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9781573440912

Death of the Good Doctor Lessons from the Heart of the AIDS Epidemic

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  • ISBN13:

    9781573440912

  • ISBN10:

    1573440914

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-09-20
  • Publisher: Cleis Press
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Summary

A beautiful and sometimes humourous memoir that chronicles Scannell's relationships with her patients. 'This haunting memoir is an important addition to the canon of AIDS literature. Scannell writes beautifully and with insight...' - Abraham Verghese.

Table of Contents

Introduction xiii
Lessons from the Heart of the AIDS Epidemic
Prologue
3(4)
Death of the Good Doctor
7(10)
The First Long Week
17(6)
Sleeping with the Fishes
23(26)
Death Etiquette
49(8)
Loving Someone to Death
57(22)
Target Practice
79(12)
A Form of Motherhood
91(8)
Cruising with Mother Teresa
99(8)
Books on a Map
107(8)
Waves
115(6)
Up on the Roof
121(6)
An Ordinary Death
127(10)
The Soap Opera Within
137(14)
The Death Certificate
151(10)
Exorcises
161(6)
Lamentations
167(10)
Leaving AIDS
177(10)
Epilogue My Cancer and the AIDS Quilt 187

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