The Measure of Our Days

The Measure of Our Days
	First edition
Author	Jerome Groopman
Language	English
Genre	Non-fiction
Publisher	Viking Adult
Publication date	1997
Publication place	United States
Media type	Hardback
Pages	224 pp (first edition, hardback)
ISBN	0-670-87570-8 (first edition, hardback)

Last updated February 19, 2026

The Measure of Our Days: A Spiritual Exploration of Illness (alternately New Beginnings at Life's End) is a book of case studies of patients by Jerome Groopman, published by Penguin Books in October 1997.^[1] It was later serialized in The New Yorker and in The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine. In 2000, it became the inspiration for the TV show Gideon's Crossing , which was nominated for a Golden Globe.

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↑ Christopher P. Vogt (1 January 2004). Patience, Compassion, Hope, and the Christian Art of Dying Well. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-7425-3186-4.

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[1] Christopher P. Vogt (1 January 2004). Patience, Compassion, Hope, and the Christian Art of Dying Well. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-7425-3186-4.

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