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cynthiak's review
3.0
Too much self-centric rambling and not enough about the doctor and his patients. A missed opportunity even though the photography does them some justice.
codexmendoza's review
3.5
Almost bounced off the opening due to the way the female patients were described — couldn’t tell if it was Berger or the doctor’s view — but the majority of the book is an interesting meditation on the moral and personal politics of a country doctor’s life.
It and the accompanying photographs are also a great document of a practice that has now long gone.
It’s worth reading as a unique effort.
It and the accompanying photographs are also a great document of a practice that has now long gone.
It’s worth reading as a unique effort.
ohnoflora's review against another edition
5.0
A startlingly humane portrait of a doctor practising medicine in rural England in the 1960s - the type of universalist country doctor (part priest, part magician, part healer) that doesn't exist anymore.
Berger writes intelligently and empathetically about what it is to heal, what makes a good doctor (as opposed to "talented" or "clever"), and how we evaluate the worth of a human life. Jean Mohr's observant, un-intrusive photographs are just as much a part of the essay as Berger's words are.
Berger writes intelligently and empathetically about what it is to heal, what makes a good doctor (as opposed to "talented" or "clever"), and how we evaluate the worth of a human life. Jean Mohr's observant, un-intrusive photographs are just as much a part of the essay as Berger's words are.
leilaniann's review against another edition
4.0
I thought there would be more medical stuff in it, but it was still a good read. More sociological than medical.
esuem's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0