A Life in Medicine

A Literary Anthology

Edited by Robert Coles and Randy Testa

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$19.95 / £12.95

A Life in Medicine collects stories, poems, and essays by and for those in the healing profession, who are struggling to keep up with the science while staying true to the humanitarian goals at the heart of their work.  Organized around the central themes of altruism, knowledge, skill, and duty, the book includes contributions from well-known authors, doctors, nurses, practitioners, and patients.  Provocative and moving pieces address what it means to care for a life in a century of unprecedented scientific advances, examining issues of hope and healing from both ends of the stethoscope.

Robert Coles is a child psychiatrist, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, founder of Doubletake magazine, and professor at Harvard Medical School.  A recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and of the National Humanities Medal, he lives in Concord, Massachusetts.

Randy Testa has taught literature and medical ethics at Harvard and at Dartmouth Medical Schools.  He is an Editor at Doubletake magazine and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Medicine / Anthology
Fall 2003
paperback
6 1/8 x 9 1/4, 352 pages
978-1-56584-849-8

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