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In the spirit of Tracy Kidder's Mountains Beyond Mountains, and joining the ranks of works by Bryan Stevenson, Matthew Desmond, Abraham Verghese and Oliver Sachs, the inspiring story of a young American neurologist's struggle to make a difference in Haiti by treating one patient -- a story of social justice, clashing cultures, and what it means to treat strangers as members of our family.Dr. Aaron Berkowitz, a well-meaning Harvard Medical School neurologist, became a doctor to build bridges between a very rich world and a very poor one. But his idealism was tested when he traveled to Haiti to treat some of the world's neediest patients. One by One by One is the poignant chronicle of the ups and downs, the reverses and triumphs Dr. Berkowitz experienced trying to accomplish his dream.