Fortunate Man - The Story of a Country Doctor

In 1966 John Berger spent three months in the Forest of Dean shadowing an English country GP, John Sassall. Sassall is a fortunate man - his work occupies and fulfils him, he lives amongst the patients he treats, the line between his life and his work is happily blurred. In A Fortunate Man , Berger's text and the photography of Jean Mohr reveal with extraordinary intensity the life of a remarkable man. It is a portrait of one selfless individual and the rural community for which he became the hub. Drawing on psychology, biography and medicine A Fortunate Man is a portrait of sacrifice. It is also a profound exploration of what it means to be a doctor, to serve a community and to heal. With a new introduction by writer and GP, Gavin Francis.

Product details

• Authors: John Berger, Jean Mohr
• Assisted by: Jean Mohr (Photographs), Mohr Jean (Photographs), Gavin Francis (Introduction)
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.02.2016
• EAN: 9781782115038
• ISBN: 978-1-78211-503-8
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 13 mm
• Series: The Canons; Canons
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Arzt, Ärztin; Berichte, Erinnerungen, Rural communities, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Biography: science, technology & medicine, Biography: science, technology and medicine, Doctor / patient relationship