An edition of The patient from hell (2005)

The patient from hell

how I worked with my doctors to get the best of modern medicine, and how you can too

1st Da Capo Press ed.
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An edition of The patient from hell (2005)

The patient from hell

how I worked with my doctors to get the best of modern medicine, and how you can too

1st Da Capo Press ed.
  • 2 Want to read

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Da Capo Books
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English

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The patient from hell: how I worked with my doctors to get the best of modern medicine, and how you can too
2005, Da Capo Books
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Table of Contents

"But doctor, it takes three tests to find the bottom"
This better not be serious-I've got a plane to catch
Whew! the tests are negative, and I've got a plane to catch
Taking my lumps: biopsy blues
"Once per lethal disease": coping with chemo
"How can you know I'm in remission?"
What's so special about fifty-five?
Graduation to the bone marrow unit
"Zap it to me": staring into a Hiroshima-dose of radiation
Hospital arrest
My re-birthday
How much risk is too much?
Can't I stay another day?
Darth Vader in pink
A delicate balance
Size matters
In cancer, perfect is important
"I think your kidneys did you a favor"
A successful partnership
You and your docs: allies, not adversaries.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Cambridge, MA
Genre
Biography.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
362.196/994/0092, B
Library of Congress
RC265.6.S34 A3 2005, RC265.6.S34A3 2005

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3406948M
Internet Archive
patientfromhellh0000schn
ISBN 10
0738210250
ISBN 13
9780738210254
LCCN
2005022691
Library Thing
1340549
Goodreads
765718

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