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January 02, 2008
Janet R. Gilsdorf, professor of pediatrics and communicable diseases, U-M Medical School
Inside/Outside: A Physician's Journey With Cancer, University of Michigan Press, 2006.
The book: To doctors, cancer means cells growing out of control; to patients, cancer means a life spinning out of control. The author offers a glimpse, through her perspective as physician and patient, of both sides of the medical divide. The medical system delivers cures, answers and relief from pain to those who seek its help, but it can also offer misinformation, shattered expectations, horrible options and inhumane consideration of the people it is supposed to serve. "Inside/Outside" is a story of one person's courage, hope and survival in the face of terrifying odds.
The author: Janet R. Gilsdorf is a professor at the University of Michigan as well as director of pediatric infectious diseases at CS Mott Children's Hospital, director of the Cell and Molecular Biology in Pediatrics Training Program, and director of the Haemophilus influenzae Research Laboratory.
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