Against medical advice : [a true story]

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Title:

Against medical advice : [a true story]

Author:

Patterson, James, 1947- author.

Friedman, Hal.

Collins, Kevin T.

Summary:

A nonfiction account by the best-selling suspense author follows a family's decades-long struggle with their son's mysterious medical disorder that from the age of five induced violent physical tics and prompted traumatic treatments, a nightmarish situation that also pitted the family against a disheartening medical establishment.

General Note:

Compact discs.

Edition:

Unabridged ed.; Library ed.

Physical Description:

5 sound discs (ca. 63 min. each) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Genre:

Audiobooks.

Subject Term:

Tourette syndrome -- Patients -- Biography.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder -- Patients -- Biography.

Author(s):

Friedman, Hal.

Collins, Kevin T.

Publisher:

Books on Tape,

Publication Date:

2008

ISBN:

9781415954218

Publication Information:

Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, p2008.

Call Number:

CDB 616.8 PATTERS

Holds: Copies:

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Summary

One morning when he was almost five years old, Cory Friedman woke up with the uncontrollable urge to shake his head. From that day forward his life became an agony of irrepressible tics and involuntary utterances. Subjected to debilitating treatments and continuous ridicule, Cory became devastatingly aware of how he appeared to others. With the love of his family and the support of a few steadfast teachers and medical professionals, he fought for his very life.

Author Notes

Hal Friedman is the author of the bestselling books, A Hunting We Will Go (1998) and Over the Edge (1999). In 2008 he co-authored the true, nonfiction account of a family struggling to overcome adversity in Against Medical Advice. The book became a New York Times bestseller; it was co-authored with James Patterson.

(Bowker Author Biography)