What made physician Oliver Sacks unique?

Clip: 04/09/2021 | 1m 26s | Video has closed captioning.

Journalist Robert Krulwich explains that the storytelling abilities of neurologist Oliver Sacks had the significant effect of "storying people back into the world" – people who otherwise would have been isolated and overlooked by the rest of society because of their neurological challenges.

Aired: 04/09/21

Rating: NR

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What made physician Oliver Sacks unique?

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