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Vrx: How Virtual Therapeutics Will Revolutionize Medicine (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781541699762)
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Brennan Spiegel
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xA leading doctor unveils the groundbreaking potential of virtual medicine.
Brennan Spiegel has spent years studying the medical power of the mind, and in VRx he reveals a revolutionary new kind of care: virtual medicine. It offers the possibility of treating illnesses without solely relying on intrusive surgeries or addictive opioids.
Virtual medicine works by convincing your body that it's somewhere, or something, it isn't. It's affordable, widely available, and has already proved effective against everything from burn injuries to stroke to PTSD. Spiegel shows how a simple VR headset lets a patient with schizophrenia confront the demon in his head, how dementia patients regain function in a life-size virtual town, and how vivid simulations of patients' experiences are making doctors more empathic.
VRx is a revelatory account of the connection between our bodies and ourselves. In an age of overmedication and depersonalized care, it offers no less than a new way to heal.
Author: Brennan Spiegel
ISBN-10: 1541699769
ISBN-13: 9781541699762
Publisher: Basic Books
Language: English
Published: 10/06/2020
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.10w x 1.50d
Review Citation(s):
Booklist 10/01/2020 pg. 10
Brennan Spiegel has spent years studying the medical power of the mind, and in VRx he reveals a revolutionary new kind of care: virtual medicine. It offers the possibility of treating illnesses without solely relying on intrusive surgeries or addictive opioids.
Virtual medicine works by convincing your body that it's somewhere, or something, it isn't. It's affordable, widely available, and has already proved effective against everything from burn injuries to stroke to PTSD. Spiegel shows how a simple VR headset lets a patient with schizophrenia confront the demon in his head, how dementia patients regain function in a life-size virtual town, and how vivid simulations of patients' experiences are making doctors more empathic.
VRx is a revelatory account of the connection between our bodies and ourselves. In an age of overmedication and depersonalized care, it offers no less than a new way to heal.
Author: Brennan Spiegel
ISBN-10: 1541699769
ISBN-13: 9781541699762
Publisher: Basic Books
Language: English
Published: 10/06/2020
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.10w x 1.50d
Review Citation(s):
Booklist 10/01/2020 pg. 10
By Brennan Spiegel
xBrennan Spiegel is director of health-services research at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he directs the Center for Outcomes Research and Education, which maintains one of the largest and most widely cited therapeutic virtual reality programs in the world. Spiegel is also professor of medicine and public health at UCLA. He lives in Los Angeles, California.
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