The patient from hell
Subtitle: how I worked with my doctors to get the best of modern medicine, and how you can too
By: Stephen H. Schneider, with Janica Lane.
Contributors: Lane, Janica.
Edition: 1st Da Capo Press ed.
Publisher: Da Capo Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780738210254
Subjects: Schneider, Stephen Henry -- Health; Cancer -- Patients -- Biography; Cancer -- Patients -- Medical care; Patient advocacy
Genres: Biography.
Description: Diagnosed with a rare cancer, Stephen Schneider tells how he worked with his doctors to get the best treatment possible and a brilliant critique of the flawed system under which most doctors must now practice.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "But doctor, it takes three tests to find the bottom"; title: This better not be serious-I've got a plane to catch; title: Whew! the tests are negative, and I've got a plane to catch; title: Taking my lumps: biopsy blues; title: "Once per lethal disease": coping with chemo; title: "How can you know I'm in remission?"; title: What's so special about fifty-five?; title: Graduation to the bone marrow unit; title: "Zap it to me": staring into a Hiroshima-dose of radiation; title: Hospital arrest; title: My re-birthday; title: How much risk is too much?; title: Can't I stay another day?; title: Darth Vader in pink; title: A delicate balance; title: Size matters; title: In cancer, perfect is important; title: "I think your kidneys did you a favor"; title: A successful partnership; title: You and your docs: allies, not adversaries.