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Measure of Our Days: New Beginnings at Life's End
by Groopman, Jerome
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With The Measure of Our Days, Dr. Jerome Groopman established himself as an eloquent new voice in the literature of medicine. In these eight moving portraits, he offers us a compelling look at what is to be learned when life itself can no longer be taken for granted.
These stories are diverse--from Kirk, an aggressive venture capitalist determined to play the odds with controversial chemotherapy treatments; to Elizabeth, an imperious dowager humbled by a rare blood disease; to Elliott, who triumphs over leukemia and creates for himself a definition of success--but each, in the words of Maggie Scarf, "transmute the misery of terrible suffering into a marvelous celebration of the sweetness of human life." Far from medical case studies, these are spiritual journeys of questioning and self-awareness, embarked on by the physician as well as the patient.
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- Penguin Books Brand
- Oct 1, 1998 Pub Date:
- 014026972X ISBN-10:
- 9780140269727 ISBN-13:
- English Language
- 7.7 in * 0.6 in * 5.1 in Dimensions:
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