Bernard Lown (1921–2021)
Author of The Lost Art of Healing: Practicing Compassion in Medicine
About the Author
Bernard Lown is a Professor of Cardiology Emeritus at the Harvard School of Public Health and Senior Physician at Bringham and Women's Hospitals in Boston. He is also a practicing cardiologist at the Lown Cardiovascular Center in Brookline, Massachusetts. Along with Professor Eugueni Chazov of the show more Soviet Union, Lown founded the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. The IPPNW was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985. Lown's book, The Lost Art of Healing, describes modern medicine as being too technologically dependent and depersonalized. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by Bernard Lown
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- Birthdate
- 1921-06-07
- Date of death
- 2021-02-16
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- USA
- Cause of death
- cardiac failure
- Occupations
- cardiologist
- Organizations
- Physicians for Social Responsibility
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (co-founder)
Harvard University
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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The Lost Art of Healing: Practicing Compassion in… by Bernard Lown
Sometimes cynical, sometimes self-aggrandizing and often self-contradictory the read is very uneven, but overall an enlightening and occasionally even instructional presentation of the best tools that we can bring to the bedside to approach our patients.
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- Popularity
- #174,306
- Rating
- 3.9
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- ISBNs
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