by Abraham Verghese (Author), Abraham Verghese (Author)
This is Abraham Verghese's first book - the story of being a doctor, and specifically, a doctor to young AIDS patients. It is a book about illness and treatment, about internism, doctor-patient relationships, the body in decline, the ritual of examination and how Verghese, as a doctor and a humane man, copes with dying.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Publisher: Orion
Published: 26 May 1994
ISBN 10: 1897580266
ISBN 13: 9781897580264