Displaying 1 of 1 2019 Format: Book Author: Raza, Azra, author. Title: The first cell : and the human costs of pursuing cancer to the last / Azra Raza. Edition: First edition. Publisher, Date: New York : Basic Books, 2019. Description: xii, 347 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm 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. Subjects: Cancer -- Prevention. Cancer -- Popular works. Neoplasms -- therapy. Genre: Anecdotes. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-325) and index. 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. LCCN: 2019016257 ISBN: 9781541699526 1541699521 9781541699526 Other Number: 1082242119 System Availability: 2 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 2 Control Number: 816731 # Local items in: 0 # System items in: 0 Call Number: 616.994 Raza Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
