A Fortunate Man: The Story of a Country Doctor
£14.99
With empathy and imagination John Berger depicts the circumstances of individual lives and the humanity and detail of the doctor-patient relationship in a country practice.
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In 1966 John Berger spent three months in the Forest of Dean shadowing an English country GP, John Sassall.
Sassall is a fortunate man – his work occupies and fulfils him, he lives amongst the patients he treats, the line between his life and his work is happily blurred.
In A Fortunate Man, Berger’s text and the photography of Jean Mohr reveal with extraordinary intensity the life of a remarkable man. It is a portrait of one selfless individual and the rural community for which he became the hub. Drawing on psychology, biography and medicine A Fortunate Man is a portrait of sacrifice. It is also a profound exploration of what it means to be a doctor, to serve a community and to heal.
With a new introduction by novelist and GP, Gavin Francis.
| Weight | 0.335 kg |
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| Dimensions | 22 × 14.4 × 2.2 cm |
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| Cover | Hardback |
| Pages | 168 |
| Language | English |
| Edition | Main |
| Dewey | 610.92 (edition:23) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
