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9780312426491
Physical An American Checkup
by McManus, James
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Product details
- ISBN-13: 9780312426491
- ISBN: 0312426496
- Publication Date: 2006
- Publisher: Picador
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SUMMARY
Includes a New Afterword ANew York Times Book ReviewEditors' Choice When hard-living, middle-aged American writer James McManus gets a three-day executive checkup at the Mayo Clinic, he is immediately forced to confront his mortality. Will he survive his own cardiovascular system and genetic inheritance long enough to see his young daughters grow up? With great candor and wit, McManus explores not only his own health but also that of the health care system itself and the political realities that have hamstrung stem cell research--which could help his eldest daughter's diabetes.Physicalis an unabashed, wrenching, and often hilarious portrait of unwellness in America.McManus, James is the author of 'Physical An American Checkup', published 2006 under ISBN 9780312426491 and ISBN 0312426496.
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