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1 online resource. |
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"Blood is a terrible gossip, it tells everything.". Dr. Miranda is faced with a tragedy: his father has been diagnosed with terminal cancer and has only a few weeks to live. He is also faced with a dilemma: How does one tell his father he is dying?. Ernesto Duran, a patient of Dr. Miranda's, is convinced he is sick. Ever since he separated from his wife he has been presenting symptoms of an illness he believes is killing him. It becomes an obsession far exceeding hypochondria. The fixation, in turn, has its own creeping effect on Miranda's secretary, who cannot, despite her best intentions, re. |
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Illness anxiety disorder -- Fiction.
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Fathers and sons -- Fiction.
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Physicians -- Fiction.
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Cancer -- Patients -- Family relationships -- Fiction.
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Stalkers -- Fiction.
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Fiction.
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Electronic books.
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Costa, Margaret Jull.
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Adrian, Chris, 1970-
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Enfermedad. English.
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Print version: Tyszka, Alberto Sickness New York : Tin House Books, c2012 9781935639251 |
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9781935639268 (electronic bk.) |
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1935639269 (electronic bk.) |
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