Gesundheit! Bringing Good Health to You, the Medical System, and Society through Physician Service, Complementary Therapies, Humor, and Joy.
by Adams, Patch [Hunter Doherty] with Maureen Mylander
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Rochester, Vermont: Healing Arts Press, 1993. First edition of the story of Patch Adams' lifetime quest to transform the healthcare system. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, "2/93 For Joan, for all your generous support my heartfelt thanks in peace #." In near fine condition. "At last, Patch Adams, M.D., has put on paper his vision of patient-centered health care - a vision that has inspired so many over the years. Patch's "crazy dream" is, in reality, the root of what good health care should be all about and too often isn't (Rick Wade, Sr. Vice President, The American Hospital Association).
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- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 134159
- Title
- Gesundheit! Bringing Good Health to You, the Medical System, and Society through Physician Service, Complementary Therapies, Humor, and Joy.
- Author
- Adams, Patch [Hunter Doherty] with Maureen Mylander
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Healing Arts Press
- Place of Publication
- Rochester, Vermont
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- Gesundheit First Edition, Patch Adams First Edition Signed
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography and Autobiography;
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About Raptis Rare Books
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Inscribed
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- Wrappers
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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