The Measure of Our Days: New Beginnings at Life's End
by Groopman, Jerome
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- ISBN 10
- 0670875708
- ISBN 13
- 9780670875702
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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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- Title
- The Measure of Our Days: New Beginnings at Life's End
- Author
- Groopman, Jerome
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0670875708
- ISBN 13
- 9780670875702
- Publisher
- Viking / Penguin Group
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1997
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
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