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Includes the name: Martha Lear

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female
Kansalaisuus
USA
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journalist
editor
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The New York Times

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Heart attacks; fell Doctor; his decline + battle w/ medical care

Her husband having died of heart disease, Martha Weinman Lear articulates her feelings toward the medical treatment, her personal strengths and weaknesses, and how she survived her own fears.
 
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christinejoseph | 1 muu arvostelu | Aug 26, 2015 |
This book should be required reading for all medical professionals and medical students. It tells the tragic story of Dr. Harold Lear, a well respected urologist who suffered a severe heart attack and thus became a patient, having the tables turned on him so to speak. Though the physicians who treated him rendered superb care for the most part, others were clearly incompetent and at time times his care was shockingly poor despite the fact that he himself was a physician. After undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting, a devastating complication set in which essentially ruined his ability to interact normally with others. It's said that every physician should be a patient at least once so that he can see things from their perspective. The sad tale related here is a prime example of that dictum.… (lisätietoja)
 
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Jamie638 | 1 muu arvostelu | Jul 20, 2011 |
Pretty awful. Heard a good review on NPR and gave a copy to a friend before I read it. Sorry Martha.
 
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pilarflores | 1 muu arvostelu | Sep 29, 2009 |
Interesting - and reassuring - account of normal memory loss that everyone faces. A little disorganized, but has some good info in intelligible form.
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lsg | 1 muu arvostelu | Jun 13, 2009 |

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