A literary collection edited by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of
the "Children of Crisis" series. Take notes. In the end, you will
suffer alone. But at the beginning you suffer with a whole lot of
other people.Lorrie Moore, from A Life in Medicine A Life in
Medicine collects stories, poems, and essays by and for those in the
healing profession who are struggling to keep up with the science
while staying true to the humanitarian goals at the heart of their
work. Described as "an admirably complete look at the best recent
writing on medicine" by the Detroit Free Press, the book includes
well-known authors such as William Carlos Williams, Wendell Berry,
Anne Fadiman, Lorrie Moore, and Walt Whitman, as well as writing from
doctors, nurses, practitioners, and patients. Provocative and moving
contributions address issues of life and death, cancer and AIDS,
seizures and psychosis, advocacy and anatomy, from both ends of the
stethoscope.
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