The Woman With a Worm in Her Head: And Ither True Stories of Infectious Disease - Brossura

Nagami, Pamela

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0312306016 ISBN 13: 9780312306014

Casa editrice: Griffin, 2002

Riassunto

A leading authority on infectious diseases presents a compelling, provocative account of the various patients she has encountered and treated, from a woman who ate a salad containing a worm that eventually burrowed into her brain to a brutal case of the chicken pox, sharing her experiences and revealing how it feels to make medical and ethical decisions that can mean the difference between life and death. Originally published as Maneater. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

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L'autore:

Dr. Pamela Nagami is a practicing physician in internal medicine and infectious diseases with the Southern California Permanente Medical Group and a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at UCLA. She has made appearances on CNN and NPR. She lives with her husband and two children in Encino, California.

Product Description:

Dr. Nagami reveals the facts about some of the deadliest diseases--the warning signs, treatments, and most compellingly, what it feels like to make medical and ethical decisions that can mean the difference between life and death.

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• Editore: Griffin
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0312306016
• ISBN 13: 9780312306014
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 288