What people are saying about A Doctor´s Visit:
"Every life is a story. Read A Doctor's Visit and become more aware of your story. The tears and laughter which this book will lead you to will make you more aware of what we all experience in our lifetime."
— Bernie Siegel, MD author of
365 Prescriptions For The Soul
And Help Me To Heal
"We are here gifted with a second volume of Dr. Siegfried Kra's page-turning reminiscences of an extraordinary medical career, in which he generously shares with us the intimacy and humanity of his unique experience of life."
— Sherwin Nuland, MD, author of
How We Die (A.A. Knopf) and
Lost In America: A Journey
With My Father (A..A. Knopf)
published in hardcover by W.W. Norton (1989) and in paperback by Fawcett Crest (1990). Dr. Kra's personal history is as intriguing as any work of fiction. He grew up in Europe during the early years of World War Two the son of a wealthy Jewish coal dealer in Danzig who fled with his family to the U.S. after killing a German in a car accident. As a young man, Dr. Kra overcame poverty and prejudice, earning a fellowship to Yale and going on to study medicine in Switzerland. These stories, some previously published in magazines and journals, are based on his fascinating experiences.