Awakenings

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Oliver Sacks: Awakenings (1991, Wildside Press, LLC)

English language

Published Sept. 5, 1991 by Wildside Press, LLC.

ISBN:
978-0-8095-9035-3
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reviewed Awakenings by Oliver Sacks

Touching, surprising and refreshingly "qualitative"

A wonderful book, with the emphasis placed on documenting the life histories, symptoms and recovery of distinct patients - Sacks treats their case studies with great humanity and empathy.

Subjects

  • Parkinson's disease
  • Encephalitis
  • Coma
  • Neurology