These stories are diversefrom 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 successbut 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.
These stories are diversefrom 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 successbut 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.
The Measure of Our Days: New Beginnings at Life's End
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780140269727 |
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Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group |
Publication date: | 10/01/1998 |
Pages: | 256 |
Sales rank: | 643,814 |
Product dimensions: | 5.10(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.60(d) |