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"In case you were wondering, the title of this book is taken from a brief telephone conversation I had in 1980 with a man in the Contracts Department of the radio section of the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Having recovered -- eventually and partially -- from dermatomyositis, I picked up the threads of my performing career with a radio series that had been arranged before I became ill. The man in the Contracts Department was terribly apologetic. 'I'm sorry I didn't get the contracts to you,' he said, 'I thought you were dead.' I was mildly surprised -- mostly that an event as minor as a death could affect the stately progress of BBC paperwork. 'Um, ... well ...,' I said, not wishing to overstate my case, 'not yet.' The paperwork arrived two days later."
Dr. Robert Buckman is well known on both sides of the Atlantic as a television presenter of medical topics, a best-selling author, a cancer physician and (occasionally) an entertainer. In this unusual autobiography, he tells the story of his life so far; as an exceptionally small child, a young physician, a performer (appearing on stage with the Monty Python crew), columnist, and author. What makes this book even more intriguing is that he has also been a patient -- suffering a near-fatal auto-immune disease in 1979 and an inflammation of the spinal cord ten years later which has left him partially paralyzed.
In these pages, Dr. Buckman deals unflinchingly with medicine, health, theatre, sex, love, television, alcohol, money, telephones, flatulence, filing systems and a few other minor details of modern life. Not Dead Yet is often funny, sometimes hilarious, occasionally serious and always engaging.
Having recovered -- eventually and partially -- from dermatomyositis, I picked up the threads of my performing career with a radio series that had been arranged before I became ill. The man in the Contracts Department was terribly apologetic. 'I'm sorry I didn't get the contracts to you,' he said, 'I thought you were dead.' I was mildly surprised -- mostly that an event as minor as a death could affect the stately progress of BBC paperwork. 'Um, ... well ...,' I said, not wishing to overstate my case, 'not yet.' The paperwork arrived two days later."
Dr. Robert Buckman is well known on both sides of the Atlantic as a television presenter of medical topics, a best-selling author, a cancer physician and (occasionally) an entertainer. In this unusual autobiography, he tells the story of his life so far; as an exceptionally small child, a young physician, a performer (appearing on stage with the Monty Python crew), columnist, and author. What makes this book even more intriguing is that he has also been a patient -- suffering a near-fatal auto-immune disease in 1979 and an inflammation of the spinal cord ten years later which has left him partially paralyzed.
In these pages, Dr. Buckman deals unflinchingly with medicine, health, theatre, sex, love, television, alcohol, money, telephones, flatulence, filing systems and a few other minor details of modern life. Not Dead Yet is often funny, sometimes hilarious, occasionally serious and always engaging.
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"Robert Buckman has, stunningly, reinvented the autobiography. Uproariously funny reading." --National Post
As inspiring as it is funny . . . Buckman's spin on the old saw of laughter as the best medicine is worth the price of the book alone." --The Toronto Star
From the Trade Paperback edition.
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As inspiring as it is funny . . . Buckman's spin on the old saw of laughter as the best medicine is worth the price of the book alone." --The Toronto Star
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Dr. Robert Buckman is the best-selling author of ten books including I Don't Know What To Say: How To Help and Support Someone Who is Dying, and What You Really Need To Know About Cancer: A Comprehensive Guide for Patients and Families.
Educated and trained in England, he emigrated to Canada in 1985 where he joined the cancer team at Toronto's Sunnybrook Hospital. He appears regularly on TVOntario and also on Citytv and won a Gemini award for his series "Magic or Medicine?". He is married to a gorgeous and tolerant Canadian physician who believed him when he told her he had an immense personal fortune and a heart complaint. He is currently trying to acquire either one or the other.
Educated and trained in England, he emigrated to Canada in 1985 where he joined the cancer team at Toronto's Sunnybrook Hospital. He appears regularly on TVOntario and also on Citytv and won a Gemini award for his series "Magic or Medicine?". He is married to a gorgeous and tolerant Canadian physician who believed him when he told her he had an immense personal fortune and a heart complaint. He is currently trying to acquire either one or the other.
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- EditoreDoubleday Canada
- Data di pubblicazione1999
- ISBN 10 0385256647
- ISBN 13 9780385256643
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- Numero di pagine256
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