An edition of Physical (2005)

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an American checkup

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by James McManus

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An edition of Physical (2005)

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an American checkup

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The author, a hard-living, happily married, middle-aged American, gets a three-day "executive checkup" at the Mayo Clinic and is thereby forced to confront his mortality. He has to survive his own cardiovascular system, inherited habits, and genetic handicaps long enough to see his small children into adulthood. But with so much at stake, and in spite of his terror of death, he may not have the willpower to follow the Mayo clinicians' advice. The book negotiates the political and medical forks in the labyrinth of our health care system and calls for sanity and enlightenment in the stem cell research wars. It's a portrait of the looming mortality of a privileged generation that can't believe the party's winding down, if not over.--From publisher description.

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2006

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Language

English

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255

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1 Physical: an American checkup 2007, Picador / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Picador in English - 1st Picador ed. 0312426496 9780312426491	eeee Preview Only
2 Physical: an American checkup 2006, Farrar, Straus and Giroux in English - 1st ed. 0374232024 9780374232023	aaaa Preview Only
3 Physical: An American Checkup December 12, 2006, Picador Paperback in English 0312426496 9780312426491	zzzz Locate
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5 Physical: An American Checkup May 31, 2006, Audio Renaissance Audio CD in English - Abridged edition 1593978111 9781593978112	zzzz Locate
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