Reviews

Walk with the Weary is a heartfelt journey through life’s trials, written with a deep understanding of the human condition. Dr M. R. Rajagopal brings stories of struggle and perseverance to life with a writing style that is both poetic and sincere. This book is a quiet companion for those seeking comfort and connection, reminding us that even in our darkest moments, we are not alone.

Richard Smith

Raj has now published his readable, insightful and at times funny autobiography, Walk with the Weary: Lessons in humanity in healthcare, which is both a severe critique of modern healthcare and a prescription for transformation

Soumya Swaminathan

This book should be in the medical & nursing curriculum! Written with honesty, empathy, insight & based on his life’s experiences, Dr M R Rajagopal reminds us our first duty to patients is to relieve suffering. And how often we forget.

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If some pass on with anger in their hearts, there aresome others who spread love and joy around them in the brief time they are with us. This is story of a brave young girl whose sweet but painful memory will always be with us.

Vijayakumar Kotteri

I hope the custodians and practitioners of the science I have learned—the noble medical science—will be compassionate and remember that there is an art to healing as well.

Kamal D Shah

The book is a recounting of the situations of several of Dr. Rajagopal’s patients over the years through which he brings out beautifully, often poignantly, the cultural issues that exist around Palliative Care in the world today.

Millennium Post

Sometimes, we walk a short distance before we realize that we have crossed a pivotal bridge in our lives. I had entered unchartered territory, a terra incognita, sometime in the late 1980s, but I did not yet know it by its true name: palliative care. I had not heard of this term back then, but unknowingly I had plunged headlong into it.

Swapna Peri

Dr. M.R. Rajagopal is an Indian physician and palliative care specialist. He is the founder and chairman of the Trivandrum Institute of Palliative Sciences (TIPS) in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. He is widely recognized for his pioneering work promoting palliative care in India.

Aathira Haridas

Walk with the Weary: Lessons in humanity in health care comprises memories related to palliative care from Rajagopal, who is also the founder chairman of Pallium India, an organisation that empowers patients to face death without fear.

Sindhu

Anyone turning the pages of M.R Rajagopal’s ‘Walk with the Weary’, is in for a pleasant surprise for, in spite of being stories wrapped around heart-wrenching human suffering, the memoir rolls out with ease, akin to stories narrated around a campfire – gripping and animated.

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