It's not the illness that is hard, but how we deal with it.

— Eberhard Rau (b. 1945), Mediziner und Lebenshilfe-Autor

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Eberhard Rau

Dr. Eberhard „Ebo“ Rau (* 1945) ist ein deutscher Allgemeinarzt und Autor, der in der Oberpfalz praktizierte und sich in der Hospizarbeit sowie Krebsselbsthilfe engagierte. Bekannt wurde er durch Erfahrungsberichte und Lebenshilfe-Publikationen, in denen er konventionelle Medizin mit Naturheilkunde, mentaler Stärkung und christlicher Spiritualität verbindet. Für Bibelleser bieten seine Gedanken Impulse zum Umgang mit schweren Krisen und zur Bedeutung von Hoffnung und Fürbitte im Heilungsprozess.

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