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The sufferer, too, tends to leave his profession behind—the comedian, the judge, and even the medical doctor react, at least after a while, in no special way; they just sink into that passive state of patienthood shared by other sufferers.
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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The sufferer, too, tends to leave his profession behind—the comedian, the judge, and even the medical doctor react, at least after a while, in no special way; they just sink into that passive state of patienthood shared by other sufferers.
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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The sufferer, too, tends to leave his profession behind—the comedian, the judge, and even the medical doctor react, at least after a while, in no special way; they just sink into that passive state of patienthood shared by other sufferers.
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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The sufferer, too, tends to leave his profession behind—the comedian, the judge, and even the medical doctor react, at least after a while, in no special way; they just sink into that passive state of patienthood shared by other sufferers.
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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I'm not invulnerable by any means, but I have a much better way of dealing with my vulnerability, with my patienthood, my sisterhood, my friendshiphood, my doctorhood, all of these feel like they've just woven together to make me feel grateful for life, ready for life, valuing life, living very richly.
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To be sure, many of the norms of patienthood in institutions were objectionable, but at the very least they provided individuals with some kind of structure.
The Mad Among Us Gerald N. Grob 1994
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To be sure, many of the norms of patienthood in institutions were objectionable, but at the very least they provided individuals with some kind of structure.
The Mad Among Us Gerald N. Grob 1994
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He wrote about learning to live a life of "chronic patienthood" after surviving 40 years of ill health, including Type 1 diabetes, three kidney transplants and a pancreas transplant, and more than four years of throat and head cancer.
NYT > Home Page 2009
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