[Ip-health] NEW BOOK: Insomniac

[L Guevarra]

Dear Discussions of Intellectual Property and Health Care:


The University of California Press  is pleased to announce the publication of:

Insomniac

Gayle Greene is Professor of Literature and Women's Studies at
Scripps College, Claremont California. She has published books on
Shakespeare, women writers, and scientific issues. Her most recent
books are _Doris Lessing:  The Poetics of Change_ and _The Woman Who
Knew Too Much: Alice Stewart and the Secrets of Radiation._ She is a
member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), a
professional medical society for researchers and clinicians, and is
the patient representative on the board of the American Insomnia
Association, an organization within AASM.

http://go.ucpress.edu/Greene



"No one can describe a journey better than someone who's made the
trip, and insomniac Greene's exploration of the disorder is both
fascinating and disturbing." -_Publishers Weekly,_starred review

In this revelatory book, Gayle Greene offers a uniquely comprehensive
account of this devastating and little-understood condition. She has
traveled the world in a quest for answers, interviewing neurologists,
sleep researchers, doctors, psychotherapists, and insomniacs of all
sorts. What comes of her extraordinary journey is an up-to-date
account of what is known about insomnia, providing the information
every insomniac needs to know to make intelligent choices among
medications and therapies. _Insomniac _is at once a field guide
through the hidden terrain inhabited by insomniacs and a book of
consolations for anyone who has struggled with this affliction that
has long been trivialized and neglected.

Full information about the book, including the table of contents, is
available online: http://go.ucpress.edu/Greene


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Lolita Guevarra
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University of California Press
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