00947cam a2200229 4500 43662149 TxAuBib 20081028120000.0 ||||||s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 2008924211 9780316025041 0316025046 TxAuBib Patterson, James, 1947- Against medical advice : a true story / James Patterson, Hal Friedman. 1st large print ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2008. xii, 348 p. ; 24 cm. Follows a family's long struggle with their son's mysterious medical disorder that from the age of five induced violent physical tics and prompted traumatic treatments, a situation that also pitted the family against a disheartening medical establishment. 20081028. Large type books.