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A History of the Present Illness: Stories

A History of the Present Illness: Stories Hardcover - 2013

by Louise Aronson

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  • Hardcover
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New York: Bloomsbury USA, 2013. AV6 - A 2nd printing hardcover book SIGNED by author on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has some wrinkling, chipping and crease on the edges, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book cocked and lightly bowed, some bumped corners and cover edgewear, light discoloration and shelf wear. 8.5"x5.75", 259 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. A History of the Present Illness takes readers into overlooked lives in the neighborhoods, hospitals, and nursing homes of San Francisco, offering a deeply humane and incisive portrait of health and illness in American today. An elderly Chinese immigrant sacrifices his demented wife's well-being to his son's authority. A busy Latina physician's eldest daughter's need for more attention has disastrous consequences. A young veteran's injuries become a metaphor for the rest of his life. A gay doctor learns very different lessons about family from his life and his work, and a psychiatrist who advocates for the underserved may herself be crazy. Together, these honest and compassionate stories introduce a striking new literary voice and provide a view of what it means to be a doctor and a patient unlike anything we've read before. In the tradition of Oliver Sacks and Abraham Verghese, Aronson's writing is based on personal experience and addresses topics of current social relevance. Masterfully told, A History of the Present Illness explores the role of stories in medicine and creates a world pulsating with life, speaking truths about what makes us human.. Signed by Author. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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  • Title A History of the Present Illness: Stories
  • Author Louise Aronson
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 2nd Printing
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Bloomsbury USA, New York
  • Date 2013
  • Bookseller's Inventory # ec50379
  • ISBN 9781608198306 / 1608198308
  • Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.42 x 5.91 x 0.95 in (21.39 x 15.01 x 2.41 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Physician and patient, San Francisco (Calif.)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012018354
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Louise Aronson has an MFA from Warren Wilson College and an MD from Harvard. She has received the Sonora Review prize, the New Millennium short fiction award, and three Pushcart nominations. Her fiction has appeared in Bellevue Literary Review and the Literary Review, among other publications. She is an associate professor of medicine at UCSF, where she cares for older patients and directs the Northern California Geriatrics Education Center and UCSF Medical Humanities. She lives in San Francisco.