The Measure of Our Days
by Jerome Groopman
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- ISBN 10
- 0965084752
- ISBN 13
- 9780965084758
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Synopsis
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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- Dog-Eared Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4E5OAW001KPG
- Title
- The Measure of Our Days
- Author
- Jerome Groopman
- Book Condition
- UsedGood
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0965084752
- ISBN 13
- 9780965084758
- Publisher
- Viking
- This edition first published
- 1997