<p>Dr. Heafitz's conviction that spiritual strength influences physical health does not jibe with most approaches emphasized in medical school. Weakened by chemotherapy, she was told she could no longer see patients in her pediatrics practice. Then, she decided she had things to teach. The 54-year-old cancer patient started teaching at Harvard Medical School a course designed to encourage compassion in future doctors, as her fight for life provided testimony that charts and statistics never could. At the same time she published this book containing a series of poems.</p>

In Darkness and in Light: A Physician's Journey into Spiritual Healing

Literature & Fiction

Heafitz, Lesley B.

Poetry

First Person Pr

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In Darkness and in Light: A Physician's Journey into Spiritual Healing