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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. Organized around the central themes of altruism, knowledge, skill, and duty, the book includes contributions from well-known authors, doctors, nurses, practitioners, and patients. Provocative and moving pieces address what it means to care for a life in a century of unprecedented scientific advances, examining issues of hope and healing from both ends of the stethoscope.
Price: $19.99
Pages: 352
Publisher: The New Press
Imprint: The New Press
Publication Date:
16 July 2011
ISBN: 9781595587800
Format: eBook
Robert Coles is a child psychiatrist, Pultizer Prize–winning author, and professor at Harvard Medical School. A recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, he lives in Concord, Massachusetts. Randy Testa has taught literature and medical ethics at Harvard and at Dartmouth Medical Schools. He is an editor at Doubletake magazine and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.