The first cell : and the human costs of pursuing cancer to the last / Azra Raza.
"A world-class oncologist delivers a devastating and deeply personal examination of cancer, offering a searing account of how both medicine and society (mis)treats cancer, how people can do better, and why they must." -- (Source of summary not specified).
Record details
- ISBN: 9781541699526
- ISBN: 1541699521
- Physical Description: xii, 347 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Basic Books, 2019.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue : cancer and its discontents -- Introduction : from last to first -- Omar : the nobleness of life is to do thus -- Per : sand piles and cancer -- Lady N : a loaded gun -- Kitty C : what wound did ever heal but by degrees? -- JC : one touch of nature makes the whole world kin -- Andrew : was honesty a choice? -- Harvey : death stared him in the face, and he stared right back -- Aftermath : give sorrow words -- Epilogue : the dawn has already arrived. |
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Genre: | Personal Narrative. Personal Narrative. Popular works. Anecdotes. |
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Homer Public Library | 616.994 RAZ (Text) | 000154532 | Nonfiction | Available | - |