The First Cell
And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last
New York : Basic Books, 2019.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 347 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
With the fascinating scholarship of The Emperor of All Maladies and the deeply personal experience of When Breath Becomes Air , a world-class oncologist examines the current state of cancer and its devastating impact on the individuals it affects -- including herself.
In The First Cell , Azra Raza offers a searing account of how both medicine and our society (mis)treats cancer, how we can do better, and why we must. A lyrical journey from hope to despair and back again, The First Cell explores cancer from every angle: medical, scientific, cultural, and personal. Indeed, Raza describes how she bore the terrible burden of being her own husband's oncologist as he succumbed to leukemia. Like When Breath Becomes Air , The First Cell is no ordinary book of medicine, but a book of wisdom and grace by an author who has devoted her life to making the unbearable easier to bear.
In The First Cell , Azra Raza offers a searing account of how both medicine and our society (mis)treats cancer, how we can do better, and why we must. A lyrical journey from hope to despair and back again, The First Cell explores cancer from every angle: medical, scientific, cultural, and personal. Indeed, Raza describes how she bore the terrible burden of being her own husband's oncologist as he succumbed to leukemia. Like When Breath Becomes Air , The First Cell is no ordinary book of medicine, but a book of wisdom and grace by an author who has devoted her life to making the unbearable easier to bear.
Contents:
Prologue : cancer and its discontents -- Introduction : from last to first -- Omar : the nobleness of life is to do thus -- Per : sandpiles 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.
Subjects:
Raza, Azra.
Cancer -- Treatment -- Popular works.
Cancer -- Prevention -- Popular works.
Oncologists -- United States -- Biography.
Raza, Azra.
Cancer -- Treatment -- Popular works.
Cancer -- Prevention -- Popular works.
Oncologists -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781541699526 (hardcover)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HEALTH Condition Cancer Raz | St. Andrews Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-325) and index.