Norman Cousins

The story of a recovery from a crippling disease and the physician patient partnership that beat the odds by using the patient's own capabilities.

Discusses evidence that positive attitudes enhance the human immune system and that hope, love, laughter, and determination can help combat serious disease

"The tragedy of life is not death but what dies inside us while we live." --Excerpt from Human Options

Discusses the massive heart attack Cousins suffered in 1980, the events leading up to the attack, the importance of coping with panic, the treatment process, his intensive rehabilitation program, and his recovery

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