A Fortunate Man A Fortunate Man

A Fortunate Man

The Story of a Country Doctor

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Publisher Description

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.

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
RELEASED
2015
5 February
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
176
Pages
PUBLISHER
Canongate Books
SELLER
Canongate Books Limited
SIZE
7
MB
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