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The Measure of Our Days: A Spiritual Exploration of Illness

by Jerome Groopman

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With The Measure of Our Days, Dr. Jerome Groopman establishes himself as an eloquent new voice in the literature of medicine. In these eight moving portraits of patients facing serious illness, he offers us a compelling look at what it is to be learned when life itself can no longer be taken for granted.

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.

About the Author

Jerome Groopman, M.D. is the Recanati Professor of Immunology at Harvard Medical School, Chief of Experimental Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and one of the world's leading researchers in cancer and AIDS. He and his work have been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Time magazine, as well as in numerous scientific journals. He lives with his family in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Prologue

Kirk

Dan

Cindy

Matt

Debbie

Alex

Elizabeth

Elliott

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Index

Product Details

ISBN:
9780140269727
Subtitle:
New Beginnings at Life's End
Author:
Groopman, Jerome
Author:
Groopman, MD, Jerome
Publisher:
Penguin (Non-Classics)
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Essays
Subject:
Diseases - General
Subject:
Death
Subject:
Death, Grief, Bereavement
Subject:
Terminal care
Subject:
Diseases
Subject:
Terminally ill
Edition Description:
Mass Market
Series Volume:
no. 89-1
Publication Date:
19981001
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
256
Dimensions:
7.78x5.14x.51 in. .39 lbs.

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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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