The Poetry of Healing: A Doctor's Education in Empathy, Identity and Desire | 
 enlarge | Author: R Campo
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.
Category: Book
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 1344467
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 270
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.5 x 1.1
ISBN: 0393040097
Dewey Decimal Number: 610.92
EAN: 9780393040098
ASIN: 0393040097
Publication Date: September 24, 1997
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Condition: A scuff mark down middle of cover, otherwise mint.
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A sensitive book by a gay, Latino, physician who treats AIDS November 5, 1998
Dr. Campo provides a sensitive and sometimes provocative look at the life of a gay, minority, physician who treats patients suffering from the plague of the 90s, AIDS. Moreover, Dr. Campo, a true humanist and poet, discusses how his passion for medicine and writing have oftentimes seemed at odds with each other. He was able to deal with many, many issues in his life and to use both medicine and writing to heal himself, his patients, and, I believe, some of his readers. He is courageous, too, just by writing this kind of book. I couldn't have imagined a Yale-educated physician acting so "un-Ivy." But, Dr. Campo has spoken out to describe, in vivid detail, his love of medicine and of words and, most importantly, of his patients.This book is a wonderful, wonderful read.
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