The Mirror Box: A Doctor's Story

A uniquely honest insider's view of medicine by a doctor-turned-patient faced with her own medical mystery.

Days before she planned to retire after decades as a doctor, Suzanne Koven broke her wrist. In the aftermath, she developed a strange complication: Koven's right hand, which hadn't been injured, became excruciatingly painful and was paralyzed. Even more disturbing, she lost any sense that her hand belonged to her. Patients with chronic pain and mind-body syndromes-mostly women-are ofte...