Download This Narrow Space: A Pediatric Oncologist, His Jewish, Muslim, and Christian Patients, and a Hospital in Jerusalem AudioBook Free
In 2007, Elisha Waldman, a New York-based doctor in his mid-30s, was offered his dream job: attending medical professional at Jerusalem's Hadassah Medical Center. Waldman's years at Hadassah were filled up in equal measure with a profound sense of fulfillment, with aggravation when regional politics sometimes got in the way of his patients' care and attention, and with stress above the fine line he'd have to walk when the spiritual traditions of a few of his patients' family members made it difficult for him to provide these children the care and attention he believed they deserved. Navigating the baffling Israeli bureaucracy, the ever-present risk of battle, and the social clashes that sometimes spilled over into his center, Waldman discovered to be content with small victories: a young patient whose disease travelled into remission; brokenhearted parents whose final hours with their child were made important and comforting. As he looked for to build both an individual and a specialist life in his new home, Waldman battled with his own questions of identity and opinion, and with the intractable issue between Israelis and Palestinians that acquired become a simple fact of his lifestyle. What he learned all about himself, about the complicated country that he was now an integral part of, and about the heartbreakingly fearless and endearing children he cared for - whether they were from Me'ah She'arim, Ramallah, or Gaza City - will move and concern listeners everywhere.
