About this title: 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, ...
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Edition: 3rd Edition. 6 3/8 x 9 1/2.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New Press
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781565847293ISBN:1565847296
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 329 p. Audience: General/trade. Commentary about life in medicine by Wendell Berry, Raymond Carver, Anton Chekhov, Walt Whitman, Lorrie Moore and more. read more
Description: Fine. 1565847296 THIS IS A HARDCOVER BOOK IN DUST JACKET. THE BOOK AND DUST JACKET ARE IN FINE/FINE CONDITION, LIKE NEW, NO DEFECTS INSIDE OR OUT. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781565847293ISBN:1565847296
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Like-new copy. Appears unread. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine-Bright pages. 329 pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. -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 ... read more
Edition: 3rd Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The New Press
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781565847293ISBN:1565847296
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Hardcover, beautiful gift copy, book and dustjacket are flawless, "A fascinating anthology [which]...shows life at both ends of the stethoscope and should be of value and interest to those in the profession and outside of it" read more
Description: Fine. 1565847296 1565847296 2002 Entire book is in pristine condition, apparently unread. Book was donated to Friends of the Omaha Public Library. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The New Press, NY
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781565847293ISBN:1565847296
Description: VG+ in Very Good+ jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. SIGNED BY AN EDITOR Two very small black stains (? ink) bottom edge front board, shallow bumps bottom both board edges; DJ with tiny blackish mark bottom front flap fold; 1/4" closed tear bottom front panel edge. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New Press
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781565847293ISBN:1565847296
Description: New in new dust jacket. Excellent Condition! No Remainder Mark, No Damage, 100% satisfaction guaranteed. Ship twice daily. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 329 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New Pr
Date Published: 2003-09-01
ISBN-13:9781565848498ISBN:1565848497
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9781565848498. read more
Binding: Unknown Binding
Publisher: New Press
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781565848498ISBN:1565848497
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New Press, New York, New York, U.S. A
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781565847293ISBN:1565847296
Description: Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. First printing. Faintly soiled on the edges. The spine ends are rounded. The DJ is price clipped and has some minor wrinkling in bottom corner of the front face. Light scuffing on the back face. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: The New Press
Date Published: 2003-10-01
ISBN-13:9781565848498ISBN:1565848497
Description: New. Remainder mark. Near fine in rubbed and bumped publisher's decorated wrappers. Available in our UK premises for prompt dispatch worldwide. read more
Description: Very good. Appearance of only slight previous use. Cover and binding show a little wear. All pages are undamaged with potentially only a few, small markings. Help save a tree. Buy all your used books from Green Earth Books. Read. Recycle and Reuse! read more
"I love this book! I teach staff that work in hospitals and nursing homes about person-centered care and have utilized excerts from this book as examples in my classes. The book contains poetry, short stories and essays written by physicians, nurses and psychiatrists. They speak from the heart of caring about what they do and how they do it. Mind provoking and very worthy of reading. I have recommended this book to many and they have thanked me many times over. I especially love, "The Body Flute" by Courtney Davis. This poem about attening to the dying especially strikes a cord in my students. And my particular favorite is by Rachel Naomi Remen, "From The Heart." It tells the story of a second year medical students emotional battle with trying to find that balance between keeping that distance from her patients or responding from the heart. The story teaches us that although medical professionals are taught in school to keep their emotional distance all all times to protect ourselves, we are human beings. And as human beings at what cost do we keep this distance without losing our humanity? I love this book because it makes us think and explore and provides an almost endless source for discussion."
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