2 Books! GESUNDHEIT! Patch Adams, M. D. and ON DOCTORING R. Reynolds HC DJ -AA3

Description: 2 Books! GESUNDHEIT! by Patch Adams, M.D. with Maureen Mylander Illustrated and ON DOCTORING Stories, Poems, Essays Edited by Richard Reynolds, M.D., and John Stone, M.D. Illustrated ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ GESUNDHEIT! Hardcover with dust jacket; 227 pages; Size Approx. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2. Published by Healing Arts Press; copyright 1998. Details: "Meet Patch Adams, M.D., a social revolutionary who has devoted his life to giving away health care. Doctor, clown, man of many hats, Adams is the founder of the Gesundheit Institute, a home-bAsed medical practice in West Virginia that has treated more than 15,000 people for free. Whether it means putting on a red clown nose for sick children or taking a disturbed patient outside to roll down a hill with him, Adams does whatever is necessary to help heal. In his frequent lectures and performances at medical schools and international conferences, Adams's irrepressible energy cuts through the businesslike facade of the medical industry to address how the need for a caring relationship between doctor and patient is at the heart of true medicine. This is the story of Patch Adams's lifetime quest to transform the health-care system. Gaining supporters across the country, the Gesundheit Institute will soon build a free, full-scale hospital that will be open to anyone in the world. Ambitious? Yes. Impossible? Not for those who know Patch. Patch Adams's amazing story seems like the stuff Hollywood movies are made from -- and now it is. The movie version of Patch Adams is sure to bring unprecedented attention to the Gesundheit Institute and their dream of delivering good health." (from the dust jacket flaps) The book has a black hard cover binding with gilt lettering on the spine; a number of black and white illustrations.ON DOCTORINGHardcover with unclipped dust jacket; 414 pages; Size Approx. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2.Published by Simon & Schuster; copyright 2001.Details: "This newly expanded edition of On Doctoring is an extraordinary collection of stories, poems, and essays written by physicians and non-physicians alike--works that eloquently record what it is like to be sick, to be cured, to lose, or to triumph. Drawing on the full spectrum of human emotions, the editors have included selections from such important and diverse writers as Anton Chekhov, W. H. Auden, William Carlos Williams, John Keats, John Donne, Robert Coles, Pablo Neruda, Ernest Hemingway, Raymond Carver, Alice Walker, Kurt Vonnegut, and Abraham Verghese. Among the new authors included in this edition are Rainer Marie Rilke, Lisel Mueller, and May Sarton. In this era of managed healthcare, when medicine is becoming more institutionalized and impersonal, this book recaptures the breadth and the wonder of the medical profession. Presenting the issues, concerns, and challenges facing doctors and patients alike, On Doctoring is at once illuminating and provocative, a compelling record of the human spirit." The book has a two-toned (red and gray) hard cover binding with gilt lettering on the spine; patterned endpapers; several illustrations in black and white. A fine addition for your bookshelf! Condition: Gesundheit! - The book has a name written in the front; there is light foxing on the text block; otherwise, it is in very good condition with a firm binding and clean pages. The dust jacket is in very good condition. On Doctoring - There is a presentation sticker in the front (see picture); otherwise, the book is in very good condition with a firm binding and clean pages. The dust jacket is in very good condition. * * * * * * * * Note: The letter/number at the end of the title line for this listing is just an inventory code for locating the book. ______________________________________ Free Domestic Economy Shipping! Please contact me with any questions. Thanks for looking!

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