Remen, Rachel Naomi : University of California-San Francisco
Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D. is a pioneer in training physicians in relationship-centered care and has been in the
private practice of psycho-oncology for the past 20 years. A former faculty member at the Stanford School of Medicine,
she is also cofounder and medical director of the Commonweal Cancer Help Program in Bolinas, California, which
was featured on Bill Moyers's PBS special "Healing and the Mind." She is currently the clinical professor
of family and community medicine at the University of California at San Francisco.
Review
"This is a beautiful book about life, the only true teacher."
--Bernie Siegel, M.D.
"Rachel Naomi Remen is nature's gift to us, a genius of that elusive and crucial capacity, the human heart.
She has much to teach us about healing, loving, and living."
--Daniel Goleman, Ph.D., author of Emotional Intelligence
"A great healer and a living saint."
--Larry Dossey, M.D.
"Heartfelt...compassionate and courageous."
--Publishers Weekly
"I recommend this book highly to everyone."
--Deepak Chopra, M.D.
Submitted by the Publisher, September, 2000
Summary
Enthusiastically praised by everyone from Bernie Siegel to Daniel Goleman to Larry Dossey, Rachel Remen has
a unique perspective on healing rooted in her background as a physician, a professor of medicine, a therapist,
and a long-term survivor of chronic illness. A deeply moving and down-to-earth collection of true stories, this
prominent physician shows us life in all its power and mystery and reminds us that the things we cannot measure
may be the things that ultimately sustain and enrich our lives. Kitchen Table Wisdom addresses spiritual issues-suffering,
meaning, love, faith, courage, and miracles-in the language and authority of our own life experience.
