Science, with its promise of order and logic, provided a refuge for
young Oliver from the chaos of his brother’s madness, and medicine
promised both family continuity (his father was a general practitioner;
his mother, a surgeon) and a way to study and try to understand brain
disorders like Michael’s.
In February, Dr. Sacks wrote in an Op-Ed essay in The New York Times about learning that he had terminal cancer and had just months to live.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/31/arts/oliver-sacks-wrote-awakenings-and-cast-light-on-the-interconnectedness-of-life.html?_r=0
In February, Dr. Sacks wrote in an Op-Ed essay in The New York Times about learning that he had terminal cancer and had just months to live.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/31/arts/oliver-sacks-wrote-awakenings-and-cast-light-on-the-interconnectedness-of-life.html?_r=0
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