A Gentle Rain of Compassion - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:VoyageISBN-13:9781955690331ISBN-10:1955690332UPC:9781955690331Book Category:Philosophy, Biography & Autobiography, TravelBook Subcategory:Buddhist, Medical (Incl. Patients), Special InterestBook Topic:AdventureAward:2023 Benjamin Franklin Award Silver Medal Winner - Memoir AwardSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.06 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SCCE9J2T87
A Gentle Rain of Compassion
Finding a fascinating and gratifying medical practice in Kathmandu saved his medical career, but befriending a reincarnate Tibetan lama transformed his life.
This compellingly written memoir is a grand adventure tale of travel in Nepal and Tibet, tense and highly emotional medical encounters, new romances, and ground-breaking medical research. But all these eventually take a back seat to what the...
Language:EnglishPublisher:VoyageISBN-13:9781955690331ISBN-10:1955690332UPC:9781955690331Book Category:Philosophy, Biography & Autobiography, TravelBook Subcategory:Buddhist, Medical (Incl. Patients), Special InterestBook Topic:AdventureAward:2023 Benjamin Franklin Award Silver Medal Winner - Memoir AwardSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.06 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SCCE9J2T87
David R Shlim M.D. was born in Portland, Oregon in 1949. He earned a B.A. in English literature at Pomona College and his M.D. degree from Rush Medical College. After completing one year of internship and working briefly in family practice and emergency medicine, he travelled to Nepal to volunteer at a high-altitude rescue post near the base of Mt. Everest and returned for two more three-month...
Publisher: Voyage
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🏆 2023 Benjamin Franklin Award Silver Medal Winner - Memoir Award
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