"The renownedclinician Dr. William Osler, considered the 'Father of Internal Medicine,'observed: 'The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats thepatient who has the disease.' Fazlur Rahman is not only a great physician;this remarkable man is also a wonderful writer. From his humble beginnings in whatis now Bangladesh (and for this story I highly recommend his cultural memoir, TheTemple Road ), and throughout his post-graduate training in internalmedicine and oncology in New York and Houston, it took amazing fortitude andfaith for Dr. Rahman to find his way to San Angelo, Texas. There he garneredthe love and respect of its citizens through his delivery of high-qualityprimary and specialty care over many decades. How he accomplished this is the mainthrust of this memoir. Every turn this writer takes--into medical science, theevolution of oncological treatments, the intricacies of doctor-patient-familyrelationships--serves to enlighten and enhance this story.

This physician'sdedicated attentiveness to the daily, then yearly, then career-long practice ofpatient-centered 'connected' medicine is rare in America's fractured healthsystem today, and we are all the poorer for it. With this book, Dr. Rahman joins theranks of other great physician writers: Anton Chekhov, William Carlos Williams,Richard Selzer, Oliver Sacks, and Abraham Verghese, among others. You will notbe able to put this book down. And when the last page is turned, you may wonderwhere you might find someone like this author to care for you. I know I did." --JeraldWinakur, MD, MACP, FRCP, author ofMemory Lessons: A Doctor's Story and Human Voices Wake Us.