Preface: Tears, Terror, and Wonder

The Wonder of the New World With a New Preface

PREFACE

Preface

PREFACE

Wonder and the Patient

Is it possible to distinguish, as sociologist Arthur Frank proposes, an 'ideal of wonder' within which ill persons could recover some of their former sense of life and flourishing, even within the constraints of ill-health? Beyond this, are there more general benefits in terms of health and well-being that could accrue from cultivating an openness to wonder? In this paper I will first outline a...