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001 2006052131
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005 20081027065012.0
008 061103s2007 nyu 000 0 eng
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035 $a(OCoLC)ocm76263492
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050 00 $aRC552.H8$bF73 2007
082 00 $a362.196/85250092$222
100 1 $aFrazer, Brian.
245 10 $aHyper-chondriac :$bone man's quest to hurry up and calm down /$cBrian Frazer.
250 $a1st Atria Books hardcover ed.
260 $aNew York :$bAtria Books,$c2007.
300 $a240 p. ;$c23 cm.
520 $a"I'm a hyper-chondriac. My prescription? Whatever you've got. And quickly, please. I'm in a hurry." With these words, journalist Frazer strikes the keynote for his quixotic quest for total wellness--a seemingly paradoxical goal for a young man who doesn't smoke, rarely drinks and never misses an opportunity to floss. Chronicling his relentless search for inner peace, Frazer takes readers on a guided tour of his dysfunctional childhood, marked by an extraordinary ability to contract a new disease almost every month, a disturbing obsession with bodybuilding and a veritable sampler platter of disorders, and cures, of every imaginable type. As an adult, his forays into analysis, Kabbalah, yoga, anger management, psychopharmacology and puppy rearing are all attempts to achieve some sort of lasting happiness and inner peace. He discovers that almost everything works. For about five minutes.--From publisher description.
600 10 $aFrazer, Brian$xHealth.
650 0 $aHypochondria$xPatients$vBiography.
650 0 $aMedicine, Psychosomatic.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0705/2006052131-d.html
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0708/2006052131-s.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0708/2006052131-t.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0902/2006052131-b.html