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My own country

a doctor's story

1st Vintage Books ed.
  • 3.00 ·
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A young doctor of eastern Tennessee describes the town's first introduction to the AIDS virus, which preceded a disturbing epidemic and introduced the doctor to many unique people.

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Publisher
Vintage Books
Language
English
Pages
432

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Cover of: My own country
My own country: a doctor's story
1995, Vintage Books
Paperback in English - 1st Vintage Books ed.
Cover of: My own country
My own country: a doctor's story of a town and its people in the age of AIDS
1995, Phoenix, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Paperback in English
Cover of: My own country
Cover of: My own country
My own country: a doctor's story of a town and its people in the age of AIDS
1994, Simon & Schuster
Paperback in English
Cover of: My own country
My own country: a doctor's story of a town and its people in the age of AIDS
1994, Simon & Schuster
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Edition Notes

Originally published: New York : Simon & Schuster, c1994.

Genre
Biography.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
362.1/969792/00976897
Library of Congress
RA644.A25 V47 1995, RA644.A25V47 1995

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
432 p. ;
Number of pages
432

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1098768M
Internet Archive
myowncountrydoct00verg
ISBN 10
0679752927
LCCN
94023500
OCLC/WorldCat
31331662
Library Thing
25192
Goodreads
161121

Work Description

By the bestselling author of Cutting for Stone, a story of medicine in the American heartland, and confronting one's deepest prejudices and fears.

Nestled in the Smoky Mountains of eastern Tennessee, the town of Johnson City had always seemed exempt from the anxieties of modern American life. But when the local hospital treated its first AIDS patient, a crisis that had once seemed an “urban problem” had arrived in the town to stay.

Working in Johnson City was Abraham Verghese, a young Indian doctor specializing in infectious diseases. Dr. Verghese became by necessity the local AIDS expert, soon besieged by a shocking number of male and female patients whose stories came to occupy his mind, and even take over his life. Verghese brought a singular perspective to Johnson City: as a doctor unique in his abilities; as an outsider who could talk to people suspicious of local practitioners; above all, as a writer of grace and compassion who saw that what was happening in this conservative community was both a medical and a spiritual emergency.

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