This Narrow Space: A Pediatric Oncologist, His Jewish, Muslim,

This Narrow Space: A Pediatric Oncologist, His Jewish, Muslim, and Christian Patients, and a Hospital in Jerusalem

A memoir both bittersweet and inspiring by an American pediatric oncologist who spent seven years in Jerusalem treating childrenâ€”Israeli Jews, Muslims, and Christians, and Palestinian Arabs from the West Bank and Gazaâ€”who had all been diagnosed with cancer.
Â
In 2007, Elisha Waldman, a New Yorkâ€“based doctor in his mid-thirties, was offered his dream job: attending physician at Jerusalemâ€™s Hadassah Medical Center. He had gone to medical school in Israel and spent time there as a teenager; now he was going to give something back to the land he loved. But in the wake of a financial crisis at the hospital, Waldman, with considerable regret, left Hadassah in 2014 and returned to the United States. This Narrow Space is his poignant memoir of seven years that were filled with a deep sense of accomplishment but also with frustration when regional politics got in the way of his patientsâ€™ care, and with tension over the fine line he had to walk when the religious traditions of some of his patientsâ€™ families made it difficult for him to give those children the care he felt they deserved. Navigating the baffling Israeli bureaucracy, the ever-present threat of full-scale war, and the cultural clashes that sometimes spilled into his clinic, Waldman learned to be content with small victories: a young patient whose disease went into remission, brokenhearted parents whose final hours with their child were made meaningful and comforting.
Â
Waldman also struggled with his own questions of identity and belief, and with the intractable conflict between Israelis and Palestinians that had become a fact of his daily life. What he learned about himself, about the complex country that he was now a part of, and about the brave and endearing children he cared forâ€”whether they were from Rehavia, Meâ€™ah Sheâ€™arim, Ramallah, or Gaza Cityâ€”will move and challenge readers everywhere.
Country USA
Brand Schocken
Manufacturer Schocken
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780805243321
Color White
ReleaseDate 2018-01-30
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780805243321

Country	USA
Brand	Schocken
Manufacturer	Schocken
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780805243321
Color	White
ReleaseDate	2018-01-30
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780805243321

This Narrow Space: A Pediatric Oncologist, His Jewish, Muslim, and Christian Patients, and a Hospital in Jerusalem

You might also like...