Written by a psychologist and a psychiatrist noted for their expertise as both practitioners and researchers, the book illustrates how hypnosis can significantly alleviate the pain of childbirth, medical or dental surgery, burns or other accidenta...
In Ordinary Deaths, Dr. Samuel LeBaron reminds us of our need for human connection when experiencing death and loss. Based on more than thirty years of working with children and adults dying from cancer, LeBarons memoir contains stories of longing...
Josephine R. Hilgard, Samuel LeBaron
Foreword, Preface, Hypnosis, Cancer, and Pain, Hypnotherapy as Experienced by Older and Younger Patients, The Stanford Study: Relief of Pain and Anxiety during Bone Marrow Aspirations, Differential Responses to Hypnotherapy for Pain, Adapting Hypnosis to Specific Symptoms of Distress Connected with Cancer, Distraction Techniques in the Relief of Pain, Parents, Nurses, and Physicians: How They Help Patients Cope, Understanding Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy, The Growth of Hypnotic Ability: A Developmental Approach, Opportunities for Research, Appendix A, Appendix B, Reference, Index