About this title: To doctors, cancer means cells growing out of control; to patients, cancer means a life spinning out of control. Janet R. Gilsdorf, who writes with quiet but stunning honesty about her experiences, offers an eye-opening glimpse, through her unique dual perspective as physician and patient, of both sides of the medical divide. The medical system delivers cures, answers, and relief from pain to those who seek its help, but it can also offer misinformation, shattered expectations, horrible options, and inhumane consideration of the people it is supposed to serve. As Gilsdorf takes us on a ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780472115792ISBN:0472115790
Description: As New in As New dust jacket. 0472115790. Conversations in Medicine and Society; 1.1 x 9.1 x 6 Inches; 256 pages; To doctors, cancer means cells growing out of control; to patients, cancer means a life spinning out of control. Janet R. Gilsdorf, who writes with quiet but devastating honesty about her experience with breast cancer, offers an eye-opening glimpse, through her unique dual perspective as physician and patient, of both sides of the medical divide. The medical system delivers cures, ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN-13:9780472115792ISBN:0472115790
Description: Good. Light shelving wear with minimal damage to cover and bindings. Pages show minor use. Help save a tree. Buy all your used books from Green Earth Books. Read. Recycle and Reuse! read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780472115792ISBN:0472115790
Description: Octavo. VG+/VG+. Dustjacket with white spine; lettering in green, blue, and red. Uncirculated Library of Congress duplicate with stickers, stamps, and markings. Corners and spine ends of boards bumped and rubbed. ISBN 0-472-11579-0. Health & Medicine. 7-28-667810. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: UNIV OF MICHIGAN PR
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780472115792ISBN:0472115790
Description: New. To doctors, cancer means cells growing out of control; to patients, cancer means a life spinning out of control. Janet R. Gilsdorf, who writes with quiet but devastating honesty about her experience with breast cancer, offers an eye-opening glimpse, ... read more
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