Title:
The first cell : and the human costs of pursuing cancer to the last / Azra Raza.
ISBN:
9781541699526
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Basic Books, 2019.
Physical Description:
xii, 347 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
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.
Summary:
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.
Subject Term:
OCLC Number:
on1082242119
Availability:
Burnsville - Burnhaven~1
