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Death of the Good Doctor: Lessons from the Heart of the AIDS Epidemic - Softcover

Scannell, Kate

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Synopsis

Recalling her five years as the clinical director of AIDS programs in Oakland, California, the author shares her touching, often harrowing stories of life in the trenches fighting this deadly disease. Reprint. Tour.

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About the Author

Kate Scannell writes about her realtionships with patients through whom the vast complexities of the AIDS epidemic are uniquely focused. She is board certified in internal medicine, rheumatology, and geriatrics. She writes and works in the Bay Area of California.

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"This haunting memoir is an important addition to the cano n of AIDS literature. Scannell writes beautifully and with an insight that escapes most physicians."-Abraham Verghese, author of The Tennis Partner and My Own Country "Kate Scannell is the rare doctor who has been transformed by her patients. In this irresistable, informative, and enormously moving book, she tells us not only her own story, but theirs."-Gloria Steinem

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