{"product_id":"9780620623001","title":"The Compassionate Healer","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Compassionate Healer is the biography of Dr. Essop Jassat, a prominent South African anti-apartheid activist, humanitarian, and medical doctor.\u003cbr\u003eThe biography explores Dr. Jassat's lifelong intertwining of healthcare, human rights, and the liberation struggle.\u003cbr\u003eKey details about the book and Dr. Essop Jassat include: \u003cbr\u003eEarly Life \u0026amp; Career: Born in 1932, Dr. Jassat was one of the very few black students accepted into the Medical Faculty at the University of the Witwatersrand.\u003cbr\u003eThe Struggle: An active participant in the anti-apartheid movement, he served as President of the Transvaal Indian Congress, was a patron of the United Democratic Front (UDF), and endured banning orders, imprisonment, and treason trials.\u003cbr\u003eHealthcare \u0026amp; Activism: Dr. Jassat innovated a new health promotion model aimed at addressing underlying social evils rather than just providing biomedical treatments. He devoted over 70 years of his life to humanitarian service\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Haroon+Aziz\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eHaroon Aziz\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Haroon Aziz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47688552480931,"sku":"9780620623001","price":350.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/9780620623001_7480f769-3090-4085-bc92-8a1bf951c3ea.jpg?v=1779344639","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9780620623001","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}