Measure of Our Days : New Beginnings at Life's End

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A celebration of life's sweetness in suffering.

The Measure of Our Days could be a good read if you're interested in personal stories of people navigating through illness and end-of-life experiences. Dr. Groopman provides a unique perspective as both a physician and a patient himself, making the stories more personal and engaging. The book's most distinctive feature is its ability to reveal the spiritual and emotional journey of not just the patients but also the physicians, and how they come to terms with the meaning of life and death.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Measure of Our Days : New Beginnings at Life's End

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ISBN: 9780140269727
Authors: Jerome Groopman
Date of Publication: 1998-10-01
Format: Paperback
Related Topics: Essays, Memoir, Health, Medicine, Medical
Goodreads rating: 4.19
(rated by 310 readers)

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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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A celebration of life's sweetness in suffering.

The Measure of Our Days could be a good read if you're interested in personal stories of people navigating through illness and end-of-life experiences. Dr. Groopman provides a unique perspective as both a physician and a patient himself, making the stories more personal and engaging. The book's most distinctive feature is its ability to reveal the spiritual and emotional journey of not just the patients but also the physicians, and how they come to terms with the meaning of life and death.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.