995, 9). The
department included such neurological and psychiatric luminaries as Alois
Alzheimer, Franz Nissl, and Korbinian Brodmann, and in the early decades ofthe
twentieth century, their work was the nodal point for a peri ..."
Corporealities Discourses of Disability Ser.: Moving Beyond Prozac, DSM, and the New Psychiatry : The Birth of Postpsychiatry by BradleyLewis 216 Pages, Published 2010 by University Of Michigan Press ISBN-13: 978-0-472-02575-6, ISBN: 0-472-02575-9
"Humanities scholars have already amassed an extensive literature on “theory”
that can be drawn from (Leitch 2001). ... Humanities Theory: Poststructuralism,
Postmodernism, and Postdisciplinarity M. Kreiswirth and M. Cheetham, in their
book Theory Between the Disciplines, ... In addition, they offer “persuasive
accounts of textual and cultural matters” (Culler 1997, 4). ... Vincent Leitch, the
general editor of The Norton Anthology ..."
Great White Doctor by BradleyLewis Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2009 by Booksurge Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-4392-4269-8, ISBN: 1-4392-4269-0
"Great White Doctor is an extraordinarily realistic account of celebrity doctors and their aberrant social lives. The extremely well-researched book is a fascinating peek into the strange world of upper echelon medical practice. Bradley Lewis worked in a New York City hospital for six years and writes from an insider’s perspective. Great White Doctor is a novel grounded in reality. It is a work of fiction missing from the literature of o ..."
Hollywood's Celebrity Gangster The Incredible Life and Times of Mickey Cohen by BradleyLewis Paperback, 425 Pages, Published 2007 by Enigma Books ISBN-13: 978-1-929631-65-0, ISBN: 1-929631-65-0
""I have killed no man in the first place that didn't deserve killing . . . I had no alternative. It was either my life or their life."-Mickey Cohen A marvelously detailed biography of the mobster who controlled Los Angeles for the Mafia, from Bugsy Siegel to Carlo Gambino and the John F. Kennedy assassination. Mickey Cohen was above all a master blackmailer of stars, and they all are on parade within these pages: from Marilyn Monroe ..."
Great White Doctor by BradleyLewis Paperback, 532 Pages, Published 2000 by Authors Choice Press ISBN-13: 978-0-595-14566-9, ISBN: 0-595-14566-3
"Brad Lewis ... Doctors would pace the room, check the stats on the bulletin board,
and then saunter inside to stand urinal to urinal with Don, another great white
doctor. Don studied his image in the mirror. He thought he looked a little haggard,
..."
"Milton Berle is acknowledged as the man who made television popular. The millions who religiously watched The Texaco Star Theater which became The Milton Berle Show can attest to the genesis of TV: In the beginning, there was Uncle Miltie. His audience of 86% of all those with TV sets has never been equaled, not even by Seinfeld.
But who was Milton Berle behind his showbiz persona? Nobody knows better than his son, Bill Berle, and ..."
"London: Tavistock Publications Ltd.•Laing, R.D., Phillipson, H. and Lee, A.R. (
1966) Interpersonal Perception: A Theory and a Method of Research. London:
Tavistock.•Laing, R.D. (1967) The Politics of Experience and the Bird of Paradise.
Harmondsworth: Penguin.•Laing, R.D. (1970) Knots. London: Penguin. excerpt,
movie (IMDB)•Laing, R.D. (1971) The Politics of the Family and Other Essays.
London: Tavistock Publications.•Laing, R.D. ( ..."
Long Island Purgatory(1st Edition) by BradleyLewis Paperback, 234 Pages, Published 2014 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN-13: 978-1-5025-9784-7, ISBN: 1-5025-9784-5
"Long Island Purgatory is a touching, funny, memoir with fictional elements that captures the voice of a soon-to-be thirteen-year-old, skeptical of approaching adulthood. Bennie-The-Brain, as some of his classmates and townspeople refer to him, is caught up in the aftermath of the shock waves from the JFK assassination. Perhaps intelligent beyond his years, Bennie is about to face something even more powerful than the death of his hero, ..."
Almost True Hollywood Stories(1st Edition) by BradleyLewis Paperback, 602 Pages, Published 2015 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN-13: 978-1-5186-0786-8, ISBN: 1-5186-0786-1
"Almost True Hollywood Stories is an offbeat, darkly funny fictional account of insider Bradley Lewis’ experiences writing screenplays while living and socializing with the elite ‘Hollywoodland’ crowd. Doctors, agents, celebrated talent, writers, producers, business moguls, wannabes, medical students, the fabled Hillcrest Country Club and the Beverly Hills Tennis Club are all represented. Even deli owners and their families, as they inte ..."
Mickey Cohen and the West Coast Mob(1st Edition) Washington's Crackdown on Vegas and Los Angeles 1950-1960 by BradleyLewis Paperback, 312 Pages, Published 2014 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Abridged ISBN-13: 978-1-4949-9934-6, ISBN: 1-4949-9934-X
"Mickey Cohen, who died in 1976, was a colorful, feared West Coast gangster-gambler who knew the biggest names in Hollywood including the Rat Pack, was a confidant of Bugsy Siegel, a friend of Las Vegas' late Liz Renay and on first names with the biggest guys in the Mafia, plus Frank Sinatra, Richard Nixon and Billy Graham. Brad Lewis' book about Cohen draws from thousands of resources -- a virtual treasure trove of Mafia-related books, ..."
Bad Day In Beverly Hills(1st Edition) by BradleyLewis Paperback, 342 Pages, Published 2014 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN-13: 978-1-5002-6567-0, ISBN: 1-5002-6567-5
"Meet the Benningers, an unlikely wealthy couple in the midst of constant emotional chaos, who find themselves investigating the world of murder in opulent Coldwater Canyon, a mystery that takes them inside the darkness that can often pervade ‘Hollywood’ life. With the most unusual set of characters and a nod to the The Thin Man, Bradley Lewis takes us into the rich, dysfunctional, world of Beverly Hills, where Sheila Benniger’s pet schn ..."
Mickey Cohen(1st Edition) The Rat Pack Years: The Elder Statesman's Life and Times 1960-1976 by BradleyLewis Paperback, 204 Pages, Published 2014 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Abridged ISBN-13: 978-1-4952-1350-2, ISBN: 1-4952-1350-1
"Mickey Cohen, who died in 1976, was a colorful, feared West Coast gangster-gambler who knew the biggest names in Hollywood including the Rat Pack, was a confidant of Bugsy Siegel, a friend of Las Vegas' late Liz Renay and on first names with the biggest guys in the Mafia, plus Frank Sinatra, Richard Nixon and Billy Graham. Brad Lewis' book about Cohen draws from thousands of resources -- a virtual treasure trove of Mafia-related books, ..."