{"product_id":"a-life-in-medicine-and-henry-fraser-9789766530310","title":"A Life in Medicine and the Arts","description":"Henry Fraser's entertaining\u003cbr\u003eautobiography starts with tales of a unique childhood growing up at the local\u003cbr\u003egovernance centre of a rural parish in Barbados, where most parishioners\u003cbr\u003evisited the offices of his parents at the family home. This rich community\u003cbr\u003einvolvement had a profound influence on his life of service. Sir Henry describes\u003cbr\u003ewhy he chose to study medicine at the University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica, \u003cbr\u003eand so became a passionate West Indian. After specialization and PhD studies in\u003cbr\u003eLondon, he returned to Barbados and helped to build better health care there. He\u003cbr\u003epromoted rational therapeutics regionally and globally, working with PAHO and\u003cbr\u003eWHO, and his research centre and wide-ranging research have greatly benefited the\u003cbr\u003eCaribbean. His passion for teaching, patient care, mentoring and management\u003cbr\u003eshows throughout the book.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSir Henry has\u003cbr\u003ebeen described as the Renaissance man of Barbados: in addition to his\u003cbr\u003eremarkable medical career, he has been public orator for Barbados and for the\u003cbr\u003eUniversity of the West Indies, Cave Hill, and an independent senator in the\u003cbr\u003eBarbados Senate (where he discovered the reasons for the syndrome he labelled\u003cbr\u003eGovernment's Implementation Deficit Disorder or GIDD). His other lifelong\u003cbr\u003epassions have been art, architectural history and heritage preservation, and\u003cbr\u003ewriting. His autobiography makes fascinating reading: he is a natural story\u003cbr\u003eteller and, as he often says, \"History is his story.\" The book is replete with\u003cbr\u003ecaptivating anecdotes and is illustrated with some of his paintings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Henry Fraser\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9766530319\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789766530310\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Canoe Press (IL)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/24\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 8.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Henry Fraser","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46372543725823,"sku":"9789766530310","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_82bb5826-7382-4f71-96bd-196e5572d81b.jpg?v=1732726257","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-life-in-medicine-and-henry-fraser-9789766530310","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}