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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:The Patient from Hell: How I Worked with My Doctors to Get the Best of Modern Medicine and How You Can Tooby Stephen H Schneider
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:In the bewildering days after diagnosis of a severe disease, patients learn two daunting facts: One, no doctor has all the answers, and two, there are no answers, only odds. For readers (and their families) who want to be involved in the key choices regarding treatment, Dr. Schneider is the ideal guide. A climate scientist, his life's work is decision making in the face of great uncertainty. This important book is both his own gripping story of working with his doctors to get the best treatment possible, and also a brilliant critique of the flawed system under which doctors must now operate. "Receiving a diagnosis of cancer can bring out the best or the worst in patients.... For Stephen H. Schneider, Ph.D. it brought out the fighter.... The story is compelling.... It offers a number of positive and useful messages for patients enduring chemotherapy, radiation, and other cancer treatments." (Journal of the American Medical Association) "Compelling...a frightening medical adventure." (Donald Kennedy, Ph.D., Editor-in-Chief of Science) Book News Annotation:From his experience undergoing treatment for a rare form of cancer
and lessons drawn from his work in calculating the probabilities of
climate change scenarios, Schneider (biological science, Stanford U.)
offers hard-won advice for other patients. To increase the odds of
survival, he advocates not accepting standard "medicine by the
numbers." His wife adds her perspective. This paperback edition of
the 2005 book includes Web resources, although the doctor advises
against reading the often outdated information on the Web.
Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Synopsis:An ideal guide for patients who want to be involved in the key choices regarding cancer treatment
Synopsis:In the bewildering days after diagnosis of a severe disease, patients learn two daunting facts: One, no doctor has all the answers, and two, there are no answers, only odds. For readers (and their families) who want to be involved in the key choices regarding treatment, Dr. Schneider is the ideal guide. A climate scientist, his life's work is decision making in the face of great uncertainty. This important book is both his own gripping story of working with his doctors to get the best treatment possible, and also a brilliant critique of the flawed system under which doctors must now operate.
About the Author Stephen H. Schneider, Ph.D., is Professor of Biological Science at Stanford University, a MacArthur Prize Fellowship winner, and author of major works on climate change and the environment. He has written for and his works have been covered by the New York Times, the Washington Post, and London Times. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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