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Chinese Summary/中文概要： David Dosa是位老人醫學專家也是布朗大學醫學助理教授，他的貓Oscar乍看之下平凡無奇，卻有著極為特別的能力。Oscar能夠知道哪個人今天即將去世，並陪伴在臨終病人身旁，伴隨他們度過人生最後一段時間。David將Oscar成功預測25位安養所病人死亡的事蹟發表在《新英格蘭醫學期刊》上時，這篇文章引起極大迴響， Oscar頓時聲名大噪，許多人透過Yahoo, MSN等網路下在這篇文章，全球各大媒體(包括CNN、衛報等)也爭相報導這隻神奇的貓。
隨著Oscar的話題，原本被視為禁忌卻重要的老化及死亡問題得以被廣泛討論與正視。此書不僅是描述Oscar的神奇事蹟，David Dosa這位醫學專家以更深沉謙卑的心，透過觀察Osacr得到更多關於臨終與慢性病病患照護的新觀點與啟發。(VC)
Awards/获奖情况： 版權已售：8國（Headline/UK, House of Books/Holland, Droemer/Germany, Mondadori/Italy, Hayakawa/Japan, Bertlesmann/Poland, Ediouro/Brazil, and Matar/Israel）
《新英格蘭醫學期刊》The New England Journal of Medicine 2007/7/26 A Day in the Life of Oscar the Cat
The Guardian, 2007/7/26 The nursing home cat that ’predicts’ death
Youtube 關於 Oscar the Cat
http://tw.youtube.com/results?search_query=Oscar+the+Cat&search_type=&aq=f
東森新聞 2007/7/26 新鮮世／貓咪預知死亡為病患送終 準確預測25人大限
CNN 2007/7/30When death comes calling, so does Oscar the cat Dr. David Dosa’s MAKING ROUNDS WITH OSCAR has sold in two new territories: in Finland to Otava and in Estonia to Olion Here’s the latest, in fact: a great review of OSCAR in the UK: "Making the Rounds with Oscar is not just a tribute to an amazing animal but a candid and heartfelt account of the devastation of living, and dying, with dementia. A special book about a very special cat." Here’s the link: http://www.chorley-guardian.co.uk/news/entertainment/book_review_making_the_rounds_with_oscar_by_david_dosa_1_3220809
US sales more than 30,000 copies on its 4th printing/2011-12-1
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