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Previous Volume 359:2403 November 27, 2008 Number 22

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By Thomas Graboys, with Peter Zheutlin. 201 pp. New York, Union Square Press, 2008. $19.95. ISBN 978-1-4027-5341-1.

Once, physician Thomas Graboys had it all — devoted patients, the best and brightest colleagues, a loving family, and a terrific physique. For the past decade, however, he has faced a succession of profound personal losses. His first wife died of cancer, and then he himself became ill — first with Parkinson's disease and then with Lewy-body dementia. This book is his story told from his own perspective, as composed by his coauthor and friend, Peter Zheutlin.

Graboys worried about the effects of his illness on his family, finances, and reputation, but he had enough family, relationships, and resources to . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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