Dr. Abraham Verghese
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My Own Country traces the story of a young infectious-disease physician in the mid-1980s in Johnson City, Tennessee, who began to treat patients with a then unknown disease.
Jan 1, 2001 · My Own Country: A Doctor's Story. Abraham Verghese. 4.22. 12,146 ratings987 reviews. By the bestselling author of Cutting for Stone, a story of medicine in the American heartland, and confronting one's deepest prejudices and fears.
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Jul 12, 1998 · My Own Country: Directed by Mira Nair. With Naveen Andrews, Glenne Headly, Hal Holbrook, Swoosie Kurtz. "My Own Country" tells the story of an East Indian doctor who settles in Johnson City, Tennessee. The doctor's name is Abraham Verghese, and he specializes in infectious diseases.
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- Drama
- Mira Nair
- 1998-07-12
Apr 25, 1995 · My Own Country: A Doctor's Story. Paperback – April 25 1995. From the author of The Covenant of Water and New York Times bestseller Cutting for Stone: a story of medicine in the American heartland, and confronting one's deepest prejudices and fears.
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- $22.77
- Abraham Verghese
- Vintage
Apr 25, 1995 · My Own Country: A Doctor's Story. Paperback – April 25, 1995. From the author of The Covenant of Water and New York Times bestseller Cutting for Stone: a story of medicine in the American heartland, and confronting one's deepest prejudices and fears.
- Abraham Verghese
- $13.83
- Vintage
May 1, 1994 · The two vectors would cross in the summer of 1985, when a very sick man tried to make it back to his own country – of birth and upbringing – from his home in New York City. He made it to the Emergency Room instead, and became Patient #1 of the AIDS epidemic hitting Johnson City.
- Abraham Verghese
About My Own Country. From the author of The Covenant of Water and New York Times bestseller Cutting for Stone: a story of medicine in the American heartland, and confronting one’s deepest prejudices and fears. “Remarkable…. An account of the [AIDS] plague years in America.
