{"product_id":"9781429931472","title":"In Our Hands: A Hand Surgeon's Tales of the Body's Most Exquisite Instrument","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe hand and its relationship to human identity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the twenty years that Arnold Arem has worked as a reconstructive hand surgeon, he has reflected on the impact of living with pain and questions of psychic well-being in the face of crippling injury and physical deformity. He has helped many patients through his mixture of technical skill and an all-too-rare ability to simply listen to them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eIn Our Hands\u003c\/i\u003e, Arem tells eleven extraordinary stories of the people he has treated in his practice: a boy with a birth defect for whom he fashions opposable thumbs; an elderly woman whose bizarre paralysis he recognizes as psychosomatic, leading to a cure; a man whose spirit remains intact despite the loss of both feet and one hand to Jim Henson's disease. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach case study contains fascinating details on surgical techniques and treatments and reveals the day-to-day heroism of both doctors and patients. Above all, \u003ci\u003eIn Our Hands\u003c\/i\u003e evokes the deepest issues of the relationship of the hand to the heart and human identity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Holt, Henry \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47122515165424,"sku":"9781429931472","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429931472_p0.jpg?v=1763750120","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429931472","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}