My Own Country by Abraham Verghese (ISBN:0679752927)

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		My Own Country: A Doctor's Story
	
				(13 reviews)			
(182 Readers)

			Abraham Verghese		
	
Nestled in the Smoky Mountains of eastern Tennessee, the town of Johnson City saw its first AIDS patient in August 1985. Working in Johnson City was...more
 Nestled in the Smoky Mountains of eastern Tennessee, the town of Johnson City saw its first AIDS patient in August 1985. Working in Johnson City was Abraham Verghese, a young Indian doctor specializing in infectious diseases who became, by necessity, the local AIDS expert. Out of his experience comes a startling, ultimately uplifting portrait of the American heartland.   less

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
I've read this book twice- one during a geography of health class, once during a communication of health class, and feel that I got something new out of it each time.  Very entertaining, interesting, heartbreaking and educational.. read it!

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
The film with Naveen Andrews is surpassingly moving - I confess that I came to it via 3QuarksDaily, where Dr Verghese was dubbed "The Good Doctor" and so he is. But the book is immeasurably so. I cannot recommend it highly enough.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Fantastic perspective on treating HIV/AIDS in remote areas...

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Non-fiction:  A fascinating account of a young doctor's story of a town and its people in the early days of the Aids epidemic.  What was slightly more unusual was that this was Tennessee.  Excellent!

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Moving. A must read.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
I read this one after reading "Cutting for Stone."  Verghese captivates with a memoir about working as an infectious diseases specialist in rural Tennessee at the beginning of the AIDS epidemic.

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							Heather
						
							few weeks ago						
Beautifully  moving portrait of the beginning of the AIDS epidemic as it impacted small-town rural America.  Dr. Verghese does a wonderful job of portraying both the patient and physician perspectives.

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							Nancy
						
							few weeks ago						
Abraham Verghese has proven to be a fabulous fiction writer with Cutting for Stone.  This is his nonfiction account of treating HIV/AIDS patients during the 80s when not much was known about the disese in rural Tennessee and his increasing feelings of isolation.  What an incredible story of a good doctor and caring individual.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Profoundly shaped my life by interesting me in AIDS and the social context of disease... how we name disease and respond to those with certain disease, as well as in compassionate caregiving. Insightful, articulate, very interesting, and poignant. Definitely recommend to all, consider a must-read for those in medicine.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Good, but slow story. If you want the complete AIDs in america picture read "And the Band Played On"

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