Cathryn Kemp

Coming Clean

Diary of a painkiller addict

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Produktbeschreibung

One of the biggest medical scandals of our time is the over-prescription of strong pain relief. This heart-rending memoir lifts the lid on the issue, showing the price one woman paid and her fight to recover.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Little, Brown Book Group / Piatkus
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 153mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 428g
• ISBN-13: 9780749958060
• ISBN-10: 0749958065
• Artikelnr.: 35698253

Autorenporträt

Cathryn Kemp is a journalist and travel writer. She was a journalist for The People, News of the World, The Sunday Mirror and the Mirror for seven years before falling ill practically overnight in 2004. She has written several Lonely Planet books, including Romania and Moldov; Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania; Eastern Europe and Europe on a Shoestring.

Rezensionen

Seeringly honest and courageous, an absolutely brilliantly written book about the descent into painkiller addiction that can so easily occur when someone is dealing with unbearable physical and emotional pain. This book should be read by every doctor and mental health practitioner for its unwavering insights into the psychology of addiction. A brave, heartfelt and extraordinary book Corinne Sweet, author of Overcoming Addiction, psychologist and broadcaster