The Poetry of Healing: A Doctor's Education in Empathy, Identity, and Desire
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- Synopsis
- Back Cover: The healing powers of speech, of touch, of empathy and the erotic, of love itself--these are some of the themes of Rafael Campo's deeply humanistic work as he writes not just of his attempts to heal, but of how his patients healed him. From Campo's arresting first chapter, one is in the hands of the writer who bridges the clinical distance of medicine to face the pain of mortality, the brokenness of society, and the unique and vulnerable beauty of human beings. His work, the Los Angeles Times said, is "reminiscent of Chekhov... [in] the way language comes up out of the body."
- Copyright:
- 1997
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 271 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780393040098
- Publisher:
- W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
- Date of Addition:
- 03/10/16
- Copyrighted By:
- Rafael Campo
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- Yes
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Social Studies, Medicine
- Submitted By:
- Barbara Baker
- Proofread By:
- Barbara Baker
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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