The Big Casino: America's best cancer doctors share their most powerful stories
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.31 (558 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 149928571X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 206 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-07 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Cancer patients (and their doctors), "the toughest and the bravest." After I read the first essay I got out my highlighter and pen to take notes. Amazing insights, raw, motivational awarenesses and TRUTH. I have 2 brothers with cancer, only one is alive today. The Big Casino answered so many painful feelings I had about the disease, the process, the fight, the survival and the good-bye. I was angry with the medical profession. As I read each essay i cried at my change of heart. I was so ignorant to what happened once the patient left the room. I felt like a vouyeur learning so much about each doctor’s emotions about the strength, resilience, resp. barbara reuther said I see my brother's courage and tenacity reflected in many of the patients in this book and was moved to tears by the struggles a. This book touched my heart. I read the book cover to cover over the weekend and could not help thinking about how helpful this book would have been at the beginning of my brother's battle with cancer - it would have given all of us a context for understanding his journey. Reading it now, I see my brother's courage and tenacity reflected in many of the patients in this book and was moved to tears by the struggles and resilience of so many like him.Hearing the doctors' stories and learning about how closely woven together the lives of patients and doctors become - was eye-opening. All o. Bill said I learned about the book while at a “coming out party” at one of his favorite Italian restaurants. First of all, the author is a respected friend who recently survived a bout with cancer. I learned about the book while at a “coming out party” at one of his favorite Italian restaurants. We celebrated his recovery. It was at that time I learned that his cancer was “squamous” and I had always thought that squamous was a “nothing to it type cancer” because I have survived four cutaneous events. Now I have a new respect for the disease. I was intrigued by the title given to the book and I ordered it. The book itself is an easy read – short artic
Patients either assigned their doctors godlike powers or feared them as harbingers of terrible news. Rarely were oncologists considered human beings with feelings and families who struggled, and yes, suffered along with them, and were, in no way immune to cancer's ravages. Cancer is also the most private of diseases. Diagnosis often comes out of the blue, and carries, for all the progress of the last decades, a burden of uncertainty, isolation and even hopelessness for patients and family members. Not so long ago, the mere mention of "cancer" struck such fear in patients that oncolo
"This book is going to do for a lot of people what I try to do for the individuals I meetHelp them go forward." --Dr.Jim Armitage, University of Nebraska Medical Center"Personalizes the cancer doctor in a forthright way and is consistently upbeat and realistically positive without being Pollyannaish." - Oncology Times