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Samuel shem is the pen name for the author of this book. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the house of god. Many of these issues, such as hospital safety, signouts, quality of. But even while vacationing, bad memories of the house of god haunt basch. The house of god is a satirical novel by samuel shem a pseudonym used by psychiatrist stephen bergman, published in 1978.
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