Bibliograph

Zoobiquity, what animals can teach us about health and the science of healing, Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers

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Zoobiquity, what animals can teach us about health and the science of healing, Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Zoobiquity

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

754714335

Responsibility statement

Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers

Sub title

what animals can teach us about health and the science of healing

Summary

In the tradition of Temple Grandin, Oliver Sacks, and Neil Shubin, cardiologist and psychiatrist Natterson-Horowitz and science writer Bowers look at the remarkable correspondences between the way human beings and animals live, die, get sick, and heal in their natural settings

Table Of Contents

Dr. House, meet Doctor Doolittle : redefining the boundaries of medicine -- The feint of heart : why we pass out -- Jews, jaguars, and Jurassic cancer : new hope for an ancient diagnosis -- Roar-gasm : an animal guide to human sexuality -- Zoophoria : getting high and getting clean -- Scared to death : heart attacks in the wild -- Fat planet : why animals get fat and how they get thin -- Grooming gone wild : pain, pleasure, and the origins of self-injury -- Fear of feeding : eating disorders in the animal kingdom -- The koala and the clap : the hidden power of infection -- Leaving the nest : animal adolescence and the risky business of growing up -- Zoobiquity

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