{"product_id":"the-examined-illness-darrel-moellendorf-9781835953730","title":"The Examined Illness: A Philosopher's Confrontation with Deadly Disease","description":"\u003cp\u003eBeing a patient is part of being alive. Sooner or later most of us go through it. Disease and serious illness often strike quite randomly, and when they do, we quickly become subject to the impersonal forces of biochemistry and pharmacology. We rarely think about this beforehand and are often totally unprepared for it when it happens. Suddenly there we are, subject to a standard treatment protocol.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Darrel Moellendorf learned this by experience during a month confined to a solitary and sterile hospital room where I received a life-saving stem cell transplant. His room was somebody's workspace, his schedule was somebody's work routine, his immune system was systematically crushed, and his prognosis was out of his hands. There was no assurance that it would all work out for the best.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Having spent 30 years teaching philosophy to college students, He was facing the biggest test of all, perhaps the final exam. These are his reflections before, during and after treatment, written in real-time. In his words, 'my brain was sometimes addled by the chemotherapy that sapped my energy and destroyed my immune system, but I wrote out of the conviction that living well includes living well with disease, and eventually living well facing death.'\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis memoir expresses those convictions along with those that the virtues of patience, courage, trust, and hope serve us well. A measure of good humor also can't hurt.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Darrel Moellendorf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1835953735\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781835953730\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Intellect (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Darrel Moellendorf","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997509628159,"sku":"9781835953730","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-examined-illness-darrel-moellendorf-9781835953730","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}