A Fortunate Man: The Story of a Country Doctor (Vintage International)
A Fortunate Man: The Story of a Country Doctor by Gavin Francis
English | 5 Feb. 2015 | ISBN: 1782115013, 178211503X, 9780679737261 | 176 Pages | PDF | 158.3 MB
English | 5 Feb. 2015 | ISBN: 1782115013, 178211503X, 9780679737261 | 176 Pages | PDF | 158.3 MB
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.