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Medicine in Translation: Journeys with My Patients
Product Code: 0126 ISBN: 978-080700126-4 Pages: 256 Binding Information: Paperback Size: 5.5" X 8.5" Inches Illustrated: No Copyright Date Ed: 04/12/2011 Trade Code: 00P Price: $18.00 In stock. Browse this book
View the readers' guide. From a doctor Oliver Sacks has called a "born storyteller," a riveting account of practicing medicine at a fast-paced urban hospital For two decades, Dr. Danielle Ofri has cared for patients at Bellevue, the oldest public hospital in the country and a crossroads for the world's cultures. In Medicine in Translation she introduces us, in vivid, moving portraits, to her patients, who have braved language barriers, religious and racial divides, and the emotional and practical difficulties of exile in order to access quality health care. Living and dying in the foreign country we call home, they have much to teach us about the American way, in sickness and in health.
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Binding Information: Cloth Not Defined
ISBN: 978-080707320-9 Availability: In stock. Price: $24.95
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