Flight of hope : a doctor s fight for his right to personalised medicine / Mark Awerbuch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Awerbuch, Mark, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hope.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Mile End, Southern Australia : Wakefield Press, [2020]

Summary:

Consultant rheumatologist and pain physician Mark Awerbuch was forced to retire after being diagnosed with terminal leukaemia. He teaches us by example how to hold on to dreams and hope when faced with the most trying of personal odysseys. You will feel compelled to read on for insights from a medical insider who defied the grim predictions.

Contents:

Cover

About the author

Title page

Imprint

Dedication

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Chapter 1: Early Days

Chapter 2: The Unwelcome Messenger

Chapter 3: A New and Different Life

Chapter 4: Trying to Survive

Chapter 5: Rejected

Chapter 6: Serendipity

Chapter 7: Crossing the Rubicon

Chapter 8: Fun Times, Hard Times

Chapter 9: Testing Time

Chapter 10: The Worst of Times

Chapter 11: Unexpected Outcomes

Chapter 12: Holding Out for Home

Chapter 13: Fear and Dissent

Chapter 14: University and the Aftermath

Chapter 15: Ordinary Times, Better Times

Chapter 16: Flirting with Unrequited Death

Chapter 17: Exercise and Chicken Soup

Chapter 18: Stress and Professional Life

Chapter 19: Another Bullet, a Different Gun

Chapter 20: Reflections on Life

Afterword

Acknowledgements

Notes

Wakefield Press

Back cover.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-74305-770-9

OCLC:

1225553713