Stranger in a Strange World: Aspergers: The Outsider

ISBN-13: 9781548530914 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 338 str.

Lawrence W. Gold MD; Dawne Dominique; Donna Meares

Opis

What would you prefer; a charming physician with the perfect bedside manner or someone who can cure you? An automobile accident shatters the near-perfect lives of David and Luke Hyatt, identical twins. David survives intact, but Luke nearly dies from his injuries. The residue of Luke's head injury is an acquired form of Aspergers. The twins had graduated from medical school and were about to enter an internship at Brier Hospital in Berkeley. Although Luke is gifted with savant-like intelligence, can he continue his career in medicine? Will health professionals, administrators, and patients themselves accept Luke as a physician or succumb to the petty fear of someone different, or is it time for the world to consider the value of an individual beyond his or her label?