A Short Life is a book written by Jim Slotnick,a UCLA medical student who died in 1983 from a brain tumor. He wrote this book about his life, having cancer and facing death. All the proceeds from the book go to The Jim Slotnick Fellowship in Medicine at the Saban Community Clinic. Saban Community Clinic provides health care to everyone, regardless of ability to pay. Jim Slotnick Fellowship in Medicine, a paid fellowship at Saban Community Clinic for first-year UCLA medical students, enables stud